Peek-a-Boo 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
(Credit: King County Library System)

Sign Language: Peek-a-boo, hello, goodbye

Book: Peek-a-Moo! by Marie Torres Cimarusti, illustrated by Stephanie Petersen
The cover of the book Peek-a-Moo! The illustration is of a smiling cow in a green field with a blue sky.

Rhyme: “One, Two, Peekaboo”
One, two, peek-a-boo!
You see me, and I see you.
I see your nose; yes I do!
Time to play peek-a-boo!

Repeat with: hands, feet, belly
(Credit: Westerville Public Library)

Song: “Roly Poly” (Tune: “Frère Jacques”)
Roly poly, roly poly
Up, up, up
up, up, up
Roly roly poly
roly roly poly
down, down, down
down, down, down

Repeat with: out/in, fast/slow
(Credit: Jbrary)

Book: Peekaboo Zoo by Susan Hood, illustrated by Simone Abel
The cover of the book Peekaboo Zoo: A Lift-the-Flap Book. The illustration is of a zebra hiding its eyes next to a giraffe and a red bird. It is from the Lamaze: Infant Development System: 18 Months & Up series.

Lap Rhyme: “Little Frog”
A little frog in a pond am I,
Hippity, hippity, hop, (bounce)
And I can jump in the air so high, (lift)
Hippity, hippity, hop! (bounce)

Lap Song: “Bumpity Bumpity Goes the Dump Truck”
Bumpity bumpity goes the dump truck.
Bumpity bumpity goes the dump truck.
Bumpity bumpity goes the dump truck.
Dump out the load. (tip baby to the side)
(Credit: Jbrary)

Lap Rhyme: “Giddyap Giddyap”
Giddyap, giddyap, ride to town, (bounce)
Giddyap, giddyap, up and down, (lift)
Giddyap fast, giddyap slow,
Giddyap, giddyap, WHOA! (lean baby back)
(Credit: Read Sing Play)

Scarf Song: “I Put My Scarf on My Head” – Sukey Molloy: I Am Happy

Scarf Song: “Peekaboo” (Tune: “Frère Jacques”)
Peekaboo, peekaboo,
I see you, I see you,
I see your button nose,
I see your tiny toes,
Peekaboo, I see you.

Closing Rhyme

Peek-a-boo Story Time – Baby

Opening song

Book:  Peekaboo Zoo by Susan Hood, illustrated by Simone Abel

peekaboo zoo

Song: “The Wheels on the Bus”

Rhyme: Exercises, exercises
Let’s all do our exercises (lift baby’s arms, repeat with legs)
(Credit: Babies in the Library by Jane Marino)

Book: Peek-a-Boo What? by Elliot Kreloff

peekaboo what

Song: “Roll your Hands” – Carol Totsky Hammett: Toddlers on Parade

Rhyme: Icky bicky soda cracker (bounce)
Icky bicky boo
Icky bicky soda cracker
Up goes you! (lift baby)

Book: Baby Says Peekaboo! by Dawn Sirett

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Rhyme: Let’s go riding in an elevator
First floor, second floor, third floor, fourth floor (slowly lift baby)
Down (bring baby back down)

Song (with scarves): Where is baby? (Tune: “Where is Thumbkin?”)
Where is baby? Where is baby? (cover baby’s face)
There she is. There she is. (peek under scarf)
I’m so glad to see you. I’m so glad to see you.
Peek-a-boo! I see you! (kiss)
(Credit: Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County)

Song (with shaky eggs): “Milkshake Song” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Songs for Wiggleworms

Closing rhyme