Pet Story Time – Baby

Opening Song

Sign language: dog, cat, fish

Book: Dog’s Noisy Day: A Story to Read Aloud by Emma Dodd

Dog's Noisy Day book cover

Song: Hop, hop, hop along (Tune: “Row Your Boat”)
Hop, hop, hop along (hop)
Or bounce on someone’s knee (bounce)
Higher and higher and higher and higher (lift)
Bunny hop with me. (hop)

Flannel: Little dog, little dog

little dog

Rhyme/Puppet: Here goes a turtle

Rhyme: Pitty, patty, polt
Pitty, patty, polt, (tap feet together)
Shoe the little colt.
Here a nail, (tap one foot)
There a nail, (tap other foot)
Pitty, patty, polt. (tap feet together)

Book: I Spy Pets by Edward Gibbs

I Spy Pets book cover

Song: Forgot a bag to carry (Tune: “Ring around the Rosie”)
Forgot a bag to carry (sign for bag)
Our books at the library (sign for book)
Stack’em, stack’em (lift baby, or stack hands)
They all fall down (baby to lap, or hands open)
Credit: Leah Portz

Song/Puppets: “Bringing Home a Baby Bumblebee” – Dr. Jean: Sings Silly Songs

Book (choral): Baby Animals: Pets by Kingfisher

Baby Animals: Pets book cover

Song (shaky eggs): “Bingo” – Old Town School of Music: Wiggleworms Love You

Closing Rhyme