Monday, November 3, 2014

Hats, Hats, and more Hats

Winter is fast approaching and our babies have been wearing the cutest hats ever- lots of crafty relatives on this group.  Today we started with Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr.

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The babies were wide eyed looking at the different animals, the bright colors, and big pictures.  They loved it. We followed with a round of Wiggles, Wiggles and the song Baby Grows from Toddlers on Parade.  Our next book was

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A Hat for Minerva Louse by Janet M. Stoeke.  I think the idea will appeal more to the crawlers tomorrow. The pictures are a bit small for the babies, but we had a laugh when Minerva was trying to find a scarf using the water hose.  

We tried a new rhyme Animal Moves



This is the way the bunny hops: hop, hop, hop
This is the way the horse trots: trit trot, trit, trot
This is the way the froggy jumps: jump, jump, jump
This is the way the birdie flies: fly away, fly away!
Credit: Baby Storytime Magic
 
And used our maracas to dance to the Baby Hockey Pockey from Baby Face. Our last book was 
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Under My Hood I Have a Hat by Karla Kuskin. I think I should have started with this book even though it was the shortest.  The pictures are bright and the text is minimal. We ended with 

Teddy Bear








Give teddy a hug (hug baby)



Give teddy a squeeze (squeeze baby gently)



Give teddy a tickle on his knees! (tickle baby’s knees)



Give teddy a kiss (kiss baby)



Give teddy a drum (drum fingers on baby’s tummy)



Give teddy a tickle on his tum (tickle baby’s tummy)



Credit: Baby Storytime Magic

We waved goodbye as we pop bubbles and played around for a bit.