Sign language: Moon, stars
Book: Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
Rhyme: Zoom Zoom Zoom
Zoom zoom zoom, we’re going to the moon! (standing: swing & lift)
Zoom zoom zoom, we’ll be there very soon! (swing & lift)
5 . . . 4 . . . 3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . . (bending knees, lower baby as you count)
BLAST OFF! (baby flies or swings up into the air!)
Rhyme: Diddle diddle dumpling
Book: Moonlight by Helen V. Griffith, illustrated by Laura Dronzek
Song/Flannel: “Stars Shining” – Kathy Reid-Naiman; Sing the Cold Winter Away
Song: Buckle, buckle (Tune: “Sailing, Sailing”)
Buckle, buckle, buckle my baby in (pat tummy)
Start up the car and drive around (sign for car)
Until we get to town (sign for travel, as you travel up the tummy to tickle chin)
Buckle, buckle, buckle my baby in (pat tummy)
Start up the car and drive around (sign for car)
‘Til we come home again (sign for travel, as you travel up the tummy to tickle chin)
(Credit: Leah Portz)
Book: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star by Jane Cabrera
Song: Baby Hop (Tune: “Bunny Hop”)
Snuggle up together
Baby’s in your lap
Snuggle up together and clap, clap, clap
Snuggle up together
Baby don’t you nap
Snuggle up together and tap, tap, tap
You’re working out together
Baby don’t stop
You’re working out together now hop, hop, hop
Rhyme: Balloon goes up
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: Rickety rocking horse
Book (choral): Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd
Song (shaky eggs): “Midnight Moonlight” – Kira Willey; Dance for the Sun
