Nursery Rhyme Story Time – Baby

Opening song

Book: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star by Jane Cabrera (sung, skipped the second verse)

twinkle

Rhyme: “One, two, buckle my shoe”
One, two, buckle my shoe (clap, tap shoes)
Three, four, shut the door (clap four times)
Five, six, pick up sticks (clap, wiggle fingers)
Seven, eight, lay them straight (clap, pat floor)
Nine, ten, a big fat hen (clap, widen arms)

Song: “Itsy Bitsy Spider”

Book: Humpty Dumpty illustrated by Annie Kubler

humpty

Poster: Little Bo Peep

Rhyme: “Arms Up 1-2-3”
Arms up 1-2-3
Arms out 1-2-3
Arms together 1-2-3
Arms down 1-2-3

Legs up 1-2-3
Legs out 1-2-3
Legs together 1-2-3
Legs down 1-2-3

Book: Little Miss Muffet illustrated by Joni Jacobs

muffet

Song: “Pop Goes the Weasel” – Sharon, Lois and Bram: Mainly Mother Goose

Rhyme: You put the oil in the pot and you let it get hot,
You put the popcorn in and you start to grin,
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, POP! (wiggle baby, then lift)

Rhyme: Tick tock, tick tock, I’m a little cuckoo clock (swing baby side to side)
Tick tock, tick tock, stop!
What time is it? It’s one-o-clock.
Cuckoo! (lift baby)

Book (choral): Big Fat Hen by Keith Baker

Big Fat Hen

Song (with shaker eggs): “Ba Ba Black Sheep” – Caspar Babypants: Sing Along

Closing rhyme