APRIL Book Babies + Toddler Time: Walking Together
APRIL Book Babies + Toddler Time: Walking Together
As you look forward to the first steps of your infant, don’t forget the benefit of walking outside with your child. Not only is it a great self-care activity for you as a caregiver, but it opens up the world to your child as they develop and find themselves in a variety of sensory experiences.
Book Babies: Wednesday @ 9:30am in Community Room
Ages 0 – 10 months
Toddler Time: Monday & Tuesday @ 9:30am in Community Room
Ages 11 – 23 months
Welcome Songs
Here We Are Together
Here we are together, together, together! Oh, here we are together in our library. There’s (sing names)… Here we are together in our library!
Hello Everybody
Hello everybody let’s clap our hands*, clap our hands, clap our hands. Hello everybody let’s clap our hands today! *pat our head, stretch up high, wiggle our fingers, tickle our knees, kick our feet, bounce up high!
S, T, R, W, P
(Sing while pointing to each finger on your child’s hand.) Sing, talk, read, write, play! Sing, talk, read write, play! Sing, talk, read, write, play! Sing, talk, read, write, play each day!
Sing, Talk, Read, Write, Play
TIP
April National Child Abuse Prevention Month Tips
- Be a nurturing parent. Children need to know that they are special, loved, and capable of following their dreams.
- Help yourself. When the big and little problems of your everyday life pile up to the point you feel overwhelmed and out of control- take time out. Don’t take it out on your kid.
- If your baby cries… It can be frustrating to hear your baby cry. Learn what to do if your baby won’t stop crying. Never shake a baby- shaking a child may result in severe injury or death.
www.preventchildabuse.org/resources/ten-ways-to-help-prevent-child-abuse/
Activity
- Praise your children often when you see them doing something “good.”
- Teach your child to resolve conflicts peacefully.
- Hold, cuddle, and hug your children often.
- Volunteer at your child’s school.
- Reflect on the parenting you received as a child and how that impacts how you parent today.
- Make time to do something YOU enjoy.
Books Presented
Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins
I Went Walking by Sue Williams
Boop! by Bea Birdsong
Turtle Walk by Matt Phelan
Walk On! by Maria Frazee
Mooses Come Walking by Arlo Guthrie
Walk and See 123 by Rosalind Beardshaw
Wiggle, Walk, Wash! by Elliot Kruszynski
Songs, Rhymes, and Fingerplays
Hokey Pokey Penny a Lump
Hokey pokey, penny a lump
Up & down, up & down, bumpity- bump
If you jump, you’re sure to fall
Hokey pokey, that is all!
Source: The Pawling Library
Ten Little Shoes
Ten little shoes here we go
Let’s all count them as I put them in rows.
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10
Ten little shoes, again we go
Now let’s count them nice and slow
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10
Ten little shoes, in neat rows
Let’s count them as away they go
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
Goodbye, shoes!
Source: Pasadena Public Library
As I Went Walking to Town
As I went walking to town one day,
I met a ________ along the way,
And what do you think the _______ did say?
Hello Bubble
Hello bubble, hello bubble,
Come and land, come and land,
Right in the middle, right in the middle,
Of my hand, of my hand.
Source: Verona Storytime
Everyone Can Shake
Everyone can shake, shake, shake
Everyone can shake, shake, shake
Everyone can shake, shake, shake
And now let’s make a stop.
Verses: Everyone can tap, Everyone can clap, Everyone can wave, etc.
Source: Jbrary
Choo Choo Song
Choo choo choo choo, Choo choo choo choo
Up the railroad track
Choo choo choo choo, Choo choo choo choo
Then we come right back (whole thing x2)
First we go to _________ house and then we go to _________ house
And then we go to…… (say all kids’ names)
And then we come right back!
Choo choo choo choo, Choo choo choo choo
Up the railroad track
Choo choo choo choo, Choo choo choo choo
Then we come right back! Yay!
