Suppertime! - Stories and Rhymes to Eat Up
Share stories, songs and rhymes at mealtimes to feed your child's mind and body! Books and rhymes can also help distract fussy eaters.
Babies
| "Jelly in the Bowl" | |
| (Start with baby on your lap. For this rhyme, your baby must be old enough to sit up independently.) |
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| Jelly in the bowl, | (Rock baby back and forth.) |
| Jelly in the bowl, | |
| Wibble, wobble, wibble, wobble | (Gently wiggle baby's arms.) |
| Jelly in the bowl. | (Rock baby back and forth.) |
| Cookies in the tin | (Gently bounce baby on your lap.) |
| Cookies in the tin. | |
| Shake them up, shake them up | |
| Cookies in the tin. | |
| Baby on the floor, | (Gently bounce baby on your lap.) |
| Baby on the floor. | |
| Pick him (her) up, pick him (her) up | (Lift baby up high.) |
| Baby on the floor. | (Lower baby to the floor.) |
Toddlers
How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food?
by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Mark Teague
ISBN: 0439241022
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| "At the Kitchen Door" | |
| (This is a great rhyme to share at meal times.) | |
| One, two, three, four | |
| ______ at the kitchen door. | (Say your child's name.) |
| Five, six, seven, eight. | |
| Eating _______ off her (his) plate. | (Name the food he or she is eating.) |
Preschoolers
| "Way Up High in the Apple Tree" | |
| Way up high in the apple tree, | (Raise arms overhead.) |
| Two little apples smiled at me. | (Make hands into fists and shake.) |
| I shook the tree as hard as I could. | (Mime shaking tree.) |
| Down came the apples and mmmmm... | (Lower fists to the ground.) |
| They were good! | (Rub tummy.) |
