Summer in the City
Let's Have Fun!
Babies
How Do Dinosaurs Play With Their Friends?
by Jane Yolen; [illustrations by] Mark Teague.
ISBN: 9780439856546
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| Rhyme: "Five Enormous Dinosaurs" | |
| from Hennepin County Library Website Birth to Six News: http://www.hclib.org/Birthto6/ (baby should be old enough to sit up without support) |
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| Five enormous dinosaurs, | (raise baby’s arms) |
| Letting out a roar, | (move baby’s arms in a circular motion) |
| One went away, | |
| and then there were four. | (raise baby’s arms, hold up four fingers) |
| Four enormous dinosaurs, | (raise baby’s arms) |
| Munching on a tree, | (clap baby’s hands together) |
| One went away, | |
| and then there were three. | (raise baby’s arms, hold up three fingers) |
| Three enormous dinosaurs, | (raise baby’s arms) |
| Didn't know what to do, | (shake your head from side to side) |
| One went away, | |
| and then there were two. | (raise baby’s arms, hold up two fingers) |
| Two enormous dinosaurs, | (raise baby’s arms) |
| Having lots of fun, | (clap baby’s hands together) |
| One went away, | |
| and then there was one. | (raise baby’s arms, hold up one finger) |
| One enormous dinosaurs, | (raise baby’s arms) |
| Left all alone, | |
| He went away, | (lift baby up so they can "fly") |
| And then there were none. | (show baby empty hands for "all gone") |
Toddlers
My Subway Ride
by Paul DuBois Jacobs and Jennifer Swender; illustrations by Selina Alko
ISBN: 9781586853570
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| Rhyme: "Auto, Auto" | |
| Auto, auto, may I have a ride? | (stick out thumb to "hitch" a ride) |
| Yes, sir, yes, sir, step inside! | (open/ close fingers and thumb as if talking) |
| Pour in the water, | (pretend to pour water with your thumb) |
| Turn on the gas, | ("turn" a switch with finger and thumb ) |
| Chug-away, chug-away | (pretend to turn the steering wheel) |
| But not too fast! | |
| Subway, subway, | (stick out thumb to "hitch" a ride) |
| May I have a ride? | |
| Yes, sir, yes sir, step inside! | (open/ close fingers and thumb as if talking) |
| Pay your fare, | (pretend to "swipe" subway pass) |
| Grab a seat, | (pretend to sit down) |
| Toot, toot away! | ("pull down" as if you are blowing a train horn) |
| But not too fast! | |
| Taxi, taxi, | (stick out thumb to "hitch" a ride) |
| May I have a ride? | |
| Yes, sir, yes sir, step inside! | (open/ close fingers and thumb as if talking) |
| Grab a seat, | (pretend to sit down) |
| Say where are you going? | (shrug shoulders) |
| Vroom, vroom away! | (wave goodbye) |
| But not too fast! | |
| Airplane, airplane, | (stick out thumb to "hitch" a ride) |
| May I have a ride? | |
| Yes, sir, yes sir, step inside! | (open/ close fingers and thumb as if talking) |
| Let me check your ticket, | (pretend to stamp ticket) |
| Grab a seat, | (pretend to sit) |
| Up, up and away! | (put hand above eyes as if looking in the distance) |
| But not too fast! | |
Preschoolers
| Rhyme: "Early in the Morning" | |
| (lyrics by Ann Lautner; sing to the tune of "Down by the Station" http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/games/songs/childrens/stationmp3.htm ) |
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| Let’s get together early in the morning! | (rub eyes, stretch arms) |
| Get on the subway, go to the museum. | (pretend to march) |
| Throw pennies in the fountain in front of the museum. | ("throw" a coin into the water) |
| Splish, splash, splish, splash! | (move hands as if splashing) |
| Let's have fun! | |
| Let’s get together early in the morning! | (rub eyes, stretch arms) |
| Get on the subway, go to the garden. | (pretend to march) |
| See the little butterflies dancing on the flowers, | |
| Flit, flit, fly, fly! | (flap hands as if flying) |
| Let's have fun! | |
| Let’s get together early in the morning! | (rub eyes, stretch arms) |
| Get on the subway, go to the library. | (pretend to march) |
| Let’s go into storytime for books and songs and toys, | |
| Read, read, sing, sing! | (pretend to read a book) |
| Let's have fun! | |
