{"id":1203,"date":"2010-08-30T15:18:24","date_gmt":"2010-08-30T15:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/blog\/?p=1203"},"modified":"2011-11-06T20:08:02","modified_gmt":"2011-11-07T03:08:02","slug":"baby-storytime-mother-goose-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/blog\/baby-storytime-mother-goose-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Storytime: Mother Goose (Again!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our fall storytime sessions start today after a month off, and Mother Goose rhymes make for a fun and familiar way to welcome old friends back and to make new friends feel comfortable. See last fall’s version here<\/a>! <\/p>\n

OPENING SONG: Hello Song*<\/strong><\/p>\n

OPENING FINGERPLAY: Open Them Shut Them*<\/strong><\/p>\n

BOOK: Big Fat Hen<\/strong> by BAKER
\nAn oversized picture book with bold colors for little eyes.<\/em>
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

ACTIVITY: Two Little Blackbirds<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two little blackbirds, sitting on a wall
\nhold up pointer fingers<\/em>
\nOne named Peter, one named Paul
\nwiggle one finger, then the other<\/em>
\nFly away Peter! Fly away Paul!
\ntuck one hand behind back, then the other<\/em>
\nCome back Peter! Come back Paul!
\nbring one hand back to front, then the other<\/em>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

SONG: Baa Baa Black Sheep<\/strong>
\nI use pop stick puppets with this song, and sing it with different color sheep.<\/em>
\n\"Baa<\/p>\n

FLANNEL SONG: A Hunting We Will Go*<\/strong>
\nToday we used crow\/snow, sheep\/Jeep, hen\/pen, and bear\/chair.<\/em><\/p>\n

BOUNCE: Royal Duke of York<\/strong>
\nMany thanks to Anne<\/a> and Brianna<\/a> for the great Twitter conversation we had about this old rhyme! We talked about different variations (Is the Duke “royal,” “grand,” or “merry”?) and Anne reminded us that with older kids we can skip, jump, and hop up the mountain after we march, and Brianna taught us the “rolling” verse that I end with here. Yay for Twitter colleagues!<\/em> <\/p>\n

Oh, the royal Duke of York
\nHe had ten thousand men
\nBounce baby in lap<\/em>
\nHe marched them up the mountaintop
\nLift baby up!<\/em>
\nAnd marched them down again
\nSet baby in your lap again<\/em>\t<\/p>\n

Oh, when you\u2019re up, you\u2019re up
\nLift baby up!<\/em>
\nAnd when you\u2019re down, you\u2019re down
\nSet baby in your lap again<\/em>
\nAnd when you\u2019re only halfway up
\nYou\u2019re neither up nor down!
\nBounce baby in lap<\/em><\/p>\n

He rolled them to the left
\nTilt baby to one side<\/em>
\nHe rolled them to the right
\nTilt baby to the other side<\/em>
\nHe rolled them over upside down
\nTilt baby gently backwards in your lap!<\/em>
\nOh, what a silly sight!
\nBring baby back upright<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

ACTION RHYME: Pat A Cake<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pat a cake pat a cake
\nBaker’s man
\nBake me a cake as fast as you can
\nClap baby’s hands together<\/em>
\nPat it
\nPat baby’s tummy<\/em>
\nAnd roll it
\nRoll baby’s hands over each other<\/em>
\nAnd mark it with B
\nTrace the letter B on baby’s tummy<\/em>
\nAnd put it in the over for Baby and me!
\nClap again!<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

BOOK: Diddle Diddle Dumpling<\/strong> by PEARSON
\nThis is small in size, but the illustrations about a bedtime routine (Daddy falls asleep reading to baby!) are wonderful.<\/em>
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

LITERACY TIP: Print Motivation<\/strong>
\nResearchers have found that kids who go to kindergarten with a few Mother Goose rhymes memorized have an easier time learning to read than kids who don’t! Nursery rhymes introduce babies to the rhymes and rhythms of words, and that intimate knowledge really does give them a head start.<\/em><\/p>\n

ACTION SONG: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star<\/strong><\/p>\n

ACTION RHYME: This is Big Big Big*<\/strong> <\/p>\n

CLOSING SONG: Sneeze Game*<\/strong> <\/p>\n

*Check out the My Baby Storytime<\/a> page for the words and\/or citations for these weekly activities!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our fall storytime sessions start today after a month off, and Mother Goose rhymes make for a fun and familiar way to welcome old friends back and to make new friends feel comfortable. See last fall’s version here! OPENING SONG: … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-baby-storytime"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2LHEP-jp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1203"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2840,"href":"http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1203\/revisions\/2840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}