OPENING FINGERPLAY: Open Them Shut Them*<\/strong><\/p>\n BOOK: At Home on the Ranch<\/a><\/strong> by GORDON LITERACY TIP: Vocabulary<\/strong> FLANNEL SONG: If You Want to Be a Cowboy<\/strong> If you want to be a cowboy, wear your jeans Down Around the Corner<\/strong> Down around the corner at the general store Down around the corner at the general store FLANNEL SONG: A Hunting We Will Go*<\/strong> BOOK: Cowboy Small<\/a><\/strong> by LENSKI SONG WITH PUPPETS: Down on Grandpa’s Farm<\/strong><\/p>\n Oh, we’re on our way, we’re on our way Down on Grandpa’s farm there is a big brown horse That horse, she makes a noise like this, neigh, neigh BOUNCE: Trot Trot to Boston<\/strong><\/p>\n Trot trot to Boston ACTION RHYME: Shoe A Little Horse<\/strong><\/p>\n Shoe a little horse 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":" January in Colorado means the Stock Show’s in town! It’s a good time to read about ranches and cowpokes and learn all sorts of new words. OPENING SONG: Hello Song* OPENING FINGERPLAY: Open Them Shut Them* BOOK: At Home on … Continue reading
\nThis is an easy reader book! I often check this section for beginning level readers since they can be very short. Sometimes I can find one that will work in baby storytime.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nYour baby may not have much experience with cowboys and ranches and horses, but talk to them about new ideas and experiences anyway. The more we talk to our babies, the bigger their vocabularies grow. Sometimes we get bored talking about the same old daily routine with our kids. New topics can keep us motivated to keep talking!<\/em><\/p>\n
\nSing to: If You’re Happy and You Know It<\/em>
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\nIf you want to be a cowboy, wear your jeans
\nIf you’re a cowboy and you know it
\nThen your jeans will really show it,
\nIf you want to be a cowboy, wear your jeans<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nSing to: Five Little Ducks Went Out to Play<\/em>
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\nWere five cowboy hats and not one more
\nAlong came someone with a nickel to pay
\nAnd they bought a cowboy hat and they took it away<\/p>\n
\nWere four cowboy hats…\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nToday we used sheep\/jeep, hen\/pen, pig\/wig, and mare\/chair<\/em><\/p>\n
\nI just chose a few pages of this to read!<\/em><\/p>\n
\nOn our way to Grandpa’s farm
\nOh, we’re on our way, we’re on our way
\nOn our way to Grandpa’s farm.<\/p>\n
\nDown on Grandpa’s farm there is a big brown horse<\/p>\n
\nThat horse, she makes a noise like this, neigh, neigh<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nTrot trot to Lynn
\nTrot trot to Grammy’s house
\nBounce baby gentle on your lap<\/em>
\nBut don’t fall IN!
\nGently drop baby between your legs!<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nTap on the sole of baby’s foot<\/em>
\nShoe a little mare
\nTap on the sole of baby’s other foot<\/em>
\nBut let the little colt go bare, bare bare!
\nTap baby’s two feet gently together<\/em>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n