1. Mother Goose Rhyme Time Fun Blue Valley Youth Services
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Blue Valley Youth Services

2. Baby Actions Fly baby, fly baby, fly, fly, fly
Cry baby, cry baby, cry, cry, cry
Roll baby, roll baby, roll, roll, roll
Crawl baby, crawl baby, crawl, crawl, crawl
Dive baby, dive baby, dive, dive, dive
Swim baby, swim baby, swim, swim, swim
Hop baby, hop baby, hop, hop, hop
Stop baby, stop baby,
STOP! STOP! STOP!
All of these activities we are doing here today: crawling, hopping, reaching, bouncing stimulate brain development. Continue to do them at home with your child.
Did you know? Crawling, hopping, reaching, and bouncing activities stimulate brain development. Have fun playing with your child often.

3. which gives them a larger vocabulary.
HELP YOUR CHILD
BE READY TO READ
NAME THINGS AROUND YOU
This helps children
learn new words
which gives them a larger vocabulary.
Today we are naming body parts. When you go to the grocery store, talk about what you are buying. For instance, let’s get this pepper, this big, red pepper.
Did you know? Knowing the names of things starts VERY early. Narrate your day – say what you are doing while you are doing it.

4. Up to your shoulders if you please.
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.
That’s all for now,
There isn’t any more.

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

6. SAY NURSERY RHYMES and EMPHASIZING THE WORDS THAT RHYME.
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.

7. 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.

8. Little bo-peep has lost her sheep And can’t tell where to find them
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

9. 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

10. The cow jumped over the moon. And the dish ran away with the spoon.
Hey diddle 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.

11. Hidden away where nobody sees.
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.

12. 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.
Now we are going to add some music. Sing a lot to your child. It helps them hear syllables in words because generally each syllable gets a different note.

13. WHERE IS THUMBKIN? HERE I AM! HERE I AM! HOW ARE YOU TODAY SIR?
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! HERE I AM!
HOW ARE YOU TODAY SIR?
VERY WELL I THANK YOU.
RUN AWAY. 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.

14. 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.

15. 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; quack, 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-hum;
But the one little duck………….

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

17. 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.

18. BOING, 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.

19. 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

20. LITTLE FLEA GOTCHA!! 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!!
LITTLE FLEA
Did you know? Simple songs like this one help to build vocabulary by naming body parts.

21. CIRCLE GAMES

22. 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!

23. At Home: Give your child board books to hold and explore
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