Food Story Time – Baby

Opening Song

Puppet Song: “When Ducks Get Up in the Morning”
When ducks get up in the morning, they always say good day.
When ducks get up in the morning, they always say good day.
Quack, quack, quack, quack, this is what they say.
Quack, quack, quack, quack, this is what they say.

Repeat with other animals/sounds
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Sign Language: Eat, drink, milk, water, juice

Book: Who’s Hungry? by Dean Hacohen, illustrated by Sherry Scharschmidt

Lap Rhyme: “Round and Round the Butter Dish”
Round and round the butter dish, (circle fingers on back or tummy)
One, two, three, (tap)
A little here, a little there, (tickle ears)
As tasty as can be! (nibble neck)

Song: “This is the Way We Drink Our Milk”
This is the way we drink our milk,
Drink our milk, drink our milk.
This is the way we drink our milk
Early in the morning.

Repeat with: juice, water

Roll-a-Rhyme: Roll the nursery rhyme cube

Book: Lunch by Denise Fleming
Lunch

Lap Song: “Acka Backa Soda Cracker”
Acka backa soda cracker, (bounce to rhythm)
Acka backa boo, (lean forward on “boo”)
Acka backa soda cracker, (bounce to rhythm)
I love you! (kiss baby’s head or hug baby)

Acka backa soda cracker, (bounce to rhythm)
Acka backa boo, (lean forward on “boo”)
Acka backa soda cracker, (bounce to rhythm)
Up goes you! (lift baby up)
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Lap Song: “Jelly on a Plate”
Jelly on a plate, jelly on a plate, (gentle bouncing)
Wibble wobble, wibble wobble, (rock side to side)
Jelly on a plate.

Candles on a cake, candles on a cake, (hold up your fingers like candles)
Blow them out, blow them out, (blow on child’s neck or tummy)
Candles on a cake.

Sausage in a pan, sausage in a pan, (gentle bouncing)
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, (wiggle baby)
Sausage in a pan.

Sweeties in a jar, sweeties in a jar, (gentle bouncing)
Shake them up, shake them up, (tickle)
Sweeties in a jar.
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Lap Rhyme: “I’m Toast in the Toaster”
I’m toast in the toaster, (bounce baby gently on lap)
And I’m getting very hot.
Tick, tock, tick, tock, (sway baby from side to side gently)
Up I POP! (lift baby up in the air)
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Shaker Eggs: “Milkshake Song” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Songs for Wiggleworms

Closing Rhyme

Shopping Story Time – Baby

Opening Song

Sign language: Store, Wait

Book: Bebé Goes Shopping by Susan Middleton Elya, illustrated by Steven Salerno

Rhyme: The moon is round
As round can be
Two eyes
A nose
And a mouth like me!

Rhyme:
Roly poly
Ever so slowly.
Roly poly
Faster, faster, faster.

Book: Market Day by Lois Ehlert

Rhyme: To Market, To Market
To market, to market, To buy a fat pig. Home again, home again, Jiggety-jig.
To market, to market, To buy a fat hog. Home again, home again, Jiggety-jog.
To market, to market to buy a sweet treat. Home again, home again, apples to eat. To market, to market to buy a plum bun. Home again, home again, market is done.

Song: “I can make my hands go clap, clap, clap” (Tune: “Mary Had a Little Lamb”)
I can make my hands go clap, clap, clap
Clap, clap, clap
Clap, clap, clap
I can make my hands go clap, clap, clap
They’re a part of me.

Additional verses:
I can make my feet go stomp, stomp, stomp, etc…
I can make my hands wave bye, bye, bye…


Rhyme: One, two three,
Baby’s on my Knee.
Rooster crows
And away he goes.

Book: Sheep in a Shop by Nancy Shaw, illustrated by Margot Apple
Sheep in a Shop book cover

Song (shaky eggs): “Pretzel Store” – Laurie Berkner: Buzz Buzz

Closing rhyme