Books, Boats and Bridges!
Books, Boats and Bridges!
Babies
| Rhyme: "A Sailor Went to Sea" | |
| A sailor went to sea, sea, sea - | (Hold infant in your arms as if he/she were lying in a boat and gently rock them in your arms) |
| To see what he could see, see, see - | (While holding infant, pretend to look around with your hand at the top of your forehead.) |
| But all that he could see, see, see - | (While holding infant, pretend to look around with your hand at the top of your forehead.) |
| Was the bottom of the deep blue sea, sea, sea! | (Tickle the infant’s belly.) |
Toddlers
Boats on the River
by Mandel, Peter
ISBN: 0439564158 (board book)
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The Bridge Is Up!
by Bell, Babs
ISBN: 0060537930 (Hardcover)
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| Rhymes: "Big Blue Boat" | |
| I love to row in my big blue boat, | (Pretend you are rowing) |
| My big blue boat, my big blue boat, | (Pretend you are rowing) |
| I love to row in my big blue boat, | (Pretend you are rowing) |
| Out on the deep blue sea. | |
| My big blue boat has two red sails, | (Place hands above your head to form a triangle) |
| Two red sails, two red sails, | (Keeping hands together move arms back and forth) |
| My big blue boat has two red sails, | |
| Out on the deep blue sea. | |
| So come for a row in my big blue boat, | (Pretend you are rowing) |
| My big blue boat, my big blue boat, | (Pretend you are rowing) |
| So come for a ride in my big blue boat, | (Pretend you are rowing) |
| Out on the deep blue sea. | |
Preschoolers
Boats
Rockwell, Anne
ISBN: 0140549889
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Bridges Are To Cross
Sturges, Philemon
ISBN: 0399231749
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| Rhyme: "Waves in the Sea" | |
| (Sing to the tune of "Wheels on the Bus" ) | |
| The waves on the sea go up and down, | (raise and lower arms) |
| Up and down, up and down, | |
| The waves on the sea go up and down | |
| All day long. | |
| The shark in the sea goes snap, snap, snap... | (clap your hands) |
| The fish in the sea go swish swish swish... | (swish back and forth) |
| The boats in the sea go toot toot toot... | (make blowing horn motion) |
| Rhyme: "Brooklyn Bridges" | |
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(by Ann Lautner - Children's Librarian Mill Basin Library To the Tune of : London Bridge ) |
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| Let’s all take a boat under the Brooklyn Bridge, | (Pretend to row a boat) |
| the Brooklyn Bridge, the Brooklyn Bridge. | |
| Let’s all take a boat under the Brooklyn Bridge, | |
| to see what we can see. | |
| Let’s all take a taxi over the Brooklyn Bridge, | (Pretend you are driving a car) |
| the Brooklyn Bridge, the Brooklyn Bridge | |
| Let’s all take a taxi over the Brooklyn Bridge | |
| to visit Prospect Park. | |
| Let’s all fly over the Brooklyn Bridge, | (Pretend to fly) |
| the Brooklyn Bridge, the Brooklyn Bridge | |
| Let’s all fly over the Brooklyn Bridge | |
| to see Grand Army Plaza. | |
| Now it’s time to ride the subway home, | (Move your arms like the wheels on a train) |
| subway home, subway home. | |
| Now it’s time to ride the subway home | |
| and go to sleep. | |
