Mother Goose Rhyme Time Fun Miss Dorian Baby

Mother Goose Rhyme Time Fun Miss Dorian

Baby Actions Fly baby, fly, fly Cry baby, cry, cry Roll baby, roll, roll Crawl baby, crawl, crawl Dive baby, dive, dive Swim baby, swim, swim Hop baby, hop, hop Stop baby, stop baby, STOP! Did you know? Crawling, hopping, reaching, and bouncing activities stimulate brain development. Have fun playing with your child often.

HELP YOUR CHILD BE READY TO READ NAME THINGS AROUND YOU This helps children learn new words which gives them a larger vocabulary. Did you know? Knowing the names of things starts VERY early. Narrate your day – say what you are doing while you are doing it.

Reach for the ceiling Touch the floor Stand up again Let’s do some more. Touch your head Then your knees Up to your shoulders if you please. Reach for the ceiling Touch the floor That’s all for now, There isn’t any more.

HERE ARE MY EARS Here are my ears Here is my tongue Here is my nose That helps me speak Here are my fingers Here are my knees Here are my toes. And here are my cheeks. Here are my eyes Here are my hands Both open wide That help me play Here is my mouth Here are my feet With teeth inside. For walking today. Did you know? Simple rhyming games like this one help to build vocabulary by naming body parts.

HELP YOUR CHILD BE READY TO READ SAY NURSERY RHYMES and EMPHASIZING THE WORDS THAT RHYME. This helps children hear the sounds that make up words.

Humpty dumpty sat on a wall Humpty dumpty had a great fall All the king’s horses And all the king’s men Couldn’t put humpty Together again! Did you know? It is important for children to hear nursery rhymes even though they may not understand the meaning. Rhymes give them a feeling of the rhythm and flow of language and helps them hear the smaller sounds in words.

Little bo-peep has lost her sheep And can’t tell where to find them. Leave them alone and they’ll come home Wagging their tales behind them

Jack and Jill went up the hill To fetch a pail of water Jack fell down And broke his crown And Jill came tumbling after

Hey diddle The cat and the fiddle The cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed To see such sport And the dish ran away with the spoon.

Here is the beehive, Where are the bees? Hidden away where nobody sees. Watch and you’ll see them come out of the hive. One, two, three, four, five. Bzzzzzz. Did you know? When playing rhyming word games, emphasize the words that rhyme. This helps children learn to hear that words are made up of smaller parts.

HELP YOUR CHILD BE READY TO READ by: SINGING SONGS Helps your child hear syllables in words. Each syllable gets a different note in most songs.

Ten little fingers standing in a row. Wiggle them high, wiggle them low. Shake them fast, shake them slow. Put them behind your back, Where did they go? WHERE IS THUMBKIN? HERE I AM! HOW ARE YOU TODAY SIR? VERY WELL I THANK YOU. RUN AWAY. Continue with: Pointer, tall man, ring man, baby, family Did you know? Finger rhymes help children learn about many concepts such as high and low and forward and backward.

The Eentsy Weentsy Spider The eentsy weentsy spider went up the waterspout. Down came the rain and washed the spider out. Out came the sun and dried up all the rain. And the eentsy weentsy spider went up the spout again.

SIX LITTLE DUCKS Six little ducks that I once knew Fat ones, skinny ones, fair ones too; But the one little duck with the feather on his back, He led the others with his quack, quack. Quack, quack; quack, quack; He led the others with his quack, quack. Down to the river they would go, Wibble wobble, wibble wobble to and fro; But the one little duck……… Home from the river they would come, Wibble wobble, wibble wobble, ho-hum; But the one little duck………….

HICKORY DOCK THE MOUSE RAN UP THE CLOCK STRUCK ONE, THE MOUSE RAN DOWN HICKORY DOCK. Continue: struck 2 said, “boo”, struck 3 said, “whee” struck 4 said, “no more!”

Two little blackbirds Sitting on a hill One named Jack, One named Jill Fly away Jack Fly away Jill. Come back Jack Come back Jill.

BOING, SQUEAK A boing, boing squeak, a boing, boing squeak A bouncing mouse is in my house, It’s been here for a week. It bounced from out of nowhere. Then quickly settled in. I’m grateful that it came alone--(I’ve heard it has a twin) It bounces in the kitchen, It bounces in the den. It bounces through the living room-Look! There it goes again.

TICKLE YOU HERE Hug you here, hug you there, Hug you, hug you everywhere. Tickle you here, tickle you there, Tickle you, tickle you everywhere. Bounce you here, bounce you there, Bounce you, bounce you everywhere

LITTLE FLEA Creeping, creeping little flea Up my leg and past my knee To my tummy up he goes Past my chin and to my nose Now he’s creeping down my chin To my tummy once again Down my leg and past my knee To my toe that little flea. GOTCHA!! Did you know? Simple songs like this one help to build vocabulary by naming body parts.

CIRCLE GAMES

ROLY POLY Roly Poly up Roly Poly down Roly Poly in Roly Poly out Roly Poly bye-bye! THANKS FOR COMING SEE YOU NEXT WEEK!

At Home: HELP YOUR CHILD BE READY TO READ • Give your child board books to hold and explore • Point to pictures and talk about them • Use books with clear and simple pictures • Have fun with books • Sing and Rhyme often