Wonderful Ones: Autumn for Babies

At the library, you may have brought your youngest children to the Wonderful Ones program.  This very popular program is specifically designed for babies 9 - 23 months and offers 15 minutes of stories, singing, and fingerplays along with an additional 15 minutes of playtime.  From the time they are infants, children learn language and other important skills that will help them learn to read.

Starting off our second Fall session, we'll be sharing rhymes, songs and stories for babies to enjoy the autumn weather and explore the different characteristics of the season. You'll use gentle movements to learn about the space around them, such as, clapping hands to the rhythm, making leaf flying motions, and using your fingers to tap the raindrops.  Using songs, rhymes and books, you are helping to introduce new words and sounds to your child, which helps him or her develop a bigger vocabulary. 


Autumn in the Air Rhyme
Autumn leaf in the air,
Autumn leaf in my hair,
Autumn leaf on my knee,
Autumn leaf floating free,
Autumn leaf on my nose.
Whoops!  There it goes!

If You’re Happy That it’s Cold Rhyme
If you’re happy that it’s cold, clap your hands.
If you’re happy that it’s cold, clap your hands.
It’s the time for mittens and hats,
Let’s not forget about that,
If you’re happy that it’s cold, clap your hands.
(Touch your toes, nod your head)

Drip-Drop Rhyme
The rain goes drip-drop, (Tap in rhythm)
The rain goes drip-drop.
Drip-drop,
How it does plop.
Drip-drop.

This week at Wonderful Ones, we'll be reading these books.

Bedtime Peekaboo by Dawn Sirett
Babies can lift the big flaps and play peekaboo in this board book title with a bedtime theme.
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Under My Hood I Have a Hat by Karla Kuskin
A child describes the many layers of clothing needed to stay warm in the winter. 
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What Can You Do in the Wind? By Anna Grossnickle Hines
The wind provides the opportunity to feel it blow, hear it sing, and sail a kite.
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