The sun was shining and the babies were smiling! What a fun morning!  After our hello songs and rhymes, we read...

Little Face Big Face
by Bill Cotter

....and shared these songs and fingerplays:

Sneeze Game from Mel's Desk

You see with your eyes
Touch your eyes 
You sneeze with your nose
Touch your nose (achoo!) 
You hear with your ears 
Touch your ears 
You kiss with your lips
Kiss me here

Cheek, Chin from Hilltop Storytime

Cheek chin cheek chin cheek chin, nose 
Cheek chin cheek chin cheek chin, toes 
Cheek chin cheek chin, up baby goes! 

Early Literacy Tip

Babies learn best by doing! Acting out opposites helps babies understand their meanings. Understanding differences is an important step in recognizing the differences in how letters look.

Roll, Roll Sugar Babies from Jbrary 

Roll roll sugar babies, 
Roll roll sugar babies 
Push 
Pull
Clap clap clap (repeat) 

Roll up high, 
Roll down low 
Roll real fast
Roll real slow 

Roll roll sugar babies x2 
Push
Pull 
Clap clap clap 

Repeat with Up and Down

Then we read...

Maisy’s Sailboat by Lucy Cousins 

...and shared these fun songs:

Bubble, Bubble, Pop from Jbrary 

One little red fish 
Swimming in the water, 
Swimming in the water, 
Swimming in the water. 
One little red fish
Swimming in the water, 
Bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble...POP!

Waves in the Sea  from Jbrary 
Tune: Wheels on the Bus

The waves on the sea go up and down, 
Up and down, up and down, 
The waves on the sea go up and down 
All day long 

The fish in the sea go swish swish swish.. 
The boats in the sea go toot toot toot...

We then learned the baby sign for water and our puppet friends joined us for this one:

Puppets: Did You Ever See? from Jbrary 

Did you ever see a whale, a whale, a whale? 
Did you ever see a whale swim this way and that? 
Swim this way & that way & this way and & way. 
Did you ever see a whale swim this way and that?

Repeat with dolphin leap, octopus shimmy, shark snap

We finished up with shakers and sang our goodbyes.  See you next week!