JANUARY Book Babies + Toddlers: Dogs & Puppies
Through books, visits to petting zoos, and interactive animal puppets and toys, your child will explore the animal kingdom by learning the sounds animals make. This includes discovering the wide range of vocalizations from dogs, understanding the differences between adult dogs and puppies. You can help them notice how these animals differ not just in size, but in their barks, whimpers, growls, and even sighs. So the next time ask your child, ‘What does a dog say?’, you can share the happy, yipping sounds of a puppy alongside the deeper bark of an adult dog.
Book Babies: Wednesday @ 9:30am in Community Room
Babies not yet walking (Ages 0 – 12 months)
Toddler Time: Monday & Tuesday @ 9:30am in Community Room
Toddlers who are walking (Ages 1 – 2 years)
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
Being able to coordinate small muscles in hands and fingers enables children to hold things, cut with scissors, tie their shoes, and fasten buttons. Fingerplays such as, “Where is thumbkin?” starts as a simple activity but soon develops into a complicated exercise as more fingers are used. Development of fine motor skills also helps children to write. ~Lambert
Activity
Pick a favorite fingerplay to do with your child like, “Five Little Puppies,” or “Where is Thumbkin?” For younger children, just move your thumb, but older children can practice moving all their fingers.
Books Presented
Bark, George by Jules Feiffer
Where's Spot? by Eric Hill
Let's Go Visiting by Sue Williams
One Pup's Up by Marsha Wilson Chall
The Babies and Doggies Book by John Schindel
Dog's Colorful Day: A Messy Story About Colors and Counting by Emma Dodd
One Two That's My Shoe! by Alison Murray
This Dog. That Dog. by Jade Orlando
Corgi Can! by Junyi Wu
Dog & Friends: Busy Day by Emma Dodd
Doggies: A Counting and Barking Book by Sandra Boynton
Songs, Rhymes, and Fingerplays
Five Little Puppies
Five little puppies were playing in the sun. (Hold up hand, fingers extended.)
This one saw a rabbit, and he began to run. (Bend first finger.)
This one saw a butterfly, and he began to race. (Bend second finger.)
This one saw a kitty cat, and he began to chase. (Bend third finger.)
This one tried to catch his tail, and he went round & round. (Bend fourth finger.)
This one was so quiet, he never made a sound. (Bend thumb.)
Source: King County Library System
Little Dog, Little Dog
Little dog, little dog; come out and play!
What color house are you in today?
Are you in the _(color)_ house?
Source: Verona Story Time
Clap Tap Bend
I take my little hands to go clap clap clap
I take my little hands to go clap clap clap
I take my little hands to go clap clap clap
Clap Clap
All day long
…Little feet… tap…
…Little knees… bend…
Five Little Puppies
Five little puppies were playing in the sun. (Hold up hand, fingers extended.)
This one saw a rabbit, and he began to run. (Bend first finger.)
This one saw a butterfly, and he began to race. (Bend second finger.)
This one saw a kitty cat, and he began to chase. (Bend third finger.)
This one tried to catch his tail, and he went round & round. (Bend fourth finger.)
This one was so quiet, he never made a sound. (Bend thumb.)
Source: Verona Story Time
Ten Little Doggies
Ten little doggies went out one day, (hold up ten fingers)
To dig in the dirt and play, play, play. (dig, slap knees on each ‘play’)
Five were spotted, and five were not, (hold up one hand, then the other)
And at dinnertime they ate a lot! (pretend to eat)
Baby Needs a Diaper Change
Tune: London Bridge
Baby needs a diaper change,
Diaper change, diaper change.
Baby needs a diaper change,
Please, and thank you!
Source: King County Library System
Leg Over Leg as the Dog Goes to Dover
Leg over leg, (bounce baby on knees)
As the dog goes to Dover.
When he comes to a wall,
Jump! He goes over! (lift baby up)
Source: Verona Story Time
Shake My Sillies Out
I’ve gotta shake, shake, shake my sillies out
Shake, shake, shake my sillies out
Shake, shake, shake my sillies out
And wiggle my waggles away
I’ve gotta clap, clap, clap my crazies out…
I’ve gotta jump, jump, jump my jiggles out…
I’ve gotta yawn, yawn, yawn my sleepies out…
I’ve gotta shake, shake, shake my sillies out.
B-I-N-G-O!
There was a farmer who had a dog,
And Bingo was his name-O.
B-I-N-G-O!
B-I-N-G-O!
B-I-N-G-O!
And Bingo was his name-O!
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