Wee Read - Shake Your Shakers

Early Literacy Tip of the Week:

Going for a walk and talking about all of the things you see, hear, and smell stimulates your baby’s language development, his attention span, and his observation skills. It will also strengthen your emotional connection. --TheBump.com

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

I Touch My Eyes

--Mother Goose on the Loose by Betsy Diamant-Cohen. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2006.

Open Shut Them

Book One

When Autumn Falls by Kelli Nidey

One, Two, Shake It On Your Shoe

One, two, shake it on your shoe.

Three, four, shake it on the floor.

Five, six, stir and mix.

Seven, eight, stand up straight.

Nine, ten, wave to all your friends.

--Lisa's Library Land

Shake Your Egg With Me

Sung to: “London Bridge”

use shaker eggs

Can you shake your egg with me,

Shake your egg along with me

It’s as easy as can be

Now put it on your knee!

Repeat with head, tummy, etc.

--Nancy Stewart

Shake Your Shaker

Shake your shaker in the air, in the air,

Shake it here and everywhere.

Shake it up,

And shake it down.

Shake it, shake it all around the town.

Shake your shaker in the air, in the air.

--Lisa's Library Land

I Wiggle My Fingers

Book Two

Hot, Cold, Shy, Bold by Pamela Harris

Reach for the Ceiling

--from Lapsit Services for the Very Young II by Linda L. Ernst. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc, 2001.

I’ll Touch My Chin

--Mother Goose on the Loose by Betsy Diamant-Cohen. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2006.

Read Together

Counting Kisses by Karen Katz

The More We Get Together

Wee Read - My Body

Early Literacy Tip of the Week:

Babies who are responded to quickly learn to trust their caregivers and environment. A way to respond is to “say back” a noise your baby makes. --KT Paxton

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

Jump, Jump

--Babies in the Library by Jane Marino. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2003.

Open Shut Them

Book One

Here Are My Hands by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault

Roll Your Scarf

--Mother Goose on the Loose by Betsy Diamant-Cohen. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2006.

Wave Your Scarf

Use scarves

Wave your scarf, one, two, three

Wave your scarf, just like me!

(repeat with roll and throw)

--Adapted by Miss Mollie. Originally from Lapsit Services for the Very Young II by Linda L. Ernst. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc, 2001.

Peek-a-Boo

(can be used with scarves)

Tune: Are You Sleeping?

Peek-a-boo, peek-a-boo

I see you, I see you

I see your button nose,

I see your tiny toes.

Peek-a-boo, I see you!

--Jim Thomas

Wind, Oh Wind

-- Mother Goose on the Loose by Betsy Diamant-Cohen. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2006.

I Wiggle My Fingers

Book Two

A Kiss Means I Love You by Kathryn Madeline Allen

Clap Hands, Clap Hands

--from Babies in the Library by Jane Marino. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2003.

Rickety, Rickety Rocking Horse

-- Babies in the Library by Jane Marino. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2003.

Read Together

Where is Baby’s Belly Button? by Karen Katz

The More We Get Together

Storytime - My Body

Toddler

Books: Here Are My Hands by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault and My Octopus Arms by Keith Baker

Songs / Rhymes: “Good Morning”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Head and Shoulders”, “Open, Shut Them”, “Hi, My Name is Joe”, “I Wiggle My Fingers”, and “The More We Get Together”.

Craft: Xylophones. Materials: printout of the letter X, construction paper rectangles in red, yellow, orange, and blue, crayons, glue, and tape. The toddlers glued and taped their rectangles to their papers to make a xylophone. *I was trying to stick with an X theme, but when I couldn't find enough material for toddlers, I went with My Body. It was too late to change the craft, though. The idea came from The Measured Mom.

Preschool

Books: Here are My Hands by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault

Songs / Rhymes: “Welcome to the Library”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Head and Shoulders”, “Open, Shut Them”, “Johnny Hammers One Hammer”, “Them Bones”, and “The More We Get Together”.

Special Activity: I explained to the group that under our skin we have bones. I used the overhead projector to show the preschoolers x-rays of body parts and the preschoolers tried to guess what part they were looking at. I used hand, foot, knee, shoulder, and chest x-rays taken by my husband when he was still in radiology tech school (don't worry, they're not of real people).

Craft: X-rays. Materials: black construction paper, cotton swabs, white construction paper crayons, tape, scissors, and glue. The preschoolers traced their hands and feet to the paper using the special crayon. When they were done, they filled in the outline with cotton swabs to make their very own x-rays! The idea came from Inspired Montessori.

Songs/Rhymes

Head and Shoulders

Head and shoulders, knees and toes,

Knees and toes

Head and shoulders, knees and toes,

Knees and toes

Eyes and ears and mouth and nose

Head and shoulders, knees and toes

Knees and toes!

-- Traditional

Hi, My Name is Joe

Hi, my name is Joe.

I work in a button factory.

One day, my boss comes up to me and says,

“Hey Joe, are you busy?”

I said, “No.”

“Then turn the button with your right hand.”

Continue with:

Left hand, feet, head, whole body

--Traditional

Johnny Hammers One Hammer

--Lapsit Services for the Very Young II by Linda L. Ernst. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc, 2001.

Move Them Bones

Your toe bone’s connected to your foot bone.

Your foot bone’s connected to your ankle bone.

Your ankle bone’s connected to your leg bone.

Let’s shake those bones, those bones.

Your leg’s connected to your knee bone.

Your knee bone’s connected to your hip bone.

Your hip bone’s connected to your back bone.

Let’s shake those bones, those bones.

Your back bone’s connected to your shoulder bone.

Your shoulder bone’s connected to your neck bone.

Your neck bone’s connected to your head bone.

Let’s shake those bones, those bones.

--Sticky Kids

Wee Read - Can You?

Early Literacy Tip of the Week:

By 6 months, babies can recognize the sounds of their language. Rhymes help introduce different forms of the sounds. --Library Bonanza

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

Early in the Morning

Sung to: "Mulberry Bush"

This is the way we get out of bed

Get out of bed, get out of bed.

This is the way we get out of bed

So early in the morning.

Repeat with brush our teeth, comb our hair, eat our breakfast

--Traditional

Open Shut Them

Book One

I See by Rachel Isadora

Can You Kick with Two Feet?

Sung to: “Mary Wore a Red Dress”

-- Mother Goose on the Loose by Betsy Diamant-Cohen. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2006.

Fingers Like to Wiggle Waggle

--Mother Goose on the Loose by Betsy Diamant-Cohen. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2006.

Repeat with: way down low, on my knee.

They’re a Part of Me

Sung to: “The Wheels on the Bus”

-- Babies in the Library by Jane Marino. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2003.

I Wiggle My Fingers

Book Two

Babies on the Go by Linda Ashman

Fi, Fi, Fo, Fum

--Babies in the Library by Jane Marino. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2003.

Let's Go Riding

Sung to: "Are You Sleeping?"

Let’s go riding, let’s go riding,

Saddle up. Saddle up.

Everybody ready? Everybody ready?

Giddyup! Giddyup!

--PreschoolEducation

Read Together

Toes, Ears, & Nose by Marion Dane Bauer

The More We Get Together

Wee Read - Look at You!

Early Literacy Tip of the Week:

To keep your baby focused, remove everything that competes with your face and voice.

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

Mr. Sun

Oh Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun

Won’t you please shine down on me?

Oh Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun

Hiding behind a tree.

These little children are asking you

To please come out so they can

Play with you.

Oh Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun

Won’t you please shine down on me?

--Traditional

Open Shut Them

Book One

Hello Summer! by Kabushiki Kaisha Sanrio

Hands Up High

Hands up high
Hands down low
Hide those hands,

Now where did they go?
One hand up, the other hand too.
Clap them, fold them, now we're through.

--Manly Library (clicking on the link will prompt a document download)

Tommy Thumbs Up

--Lapsit Services for the Very Young II by Linda L. Ernst. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc, 2001.

Two Little Blue Birds

--from Lapsit Services for the Very Young II by Linda L. Ernst. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc, 2001.

I Wiggle My Fingers

Book Two

Look at You!: A Baby Body Book by Kathy Henderson

Riding on My Pony

--Babies in the Library by Jane Marino. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2003.

With Our Hands

-- from Babies in the Library by Jane Marino. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2003.

Read Together

Touch and Feel Wild Animals by Julie Aigner-Clark

The More We Get Together

Wee Read - Shake Shake Shake

Early Literacy Tip: Be a good reading role model. Read in front of your kids. Explain how reading and writing help you get things done every day.

Books

Bouncing Babies by Mike Brownlow

Yawn by Sally Symes

What’s on My Head? by Margaret Miller (read together book)

Songs/Rhymes

Head and Shoulders

Head and shoulders, knees and toes,

Knees and toes

Head and shoulders, knees and toes,

Knees and toes

Eyes and ears and mouth and nose

Head and shoulders, knees and toes

Knees and toes!

-- Traditional

An Egg is On My Nose (with egg shakers)
Sung to: “The Farmer in the Dell”
An egg is on my nose,

an egg is on my nose,
Heigh-ho, the derry-o,

an egg is on my nose.
(Repeat using other body parts)

--Storytime Source Page

Shake Your Eggs (with egg shakers)

use shaker eggs
Shake your eggs and shake them high.
Shake your eggs and shake them low.
Shake your eggs and shake them high.
Shake your eggs around you go.

--Librarian Lisa’s Storytimes

Put Your Egg on Your Head (with egg shakers)

Sung to: “There’s a Spider on the Floor”
Put your egg on your head, on your head.
Put your egg on your head, on your head.
Put your egg on your head
Put your egg on your head.
Put your egg on your head, on your head.
continue with toes, tummy, etc.

--Librarian Lisa’s Storytimes

I Wiggle My Fingers

--from Lapsit Services for the Very Young II by Linda L. Ernst. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc, 2001.

Row, Row, Row Your Boat

Row, row, row your boat,

Gently down the stream.

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,

Life is but a dream!

--Traditional

Eyes and Nose

--Storytime Crafts: Crazy Days by Kathryn Totten. Ft. Atkinson, WI: Upstart Books, 2004.

Wee Read - My Body

Early Literacy Tip: Stop reading when your baby is fussy. Don’t be afraid to stop reading midway through the book if it is not working.

Books

• This Little Piggy by Annie Kubler
• Whose Knees are These? by Jabari Asim
• Wiggle Your Toes by Karen Katz
• Read Together book

Songs/Rhymes

All the Little Babies

Sung to: “Short’nin’ Bread”

All the little babies love bouncing, bouncing
All the little babies just to love bounce!

All the little babies love bouncing, bouncing
All the little babies just to love bounce!

Lean to the left, lean to the right

Hug that baby nice and tight!

--Katie at Sharing Soda

Fingers Like to Wiggle Waggle

Repeat with: way down low, on my knee.

--Mother Goose on the Loose by Betsy Diamant-Cohen. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2006.

Head and Shoulders, Baby

Head and shoulders baby, 123

Head and shoulders baby, 123

Head and shoulders, head and shoulders,

Head and shoulders baby, 123

Repeat with: Knees and ankles, tummy and back, shake 'em all.

--Katie at Sharing Soda

Three Little Monkeys

Three little monkeys jumping on the bed

One fell off and bumped his head!

Mama called the doctor and the doctor said,

“No more monkeys

Jumping on the bed!”

Continue to one little monkey.

-- Traditional

The Great Big Spider

--from Lapsit Services for the Very Young II by Linda L. Ernst. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc, 2001.

*Ernst suggests using this version instead of its tiny counterpart because babies are able to use their gross motor skills before their fine ones. With this version, the young ones are able to participate more.

Eyes and Nose

--Storytime Crafts: Crazy Days by Kathryn Totten. Ft. Atkinson, WI: Upstart Books, 2004.

Storytime - Feet

Books

• My Two Hands, My Two Feet by Rick Walton
• Toddler
• This is reversible. The other side is My Two Feet.
• Hooray for Feet by Susan Pearson
• Toddler
• Whose Feet are These?: A Look at Hooves, Paws, and Claws by Peg Hall
• Preschool
• This book makes a great guessing game.
• Hello Toes! Hello Feet! by Ann Whitford Paul
• Preschool

Songs/Rhymes

If You’re Happy and You Know It: Feet Version

If you’re happy and you know it,

Stomp your feet.

If you’re happy and you know it,

Stomp your feet.

If you’re happy and you know it,

And you really want to show it,

If you’re happy and you know it,

Stomp your feet.

Repeat with run in place, jump up and down, do all three.

--Miss Mollie

The Hokey Pokey: Feet Version

You put your right foot in,

You take your right foot out.

You put your right foot in,

And you shake it all about.

You do the Hokey Pokey,

And you shake your feet about.

That’s what it’s all about!

Substitute left foot and both feet.

--Miss Mollie

Hi, My Name is Joe

Hi, my name is Joe.

I work in a button factory.

One day, my boss comes up to me and says,

“Hey Joe, are you busy?”

I said, “No.”

“Then turn the button with your right hand.”

Continue with:

Left hand, feet, head, whole body

­--Traditional

Head and Shoulders

Head and shoulders, knees and toes,

Knees and toes

Head and shoulders, knees and toes,

Knees and toes

Eyes and ears and mouth and nose

Head and shoulders, knees and toes

Knees and toes!

-- Traditional

Craft

I made this template using Publisher and gave one to each child. They traced their feet on it and colored them in.