Wonderful Ones: Clap, Tap, Bend, Bounce

It's our third week of Wonderful Ones this fall, and we have stories and rhymes to keep your baby in motion.  Using gentle movements such as clapping hands, bending knees and bouncing, babies learn how their bodies move.  The stories are full of fun ways to interact with your baby such as playing pat-a-cake and peek-a-boo.  The combined movements and language helps babies hear and learn individual words and sounds for learning speech.  Clapping, tapping and bouncing to rhythms allows babies to hear syllables and also improves motor skills.

Books to Read Together:

I Hear by Rachel Isadora
A baby responds to all the familiar things she hears.
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Peek-a-Boo, You! by Roberta Grobel Intrater
This is a cleverly designed large format board book combining almost life-size photos of baby faces and lift up flaps that tell a story about babies and the things they do.
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Clap, Tap, Bend Rhyme
I take my little hands and go clap, clap, clap
I take my little hands and go clap, clap, clap
Clap, clap, all day long.
I take my little feet and go tap, tap, tap
I take my little feet and go tap, tap, tap
Tap, tap, all day long.
I take my little knees and go bend, bend, bend
I take my little knees and go bend, bend, bend
Bend, bend all day long.

Bounce Me Rhyme
Bounce me, bounce me,
On your knee.
Bounce me, bounce me,
Pretty please.
Bounce me, bounce me,
Here and there,
Bounce me, bounce me,
Everywhere.