Wonderful Ones: Laugh Out Loud

Laugh out loud with your baby!  Babies love to move their bodies by dancing, hopping, bopping and being silly.  Wiggling your fingers and toes together is not only fun, but the movements and actions help baby connect words with their meanings in addition to improving motor skills.  Bending, stretching, and bouncing to rhythms allows babies to also hear syllables and sounds which allows for learning new words and speech.


Wiggle, Wiggle Fingers
Wiggle, wiggle fingers
Wiggle, wiggle fingers,
Right up to the sky,
Way up high.

Wiggle, wiggle fingers,
Wave them all goodbye.

Wiggle, wiggle fingers,
Right into a ball,
Now throw them on your lap,
But do not let them fall.

Stretching Fun
I stretch and stretch and find it fun,
To try to reach up to the sun.
I bend and bend to touch the ground,
Then I twist and twist around.

I stretch and stretch and find it fun,
To try to reach up to the sun.
I bend and bend to touch the ground,
Then I twist and twist around.

Where is Baby? (sung to the tune of Frere Jacques)
Where is baby?  Where is baby?
There he is!  There he is!
I’m so glad to see you.
I’m so glad to see you.
Peek-a-boo!
Peek-a-boo!

Where is baby?  Where is baby?
There he is!  There he is!
I’m so glad to see you.
I’m so glad to see you.
Peek-a-boo!
Peek-a-boo!


Books to read and share laughs with together:

Wiggle by Doreen Cronin
Rhyming text describes the many ways to wiggle.
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Tickle, Tickle by Helen Oxenbury
A toddler has fun in the bathtub while getting clean.
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Animal Kisses by Barney Saltzberg
Introduces words which name textures associated with various animal kisses, such as scratchy cat kisses, velvety cow kisses, and rubbery fish kisses.
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