6 by 6 Spotlight:
TAKE TIME TO RHYME, SING AND PLAY WORD GAMES
Rhymes and rhyming games are a great way to help babies enjoy language. Don’t be afraid to be silly
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The books we read:
Let's Sing a Lullaby with the Brave Cowboy by Jan Thomas © 2012
Such a Silly Baby by Steffanie & Richard Lorig © 2008
Over in the Meadow by Olive A Wadsworth © 2002
The songs and rhymes we sang:
Welcome, Welcome [Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle]
Welcome, welcome everyone
Now you're here let's have some fun.
First we'll clap our hands just so.
Then let's reach and touch our toes.
Welcome, welcome everyone.
Now you're here let's have some fun.
If Your Happy and You Know It [Tune: If Your Happy and You Know It]
If You’re Happy and You Know It
If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands
If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands
If you’re happy and you know it then your face will surely show it
If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands!-Stomp your feet
-Boop your nose
-Tickle your baby
Peek-a-Boo [Tune: Peek a Boo ]
Where's my baby, Peek-a-boo
Where's my baby, Peek-a-boo
Where's my baby, Peek-a-boo
Peek-a-boo to baby.
Hickory Dickory Dock [Tune: Hickory Dickory Dock]
Hickory-dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck one and down she run, Hickory-dickory dock.Hickory-dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck two and the mouse said, "Whhhoooo" , Hickory-dickory dock.Hickory-dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck three and the mouse said, "Wheeee", Hickory-dickory dock.Hickory-dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck four, the mouse said, "No more!", Hickory-dickory dock.
Down at the station, early in the morning
See the little puffer-bellies all in a row.
See the engine driver pull his little lever
Puff, puff, peep, peep, off we go!
Pat a Cake
Pat a cake, pat a cake, baker man
Bake me a cake as fast as you can.
Pat it and prick it and mark it with B
and pop it in the oven for baby and me.
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O
and on that farm he had a pig, E-I-E-I-O
With and oink oink here, and an oink, oink there
Here an oink, there an oink, everywhere an oink, oink
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O
I'm a little teapot, short and stout.
Here is my handle, here is my spout.
When I get all steamed up, then I shout.
"Just tip me over and pour me out."
The More We Read Together [Tune: "The More We Get Together"]
The more we read together, together, together,
The more we read together, the better it is!
'Cause reading and singing and talking together,
Is how you learn the six skills for reading by six.
The other five 6 by 6 skills:
HAVE FUN WITH BOOKS
Having fun produces chemicals in the brain that actually aid in the forming of synapses – learning.
That is one of the reasons why having fun is so important.
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NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU
Looking at books where the words themselves are interesting is a great way to get babies to notice print.
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TELL STORIES ABOUT EVERYTHING
It's great to ask your child open ended questions while reading. This encourages fun, involvement, thinking about stories,
understanding cause and effect, and it helps build vocabulary.
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TALK, TALK, TALK
You are three times as likely to hear rare and unusual words while reading a book as you are in regular conversation: so
read together often, and look for books with great words in them, and concepts that are relatable to baby.
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LOOK FOR LETTERS EVERYWHERE
Try some fun alphabet activities from our Pinterest page.
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Hope to see you at our next Antioch Library Baby Time.