After our introduction, the first board book of the day was Moo, Baa, La La La by Sandra Boynton. This book is a personal favorite of mine, and actually the first one I buy for any friend who announces they're having a baby. The rhyming is great for a small child's language development, and Sandra Boynton's characters are just so dang cute. There's nothing bad about this book.
Our lap bounce portion began, as always, with "Bumpy Road." Grownups are instructed to seat their baby facing forward on their laps and bounce along with me as I demonstrate with a roughly baby-sized teddy bear. Here is the chant:
Bumpy road, bumpy road. (Bounce baby on lap)
Smooth road, smooth road. (Move baby smoothly back and forth)
Bumpy road, bumpy road. (Bounce baby on lap)
Smooth road, smooth road. (Move baby smoothly back and forth)
Rough road, rough road! (Bounce baby higher than before)
Bumpy road, bumpy road. (Bounce baby on lap)
Rough road, rough road! (Bounce baby higher than before)
Hole! (Hold baby under armpits and let them fall between your legs)
I used "Walkin' Ol' Joe" again as our first lap bounce song, which I guess is also applicable to the farm. Our second lap bounce song was "Noble Duke of York," which is long but affords a lot of opportunity to bring the baby up, down, left, right, and even upside-down (over your shoulder) if you're brave enough. I always see grownups' eyes widen the first time they see me turn my demonstration teddy bear upside down, but by the end of the song, they're trying it out and their babies usually have the time of their life!
The second book was Quick, Duck! by Mary Murphy. It was fun to make the babies (and their grownups) to quack like ducks. Some of them got the idea and started quacking by the end, but most importantly, I demonstrated for their caregivers a potential interactive activity they can do with their babies as they read. Talking about the animals on the page, and what sounds they make, is a great way to practice identifying pictures, which is one of the first steps toward learning sight words later on.
Our last movement song today was "I'm a Little Teapot." I have a version with this song first, and then "Two Little Blackbirds" to the same tune directly after. I like this version because that nursery rhyme has fallen out of use over the years, and it's still a fun fingerplay.
Click here to listen to the version I use.
I could have included "Six Little Ducks" by Raffi to continue with the barnyard theme, and because there's never a bad time to play Raffi, but I'm still working out movements for that one.
To conclude storytime we sang "Peek-a-Boo" and "Skidamarink," then had bubbles and a 15-ish minute community play time. You can see my usual Baby Lapsit conclusion by scrolling up and clicking on the "introduction" link.
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