This week at Wonderful Ones, we
bring together several interactive rhymes 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. By stamping your feet, stretching your arms, tip toeing, and moving up and down like a merry-go-round, you are also helping your baby learn to associate movements with the action word.
I Can! Rhyme
I can! I can! I can! (clap hands)
Stamp my feet.
I can! I can! I can! (clap hands)
Stamp my feet.
I can! I can! I can! (clap hands)
Stretch up high.
I can! I can! I can! (clap hands)
Stretch up high.
I can! I can! I can! (clap hands)
Touch my nose.
I can! I can! I can! (clap hands)
Touch my nose.
Tippy Toe Rhyme
Tippy tippy tiptoe, off we go. (tiptoe fingers up arm)
Tippy tippy tiptoe, to and fro. (tiptoe fingers over head)
Tippy tippy tiptoe, through the house. (tiptoe fingers down other arm)
Tippy tippy tiptoe, quiet as a mouse.
Tippy tippy tiptoe, off we go. (tiptoe fingers up arm)
Tippy tippy tiptoe, to and fro. (tiptoe fingers over head)
Tippy tippy tiptoe, through the house. (tiptoe fingers down other arm)
Tippy tippy tiptoe, quiet as a mouse.
Merry-Go-Round Song
(Rock baby on lap)
Merry-go-round, merry-go-round,
We go riding all around.
First we’re up, then we’re down,
We go riding all around.
Hold on tight and don’t fall down.
Merry-go-round, merry-go-round,
We go riding all around.
First we’re up, then we’re down,
We go riding all around.
Hold on tight and don’t fall down.
We read these books at Wonderful Ones this week:
Peekaboo Morning by Rachel Isadora
A toddler plays peek-a-boo throughout the day.
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One Beautiful Baby by Martin Oborne
Counts all of the characteristics of a beautiful baby from one smile to ten sticky fingers.
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Monday, April 9, 2012
Monday, March 19, 2012
Wonderful Ones: Spring Into Storytime!
It's Springtime! It's also a new set of classes of Wonderful Ones at the library! 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.
Since it's been awhile since we've shared our regular Wonderful Ones songs and rhymes, we wanted to again share them with you! At each class, there is an opening and closing song and rhyme sung when we say hello and goodbye. Songs are a fun activity you can do at home, at the park, or even in the car. Clapping along helps children improve their motor skills.
Opening Song: Here We are Together
Here we are together, together, together
Yes, here we are together all here on the floor.
There's Josh and Maggie and Emma and Sam
There's parents and children and Paula and Jack
Yes, here we are together all here on the floor.
Opening Action Rhyme: The Wiggle Song
(Sung to the tune of "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow")
My hands are starting to wiggle,
My hands are starting to wiggle,
My hands are starting to wiggle,
Around and around and around.
My feet are starting to wiggle,
My feet are starting to wiggle,
My feet are starting to wiggle,
Now all of me is a wiggle!
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye
Wave high, wave low,
I think it's time we gotta go!
Wave your elbows, wave your toes,
Wave your tongue and wave your nose.
Wave your ears and wave your eyes,
Wave your hands and say goodbye.
Here are the new rhymes, songs and stories from this week's Wonderful One's Class:
Where Is Your Nose? Rhyme (sung to the tune of Where Is Thumbkin?)
Where is your nose, where is your nose?
There it is, there it is.
Touch it with your finger, touch it with your finger,
Just like me, just like me.
Where are your hands, where are your hands?
There they are, there they are.
Clap your hands together, clap your hands together,
Just like me, just like me.
Where are your feet, where are your feet?
There they are, there they are.
Stomp your feet loudly, stomp your feet loudly,
Just like me, just like me.
Hands on Hips Rhyme
Hands on hips,
Hands on knees,
Put them behind you,
If you please.
Touch your shoulders,
Touch your nose,
Touch your ears,
And touch your toes.
Hands on hips,
Hands on knees,
Put them behind you,
If you please.
Touch your shoulders,
Touch your nose,
Touch your ears,
And touch your toes.
I’m Gonna Pat My Little Head Rhyme
I’m gonna pat my little head,
I’m gonna pat it twice.
I’m gonna pat my little head.
Because I think it’s nice!
Repeat the rhyme with other parts of your face, such as nose, eyes, ears, etc.)
We enjoyed these books at Wonderful Ones this week:
Look at the Baby by Kelly Johnson
Pictures and a simple rhyme celebrate babies.
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Who Do You Love? by Melanie Mitchell
Features textures to touch and feel on fold-out pages.
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Itsy-Bitsy Babies by Margaret Wild
This wonderful story about the things babies love to do will inspire endless fun, as babies always love to read about babies.
Check catalog availability
Since it's been awhile since we've shared our regular Wonderful Ones songs and rhymes, we wanted to again share them with you! At each class, there is an opening and closing song and rhyme sung when we say hello and goodbye. Songs are a fun activity you can do at home, at the park, or even in the car. Clapping along helps children improve their motor skills.
Opening Song: Here We are Together
Here we are together, together, together
Yes, here we are together all here on the floor.
There's Josh and Maggie and Emma and Sam
There's parents and children and Paula and Jack
Yes, here we are together all here on the floor.
Opening Action Rhyme: The Wiggle Song
(Sung to the tune of "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow")
My hands are starting to wiggle,
My hands are starting to wiggle,
My hands are starting to wiggle,
Around and around and around.
My feet are starting to wiggle,
My feet are starting to wiggle,
My feet are starting to wiggle,
Now all of me is a wiggle!
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye
Wave high, wave low,
I think it's time we gotta go!
Wave your elbows, wave your toes,
Wave your tongue and wave your nose.
Wave your ears and wave your eyes,
Wave your hands and say goodbye.
Here are the new rhymes, songs and stories from this week's Wonderful One's Class:
Where Is Your Nose? Rhyme (sung to the tune of Where Is Thumbkin?)
Where is your nose, where is your nose?
There it is, there it is.
Touch it with your finger, touch it with your finger,
Just like me, just like me.
Where are your hands, where are your hands?
There they are, there they are.
Clap your hands together, clap your hands together,
Just like me, just like me.
Where are your feet, where are your feet?
There they are, there they are.
Stomp your feet loudly, stomp your feet loudly,
Just like me, just like me.
Hands on Hips Rhyme
Hands on hips,
Hands on knees,
Put them behind you,
If you please.
Touch your shoulders,
Touch your nose,
Touch your ears,
And touch your toes.
Hands on hips,
Hands on knees,
Put them behind you,
If you please.
Touch your shoulders,
Touch your nose,
Touch your ears,
And touch your toes.
I’m Gonna Pat My Little Head Rhyme
I’m gonna pat my little head,
I’m gonna pat it twice.
I’m gonna pat my little head.
Because I think it’s nice!
Repeat the rhyme with other parts of your face, such as nose, eyes, ears, etc.)
We enjoyed these books at Wonderful Ones this week:
Look at the Baby by Kelly Johnson
Pictures and a simple rhyme celebrate babies.
Check catalog availability
Who Do You Love? by Melanie Mitchell
Features textures to touch and feel on fold-out pages.
Check catalog availability
Itsy-Bitsy Babies by Margaret Wild
This wonderful story about the things babies love to do will inspire endless fun, as babies always love to read about babies.
Check catalog availability
Monday, September 19, 2011
Terrific Twos: Toe Tapping Fun
It's our third week of toe tapping fun at the Terrific Twos fall program and we have several new rhymes and books to share. Children love to move their feet by dancing, hopping, tapping and running. The interactive foot movements in the rhyme below help children to think symbolically by connecting the motions with the words. Clapping, tapping and bouncing to rhythms allows children to also hear syllables and improves motor skills.
My Silly Feet Rhyme
Have you seen my silly feet, (wiggle feet)
Walking down the silly street? (pretend to walk around)
Sometimes fast, sometimes slow, (walk fast, then slow)
Sometimes high, sometimes low. (walk high, walk low)
Come and walk along with me, (walk with each other)
Walk just like my feet you see. (walk like you see your child walking)
First we’ll glide on skates, then stop, (pretend to glide on skates, then stop)
Then we’ll spin and hop, hop, hop. (spin and hop)
At the beginning of each Terrific Twos program, we sing the song called, "Sing it, Say it, Stamp it, Sway it" by Peter and Ellen Allard. This music CD is available to check out at the library. Play the CD in your car so you and your child can sing along while driving. Or play the CD at home for some toe tapping fun. For additional resources from Peter and Ellen Allard, visit their website.
Check catalog availability of "Sing it, Say it, Stamp it, Sway it."
Sing it, Say it, Stamp it, Sway it
Words and Music: Peter and Ellen Allard
Fingers wiggling, fingers wiggling, wiggling 1-2-3
Fingers wiggling, wiggling 'til they stop.
Knees bending, knees bending, bending 1-2-3
Knees bending, wiggling 'til they stop.
Legs marching, legs marching, marching 1-2-3
Legs marching, marching 'til they stop.
Repeat the song using other motions:
Arms swaying...
Eyes blinking...
Shoulders shrugging...
Bodies moving...
In addition to activities and rhymes, have fun reading these two books with your Terrific Two Year Old! For more books about shoes and feet, check out this Ready Set Read Terrific Twos post.
Which Shoes Would You Chose by Betsy Rosenthal
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What Shall We Do When We All Go Out? by Shari Halpern
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My Silly Feet Rhyme
Have you seen my silly feet, (wiggle feet)
Walking down the silly street? (pretend to walk around)
Sometimes fast, sometimes slow, (walk fast, then slow)
Sometimes high, sometimes low. (walk high, walk low)
Come and walk along with me, (walk with each other)
Walk just like my feet you see. (walk like you see your child walking)
First we’ll glide on skates, then stop, (pretend to glide on skates, then stop)
Then we’ll spin and hop, hop, hop. (spin and hop)
At the beginning of each Terrific Twos program, we sing the song called, "Sing it, Say it, Stamp it, Sway it" by Peter and Ellen Allard. This music CD is available to check out at the library. Play the CD in your car so you and your child can sing along while driving. Or play the CD at home for some toe tapping fun. For additional resources from Peter and Ellen Allard, visit their website.
Check catalog availability of "Sing it, Say it, Stamp it, Sway it."
Sing it, Say it, Stamp it, Sway it
Words and Music: Peter and Ellen Allard
Fingers wiggling, fingers wiggling, wiggling 1-2-3
Fingers wiggling, wiggling 'til they stop.
Knees bending, knees bending, bending 1-2-3
Knees bending, wiggling 'til they stop.
Legs marching, legs marching, marching 1-2-3
Legs marching, marching 'til they stop.
Repeat the song using other motions:
Arms swaying...
Eyes blinking...
Shoulders shrugging...
Bodies moving...
In addition to activities and rhymes, have fun reading these two books with your Terrific Two Year Old! For more books about shoes and feet, check out this Ready Set Read Terrific Twos post.
Which Shoes Would You Chose by Betsy Rosenthal
Check catalog availability
What Shall We Do When We All Go Out? by Shari Halpern
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Terrific Twos: Fancy Feet
The second week of the Terrific Twos fall program continues with our fun and fancy feet and shoes theme! Using a combination of props, puppets, stories, rhymes and music, children are invited to participate in interactive motions and lively activities. Different kinds of playtime help children learn about language. Playing also helps children understand that written words stand for real objects and experiences. The more language experiences children have, the more words they learn.
Below are two rhymes two year old children will love to tap their feet to! The first rhyme, "Here We Go", is sung at the beginning of each Terrific Two program.
Here We Go Rhyme
Here we go up, up, up. (hands up in the air)
Here we go down, down, down. (hands back down to your side)
Here we go forward. (take one step forward)
Here we go backward. (take one step backward)
Here we go round and round and round. (turn once around)
Sit down!
Here we go up, up, up. (hands up in the air)
Here we go down, down, down. (hands back down to your side)
Here we go forward. (take one step forward)
Here we go backward. (take one step backward)
Here we go round and round and round. (turn once around)
Sit down!
Hickory Dickory Dock Rhyme
Hickory Dickory Dock
Let’s put on our socks
We’ll walk around, not making a sound
When we wear our socks.
Hickory Dickory Dock
Let’s put on our socks
We’ll walk around, not making a sound
When we wear our socks.
In addition to these two rhymes, we read several books at this week's Terrific Twos program. These books are about shoes, because sometimes two year olds want fancier shoes than plain old sneakers! For additional books about shoes and feet, check out last week's Ready Set Read Terrific Twos post.
Whose Shoes? by Anna Grossnickle Hines
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New Shoes, Red Shoes by Susan Rollings
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Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Terrific Twos: Feet are Fantastic!
Do you have a Terrific Two-Year Old? Then you and your child have probably enjoyed our weekly program especially for boys and girls aged 24-36 months. The first week of the Fall program introduced several concepts to two-year olds such as hands, feet and the actions of each of these body parts. With interactive motions children will begin to think symbolically and develop oral language skills. Through such playtime, children then practice putting thoughts into words. Rhythmic language through the song and books listed below also engage your child to learn about feet and their motions.
My Two Feet Rhyme
(Sung to the tune of 'Mary had a Little Lamb')
This is what my feet can do, feet can do, feet can do.
This is what my feet can do...
Can you do it too?
Let your feet go hop, hop, hop,
Hop, hop, hop, hop, hop, hop.
Let your feet go hop, hop, hop...
All around the room.
This is what my feet can do, feet can do, feet can do.
This is what my feet can do...
Can you do it too?
Let your feet go march, march, march,
March, march, march, march, march, march.
Let your feet go march, march, march...
All around the room.
This is what my feet can do, feet can do, feet can do.
This is what my feet can do...
Can you do it too?
Let your feet go tip-toeing, tip-toeing, tip-toeing,
Let your feet go tip-toeing, tip-toeing, tip-toeing...
All around the room.
Now your feet can sit right down, sit right down, sit right down.
Now your feet can sit right down, very quietly.
The story read in this week's Terrific Twos program was My Two Hands, My Two Feet by Rick Walton
In separate rhyming stories, two girls describe how they use their hands and feet.
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For more fun books about feet to read together, try one of these:
Two Shoes, Blue Shoes, New Shoes by Sally Fitz-Gibbon
A brand new pair of shoes can hop and skip to school better than anything. And nobody is as proud of her shiny footwear as this little girl, who bounces and dances her way through an imaginative adventure that only her two, new, blue shoes can discover.
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Who Has These Feet? by Laura Hulbert
In a lively guessing game format, find out why the feet of tree frogs, and those of eight other animals, are perfectly adapted to their habitats.
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Ooh La La Polka Dot Boots by Ellen Olson-Brown
Illustrations and brief rhyming text sing the praises of polka dot boots, which add panache to any outfit.
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Hello Toes! Hello Feet! by Ann Whitford Paul
A girl takes delight in all the things she and her feet do throughout the day.
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Hooray for Feet! by Susan Pearson
Hooray for Feet! celebrates the many ways our feet are always part of the action: holding us up, hurrying us along, stopping us short, taking us wherever we want to go.
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Harris Finds His Feet by Catherine Raynor
Harris, a very small hare with very big feet, has an elderly Grandad who teaches him the many uses of big, strong feet and other important life lessons.
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I Feel a Foot! by Maranke Rinck & Martijn van der Linden
Five animal friends, awakened by a strange noise, discover a creature in the dark that seems to be a giant-sized version of each of them.
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One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab: a counting by feet book by April Pulley Sayre and Jeff Sayre
A counting book featuring animals with different numbers of feet.
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Baby Shoes by Dashka Slater
After taking a walk with his mother, Baby's new white shoes with the blue stripe are covered with a variety of colors.
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Right and Lefty: a tale of two feet by Rachel Vail
Even though Lefty and Righty like different things, they find they must learn to get along together without tripping over each other.
My Two Feet Rhyme
(Sung to the tune of 'Mary had a Little Lamb')
This is what my feet can do, feet can do, feet can do.
This is what my feet can do...
Can you do it too?
Let your feet go hop, hop, hop,
Hop, hop, hop, hop, hop, hop.
Let your feet go hop, hop, hop...
All around the room.
This is what my feet can do, feet can do, feet can do.
This is what my feet can do...
Can you do it too?
Let your feet go march, march, march,
March, march, march, march, march, march.
Let your feet go march, march, march...
All around the room.
This is what my feet can do, feet can do, feet can do.
This is what my feet can do...
Can you do it too?
Let your feet go tip-toeing, tip-toeing, tip-toeing,
Let your feet go tip-toeing, tip-toeing, tip-toeing...
All around the room.
Now your feet can sit right down, sit right down, sit right down.
Now your feet can sit right down, very quietly.
The story read in this week's Terrific Twos program was My Two Hands, My Two Feet by Rick Walton
In separate rhyming stories, two girls describe how they use their hands and feet.
Check catalog availability
For more fun books about feet to read together, try one of these:
Two Shoes, Blue Shoes, New Shoes by Sally Fitz-Gibbon
A brand new pair of shoes can hop and skip to school better than anything. And nobody is as proud of her shiny footwear as this little girl, who bounces and dances her way through an imaginative adventure that only her two, new, blue shoes can discover.
Check catalog availability
Who Has These Feet? by Laura Hulbert
In a lively guessing game format, find out why the feet of tree frogs, and those of eight other animals, are perfectly adapted to their habitats.
Check catalog availability
Ooh La La Polka Dot Boots by Ellen Olson-Brown
Illustrations and brief rhyming text sing the praises of polka dot boots, which add panache to any outfit.
Check catalog availability
Hello Toes! Hello Feet! by Ann Whitford Paul
A girl takes delight in all the things she and her feet do throughout the day.
Check catalog availability
Hooray for Feet! by Susan Pearson
Hooray for Feet! celebrates the many ways our feet are always part of the action: holding us up, hurrying us along, stopping us short, taking us wherever we want to go.
Check catalog availability
Harris Finds His Feet by Catherine Raynor
Harris, a very small hare with very big feet, has an elderly Grandad who teaches him the many uses of big, strong feet and other important life lessons.
Check catalog availability
I Feel a Foot! by Maranke Rinck & Martijn van der Linden
Five animal friends, awakened by a strange noise, discover a creature in the dark that seems to be a giant-sized version of each of them.
Check catalog availability
One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab: a counting by feet book by April Pulley Sayre and Jeff Sayre
A counting book featuring animals with different numbers of feet.
Check catalog availability
Baby Shoes by Dashka Slater
After taking a walk with his mother, Baby's new white shoes with the blue stripe are covered with a variety of colors.
Check catalog availability
Right and Lefty: a tale of two feet by Rachel Vail
Even though Lefty and Righty like different things, they find they must learn to get along together without tripping over each other.
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