OPENING FINGERPLAY: Open Them Shut Them*<\/strong><\/p>\n BOOK: Little White Fish Gets Bigger<\/strong> by GUIDO VAN GENECHTEN FLANNEL SONG: A Hunting We Will Go*<\/strong> SONG: Three Little Fishies<\/strong> Down in the meadow in a little bitty pool Doot doot dittum dattum wattum choo Stop! Said the momma fish, \u201cOr you will get lost!\u201d They swam and they swam and it was a lark BOOK: Maisy Big, Maisy Small<\/strong> by LUCY COUSINS LITERACY TIP: Letter Knowledge<\/strong> ACTIVITY: Roll, Roll, Sugar Babies<\/strong> Roll roll sugar babies You can also do other opposites together, like “Up” and “Down” and “Right” and “Left”.<\/em>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n BOUNCE: Royal Duke of York<\/strong><\/p>\n Oh, the royal Duke of York 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":" Another day of learning about same & different, to help build Letter Knowledge! OPENING SONG: Hello Song* OPENING FINGERPLAY: Open Them Shut Them* BOOK: Little White Fish Gets Bigger by GUIDO VAN GENECHTEN This is a super cute board book … Continue reading
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\nThis is a super cute board book I was lucky enough to come across on the Barnes & Noble bargain table…I don’t know that they are still available, which is a shame, because this series is PERFECT for baby storytime! Bold pictures, repetitive text, simple story.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nI tried to use animals that were in Little White Fish: fish\/dish, whale\/pail, crab\/cab.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nI love this song, it always makes me happy to sing the doot-doots. While I was researching versions and hand-motions, I came across Miss Marilee’s Music<\/a>, a site with some great videos of kids singing songs as well as some super music-and-movement ideas! Here’s Miss Marilee’s video<\/a> and this is the version I wound up singing today:<\/em> <\/p>\n
\nLived 3 little fishies and their momma fishy too
\n\u201cSwim,\u201d said the momma fish, \u201cSwim if you can!\u201d
\nAnd they swam and they swam right over the dam.<\/p>\n
\nDoot doot dittum dattum wattum choo
\nDoot doot dittum dattum wattum choo
\nAnd they swam and they swam right over the dam.<\/p>\n
\nBut the 3 little fishies didn\u2019t wanna get bossed!
\nThe 3 little fishies went off on a spree
\nAnd they swam and they swam right out to the sea.<\/p>\n
\nThen all of a sudden, they saw a BIG shark!
\nBack to the pool in the meadow they swam
\nAnd they swam and they swam back over the dam!\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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\nBooks are great ways to introduce new concepts to little ones, but babies REALLY learn by doing! Acting out opposites helps them understand their meanings. Understanding differences is the first step to being able to recognize and understand the differences in how the letters look!<\/em><\/p>\n
\nThanks to Reading Chick<\/a> for teaching me this one!<\/em><\/p>\n
\nRoll roll sugar babies
\nRoll babies hands over each other like Wheels on the Bus<\/em>
\nPush
\nGently push baby’s arms…lean forward or back if they are sitting on your lap, or pull on their arms if they are lying on their backs. Remember to make sure the motion is “pushing” from their point of view!<\/em>
\nPull
\nGently pull baby’s arms<\/em>
\nClap clap clap
\nClap!<\/em><\/p>\n
\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>
\nOh, 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><\/blockquote>\n