Art Story Time – Baby

Opening Song

Sign Language: Art, draw, paint, craft

Book: Lines That Wiggle by Candace Whitman, illustrated by Steve Wilson
Lines That Wiggle book cover

Rhyme:
Balloon goes up, (lift)
Balloon goes down, (lap)
Balloon goes up to reach the clouds. (lift high)
Storm rolls by, (wiggle side to side)
Babe rocks down. (sway to lap)
Made it home
Safe and sound. (hug and kiss)
(Credit: Leah Portz)

Rhyme:
Trot, trot, trot to Boston. (gently bounce baby on your knees)
Trot, trot, trot to Lynn.
Look out baby,
You’re going to fall in. (lower knees)

Book: The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse by Eric Carle
The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse

Scarf Song: “Colors” – Kira Willey: Dance for the Sun

Song: “Did You Ever See a Baby?”
Did you ever see a baby, a baby, a baby?
Did you ever see a baby go this way and that? (lean side to side)
Go this way and that way, and this way and that way, (lean front to back, side to side)
Did you ever see a baby go this way and that? (lean front to back)

Rhyme: “Away Up High in the Apple Tree”
Away up high in the apple tree, (lift baby)
I saw a little baby smiling at me.
I shook that tree as hard as I could. (shake gently)
Down came the baby. (bring down)
Mmm, was she good! (kiss)

Pop-up Book: 600 Black Spots by David A. Carter
600 Black Spots

Shaker Eggs: “Hey Hey! Big Line” – Handwriting Without Tears: Rock, Rap, Tap & Learn

Closing Rhyme