Wonderful Ones: Shhh, It's Sleepytime

Make sleepytime an interactive activity, with these calming and memorable rhymes and stories.  Share reading together during bathtime or while cuddling with a favorite toy.  Such activities help begin setting patterns and set routines for baby..  By adding reading at bedtime, it can quickly become one of your favorite activities to enjoy together.  For children to become skilled readers later in childhood, acquiring general knowledge, such as the elements of bedtime, is essential.  Word knowledge then becomes easier for them to grasp and makes it easier for baby to understand and remember what is learned.  

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Rhyme
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.

Here Are My Eyes Rhyme
Here are my eyes,
One and two.
I can blink.
So can you.
When my eyes are open,
I see the light.
When they are closed,
It’s dark as night.

Here are my eyes,
One and two.
I can blink.
So can you.
When my eyes are open,
I see the light.
When they are closed,
It’s dark as night.

Be Very Quiet Rhyme
Shhh!  Be very quiet.
Shhh!  Be very still.
Fold your busy little hands,
Close your sleepy little eyes.
Shhh!  Be very quiet.

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

Sleep Tight, Teddy! by Annie Kubler
Teddy's in bed, and ready for a chat! There's a ready-made rhyming conversation in the book, and you can make up your own as well! 
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Check out these other books by Annie Kubler, which babies are sure to love! 

Baby’s Bedtime by Fiona Watt
A baby does many things to get ready for bed. 
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Check out these other books by Fiona Watt on a variety of fun topics for babies!

Did You Know?
The writer of 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' was English poet Jane Taylor. The poem was first published in 1806 in 'Rhymes for the Nursery' a collection of poems by Jane Taylor and her older sister Ann.