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
See all of our 6 by 6 Finger Plays & Wordless Picturebook videos.
The books we read:
Itsy-Bitsy Babies by Margaret Wild © 2009
There's a Train Out for Dreamland by Frederich H. Heider & Carl Kress © 2010
Pots and Pans by Patricia Hubbell © 1998
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.
The Wheels on the Train [Tune: Wheels on the Bus]
The wheels on the train
go round and round,
round and round,
round and round
The wheels on the train
go round and round
all through the town
(people on the train go up and down)
Additions: shoes on the train go stomp,
babies on the train go peekaboo
Head and Shoulders [Tune: Head and Shoulders]
Head and shoulders, knees and toes
knees and toes, knees and toes,
Head and shoulders, knees and toes
Eyes and ears and mouth and nose.
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.
Check out our Staff Picks for Have Fun with Books.
NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU
Looking at books where the words themselves are interesting is a great way to get babies to notice print.
Check out our Staff Picks for Notice Print All Around You.
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.
Check out our Staff Picks for Tell Stories About Everything.
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.
Check out our Staff Picks for Talk, Talk, Talk.
LOOK FOR LETTERS EVERYWHERE
Try some fun alphabet activities from our Pinterest page.
Check out our Staff Picks for Look for Letters Everywhere.
Hope to see you at our next Antioch Library Baby Time.