Thanksgiving 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: Thank you, turkey, eat, drink

Book: Duck, Duck, Gobble! by J. D. Forester, illustrated by Lydia Nichols

Song: “If You’re Thankful and You Know It” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you’re thankful and you know it, clap your hands.
If you’re thankful and you know it, clap your hands.
If you’re thankful and you know it, and you really wanna show it,
If you’re thankful and you know it, clap your hands.

Additional verses:
Give a hug
Say, “Thank You”
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Rhyme: “Chicken in the Barnyard”
Chicken in the barnyard (make a circle on baby’s tummy)
Staying out of trouble,
Along comes a turkey and – (creep fingers up to baby’s chin)
Gobble! Gobble! Gobble! (tickle baby under chin)
(Credit: Pasadena Public Library)

Book: Where Is Baby’s Turkey? by Karen Katz

Lap Rhyme: “I’m a Little Cuckoo Clock”
Tick tock, tick tock, I’m a little Cuckoo clock. (rock gently side to side)
Tick tock, tick tock, now I’m striking one o’clock.
Cuckoo! (lift in air once)

Repeat with: two o’clock (lift into air 2x), three o’clock (lift into air 3x)
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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)

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)
(Credit: King County Library System)

Shaker Eggs: “Mahalo” – Laurie Berkner: Under a Shady Tree

Closing Rhyme