Wonderful Ones: Peek-a-Boo!

Do you and your baby play Peed-a-Boo?  This week at Wonderful Ones, we bring together several interactive rhymes, such as Peek-a-Boo, that will help your little one learn eye-hand coordination, flexibility and even critical thinking skills.  Games such as these also help baby learn to associate sounds and words with objects.  Communication tools used by babies such as, sounds, hand motions and movements are essential to babies learning speech and spoken language.  Children who develop strong vocabulary and speech skills as infants and babies often have an easier time learning how to read.  It's never too early to get ready to read!  

When I’m Glad (to the tune of London Bridge)
When I’m glad, I clap my hands,
Clap my hands, clap my hands.
When I’m glad, I clap my hands.
Clap, clap, clap, clap!

When I’m mad, I stomp my feet,
Stomp  my feet, stomp my feet.
When I’m mad, I stomp my feet.
Stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp!

Repeat using other actions such as Love/Hug and Sad/Cry

Peek-a-boo Rhyme
Peek-a-boo, peek-a-boo
I see you!  I see you!
I see your button nose.
I see your tiny toes.
I see you!  Peek-a-boo!

Peek-a-boo, peek-a-boo
I see you!  I see you!
I see your button nose.
I see your tiny toes.
I see you!  Peek-a-boo!

Two Little Eyes Rhyme
Two little eyes that open and close,
Two little ears and one little nose,
Two little cheeks and one little chin,
Two little lips that open and grin.

Two little eyes that open and close,
Two little ears and one little nose,
Two little cheeks and one little chin,
Two little lips that open and grin.

Books we read together in this week's Wonderful Ones: 

If You’re Happy And You Know It by Annie Kubler
The words to a familiar nursery song encourage babies and their parents to have fun together.
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Book: Eyes, Nose, Toes Peekaboo! by Dawn Sirett
Play peekaboo with baby and learn different parts of our bodies.
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