MARCH Book Babies + Toddlers: Lambs
Many of us grew up with classic nursery rhymes like Mary Had a Little Lamb and Baa, Baa, Black Sheep. As you teach those songs to your child, consider incorporating these additional activities to expand both your and your baby’s nursery rhyme repertoire.
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
The concept of loud and soft plays an important role in music and throughout life. Children need to know when a loud voice is OK and when a soft voice is required. Through music, they can have fun learning the difference between loud and soft. – “Reading Picture Books With Children” by Lambert
Activity
When you sing, “Two Little Lambs,” with your child, sing the word, “soft,” softly and the word, “loud,” loudly.
Books Presented
Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox
Sheep Blast Off! by Nancy Shaw
Mary Had a Little Lamb by Iza Trapani
This expanded version of the traditional rhyme shows what happens when the lamb decides to go off alone. Includes music on the last page.
And I Have You: A Book of Mothers and Babies by Maggie Smith
That's Not My Lamb... : Its Nose is Too Rough by Fiona Watt
Meet five adorable little lambs in this charming addition to the much-loved That’s not my. series. Babies love the best-selling That’s not my. books with their bold illustrations, patches to stroke, and a mouse to spot on every page, all designed to develop sensory and language awareness.
My Little Lamb by Hannah Eliot
No More Blanket for Lambkin! by Bernette G. Ford
Baa Baa, Black Sheep! by Annie Kubler
Songs, Rhymes, and Fingerplays
Zoom, Baaa, Zoom
Zoom, Baaa, zoom! The sheep are on the moon!
Zoom, Baaa, zoom! The sheep are on the moon!
When they want to take a trip,
They climb aboard their rocket ship.
Zoom, baaa, zoom! The sheep are on the moon! 5-4-3-2-1 Baaaaast off!
Far, baaa, far! the sheep are in the stars…
Fun, baaa, fun! The sheep are on the sun…
Adapted from Jbrary
Two Little Lambs Sitting on a Hill
Two little lambs sitting on a hill,
One named Jack and one named Jill,
Run away Jack, run away Jill.
Come back Jack, come back Jill.
Two little lambs sitting on a hill,
One named Jack and one named Jill.
Two little lambs fluffy as a cloud,
One named Soft and one named Loud!
Run away Soft, run away Loud!
Come back Soft, come back Loud!
Two little lambs fluffy as a cloud,
One named Soft, and one named Loud!
Adapted from Jbrary
The Bean Bag
Chorus:
Throw the bean bag and catch
Turn around, turn around, stamp, stamp, stamp
Throw the bean bag and catch
Turn around, turn around, stamp, stamp, stamp
Put it on your head and walk around the room
Put it on your head and walk around the room
Repeat Chorus
Put it on your head and walk around the room
Put it on your head and walk around the room
Put it on your shoulder
Put it on your elbow
Put it on your knee
Put it on your back now
Put it on your stomach
Put it on your finger
Put it on your foot
Put it on your arm now
Put it on your head and walk around the room
Put it on your head and walk around the room
Repeat Chorus
Source: Hap Palmer
Lamb Trot
(tune “Here We Go ‘Round the Mulberry Bush”)
My lamb is trotting on my toes, on my toes, on my toes
My lamb is trotting on my toes –
BAAA! BAAA! BAAA! (move bean bag to knee)
My lamb is trotting on my knee…
My lamb is trotting on my tummy…
My lamb is trotting on my shoulder…
My lamb is leaping on my head, on my head, on my head (balance bean bag on head)
My lamb is leaping on my head –
He leaped away! BAAA! (make bean bag fall to floor)
Adapted from Storytime Stuff
If You have a Green Sheep
Tune: Do you know the muffin man?
If you have a green* sheep, a green sheep, a green sheep
If you have a green sheep
Come, put it in the barn!
*Red, yellow, blue
Lift One Foot and Then the Other
Lift one foot and then the other,
Lift one foot and then the other
Lift one foot and then the other
Lift them both together.
(Verses: Lift one arm, clap your hands and keep on clapping)
Source: Jbrary
Mama’s Little Baby Love Bouncin’
(Tune: Shortnin’ Bread)
Mama’s little baby loves bouncin’ bouncin’
Mama’s little baby loves bouncin’ round,
Mama’s little baby loves bouncin’ bouncin’
Mama’s little baby loves bouncin’ round.
Lean to the left, lean to the right
Now hug that baby nice and tight!
Lean to the left, lean to the right
Now hug that baby nice and tight
(can alter to Daddy. Grandma, Grandpa, Nanny, etc)
Source: Verona Storytime
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