Sign language: Happy
Book: When You Are Happy by Eileen Spinelli, illustrated by Geraldo Valério
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
Song: Rickety rickety rocking horse
Over the hills we go
Rickety rickety rocking horse
Giddy-up, giddy-up, Whoa! (hug)
Book: Happy by Emma Dodd
Scarves: “Happy!” – Jennifer Gasoi: Throw a Penny in the Wishing Well
Rhyme: Diddle diddle dumpling
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, Verona Public Library)
Book/Puppets: If You’re Happy and You Know It! by Jan Ormerod, illustrated by Lindsey Gardiner
Song (shaky eggs): “Happy” – Pharrell Williams: Despicable Me 2
Closing rhyme