Babies & Books



OPENINGHello Song (melody: London Bridge)Hi, hello and how are you?How are you?How are you?Hi, hello and how are you?How are you today?Help baby to wave throughout the song.“Keeping the same opening song throughout storytimes gives the children a sense of security, and they are happy to start with something familiar.”Open Shut ThemOpen, shut them.Open, shut them.Give a little clap,Open, shut them.Open, shut them.Lay them in your lap.Creep them, creep them, slowly creep them.Right up to your chin.Open up your little mouth,But do not let them in.Open hands then shut hands into fist.Clap.Lay hands in your lap.Walk hands up to chin.Open mouth as if to put hands in.Shut mouth tight.DRUM/SHAKERSName Song_____over the water,_____ over the sea,_____ catch a blackbird, Can’t catch me!Beat syllables of child’s name out with a drum or shaker.Early Literacy Skill: The Name Song helps with phonemic awareness. “Breaking words into parts helps the children later when they are sounding out or decoding words.”BOOKMOTHER GOOSE RHYMEBOOKTRADITIONAL RHYMEBOOK/PUPPET/FLANNELBOARDCLOSINGThe More We Get TogetherThe more we get together,Together, TogetherThe more we get together,The happier we’ll be.‘Cause your friends are my friends,And my friends are your friends.The more we get togetherThe happier we’ll be. Using the same closing songs teachers children sequence and what to expect next. As they get older, they will learn story structure has a beginning, middle, and end.Good-bye Song (melody: London Bridge)Good-bye, good-byeSee you soon, see you soon.Good-bye, Good-bye ,See you soon,On another day.Time for lots of waving and blowing kisses.BUBBLES and MUSICPLAY and TALK TIME ................
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