Welcome, Welcome<\/strong><\/p>\n Welcome, welcome everyone,<\/p>\n Now we\u2019re here, let\u2019s have some fun<\/p>\n First we clap our hands just so,<\/p>\n Then we bend and touch our toes<\/p>\n Welcome, welcome,\u00a0everyone<\/p>\n Now we\u2019re here, let\u2019s have some fun!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Clap Everybody and Say Hello!<\/strong><\/p>\n Clap everybody and say hello,<\/p>\n Clap everybody and say hello,<\/p>\n Clap everybody and say hello,<\/p>\n No matter what the weather\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n REPEAT\u00a0verse\u00a0with Stamp, Wiggle, Jump & Sing<\/p>\n (Kathy Reid-Naiman, Sally Go Round the Sun<\/em> CD)<\/p>\n OUR BOUNCES:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Tiny Little Babies<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Tune:\u00a0 Shortnen\u2019 Bread<\/em><\/p>\n Tiny little babies love bouncin\u2019 bouncin\u2019<\/p>\n Tiny little babies love bouncin\u2019, yeah!<\/p>\n Tiny little babies love bouncin\u2019, bouncin\u2019<\/p>\n Tiny little babies love bouncin\u2019 yeah!<\/p>\n Sooo\u2026bounce to the left, bounce to the right,<\/p>\n Now hug that baby nice and tight!<\/p>\n Tiny little babies love bouncin\u2019 bouncin\u2019<\/p>\n Tiny little babies love bouncin\u2019, yeah!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The Grand Old Duke of York<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The grand old Duke of York,<\/p>\n He had 10,000 men,<\/p>\n He marched them up to the top of the hill, (hold baby up in the air)<\/p>\n And he marched them down again! (bring baby down to lap)<\/p>\n And when they\u2019re up, they\u2019re up, (hold baby high again)<\/p>\n And when they\u2019re down, they\u2019re down, (bring baby back down to lap)<\/p>\n And when they\u2019re only halfway up, (hold baby halfway up from lap)<\/p>\n They\u2019re neither up (bring baby up)<\/p>\n Nor down! (bring baby back down to lap)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n OUR FIRST BOOK:<\/strong><\/p>\n Lenny in the Garden<\/em><\/strong> by Ken Wilson-Max<\/p>\n Lenny is in his garden and he encounters all sorts of creatures…an ant, a snail, a butterfly and MORE…and he wants to know how they all are!\u00a0 This wonderful book is colorful and the text can be read or sung to the nursery rhyme tune:\u00a0 Finger Family<\/em>.\u00a0 We start by greeting Mr. Ant and move through all of the other critters until Lenny’s mom says it’s time for lunch and they say goodbye to everyone in the garden.\u00a0 Really fun to sing aloud and the babies loved it!\u00a0 Check out the Youtube video above for the finger family tune!<\/p>\n Mr. Ant, Mr. Ant where are you?<\/p>\n Here I am, here I am, how do you do?<\/p>\n TRANSITION ACTIVITY:<\/strong><\/p>\n From the Diaper Gym <\/em>CD<\/p>\n My Little Hands <\/u><\/em><\/p>\n With my little hands I go clap clap clap<\/p>\n With my little feet I go tap tap tap<\/p>\n With my little arms I wave bye bye bye<\/p>\n With my little legs I kick high high high<\/p>\n With my little eyes I say peek-a-boo<\/p>\n With my little lips I say I love you!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n OUR SECOND BOOK:<\/strong><\/p>\n I Have a Garden<\/em><\/strong> by Bob Barner<\/p>\n Dog takes us for a tour of his garden and we see everything he has there\u2026a frog, a bug, a butterfly, a snail\u2026and, of course, many flowers.\u00a0 (I used accompanying flannel pieces to help bring another dimension to the story.)\u00a0 What eventually\u00a0takes us by surprise is Dog\u2019s pronouncement that the garden is ONLY for HIM!\u00a0\u00a0A page later\u00a0he softens and claims \u201cThis garden is for us\u2026ALL OF US!\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 A simple story that teaches children about the many things one finds in a garden and the beauty of sharing nature\u2019s bounty.<\/p>\n OUR MIDWAY BOUNCE:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n From the Wee Sing For Baby<\/em> CD<\/p>\n This is the Way the Ladies Ride<\/p>\n Trit Trot<\/p>\n Trot to boston<\/p><\/blockquote>\n OUR FLANNEL STORY:<\/strong><\/p>\n There’s Something in my Garden There’s something in my garden, There’s something in my garden, There’s something in my garden, There’s something in my garden, Credit:\u00a0 Sur la lane<\/em><\/p>\n OUR NURSERY RHYME:<\/strong><\/p>\n Little Bo Peep<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep and doesn’t know where to find them…<\/p>\n Leave them alone and they’ll come home, wagging their tails behind them.<\/p>\n![\"sally](\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2016\/01\/sally-go-round-the-sun.jpg\")
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\n<\/strong> I purchased this finger puppet set from Artfelt. \u00a0I keep the puppets hidden as I say the rhyme and reveal it after the kids have guessed what it is.<\/p>\n
\nNow what can it be?
\nThere’s something in my garden,
\nThat I can’t really see.
\nHear its funny sound…RIBBIT – RIBBIT – RIBBIT.
\nA frog is what I found!<\/p>\n
\nNow what can it be?
\nThere’s something in my garden,
\nThat I can’t really see.
\nHear its funny sound…THUMP – THUMP – THUMP.
\nA rabbit is what I found!<\/p>\n
\nNow what can it be?
\nThere’s something in my garden,
\nThat I can’t really see.
\nHear its funny sound…SQUEAK – SQUEAK – SQUEAK.
\nA mouse is what I found!<\/p>\n
\nNow what can it be?
\nThere’s something in my garden,
\nThat I can’t really see.
\nHear its funny sound…CAW – CAW – CAW.
\nA crow is what I found!<\/p>\n
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