Hi, this is Miss Pam, children's librarian and early literacy expert.
Welcome to Baby Wordplay.
I am so happy you are here.
I want you to sing along with me, rhyme along with me, talk along with me, clap along with me, move along with me.
Feel free to pause the episode, repeat a song or a rhyme, and remember to check the show notes for episode information.
Note that I will be alternating pronouns between he, she and they.
No difference is implied by this.
Let's sing and rhyme together.
Let's say hello.
Hello.
Peanut butter, marmalade and jam.
Let's say hello as low as we can.
Hello, hello.
Peanut butter, marmalade and jam.
Let's say hello as high as we can.
Hello, hello.
Peanut butter, marmalade and jam.
Let's say hello as slowly as we can.
One arm on top of the other arm.
Hello.
Wave that arm very slowly.
Peanut butter marmalade and jam.
Let's say hello as fast as we can. as fast as you can.
Hello.
Peanut butter, marmalade and jam.
Let's say hello as softly as we can.
Hello.
Hola.
Bonjour.
Yay.
Hello.
Hello.
Hello.
Hello and how are you?
You say, I'm fine, I'm fine, and I hope that you are too.
Now everybody clap your hands, clap your hands, clap your hands.
Everybody clap your hands, come on and clap your hands.
Hola, hola, hola y como estas?
Estoy bien, muy bien now.
Everybody stomp your feet, stomp your feet, stomp your feet, everybody stomp your feet.
Come on and stomp your feet last time hello hello, hello.
And how are you?
You say i'm fine, i'm fine, and i hope that you are too.
Let's wave now.
Everybody wave hello Wave hello wave hello everybody, wave hello.
Come on and wave hello.
Hello, baby, so nice to see you.
Hello, baby, so nice to see you.
Yay!
This one is called Flutter Flutter Butterfly.
We're going to hook our thumbs together and wave the rest of our fingers like the wings of a butterfly.
Hook your thumbs and wave your fingers.
Pretend your hands are a butterfly.
Flutter, flutter, butterfly.
Flying in the big blue sky.
Let's go up.
Flying high.
Let's go down.
Flying low.
Flying fast.
Wave your fingers like the wings going very fast.
Flying fast.
Flying slow.
Flutter flutter butterfly.
Flying in the big blue sky.
Let's do that again.
Hook your thumbs.
Flutter flutter butterfly.
Flying in the big blue sky.
Flying high.
Flying low, flying fast, flying slow.
Flutter, flutter, butterfly, flying in the big blue sky.
Oh, what fun it is to play with words.
Just a couple of reminders.
Tune into your baby's attempt to communicate.
If she seems uninterested or upset, change to what you know she likes, or stop the session for now and try again another time.
Treat your little one as an equal conversation partner.
Give them time to respond.
Pause at different intervals so that they can have a turn at cooing, clapping, gurgling and smiling.
Open, shut them.
Open, shut them.
Give a little clap, clap, clap.
Open, shut them.
Open, shut them.
Put them in your lap, lap, lap.
Creep them, crawl them, creep them, crawl them right up to your chin, chin, chin.
Open up your little mouth, but do not let them in.
Creep them, crawl them, creep them, crawl them right down to your toes, toes, toes.
Quickly bring them way up high. and land them on your nose.
Nose and toes.
Toes and nose.
Nose and toes, that's called a rhyme.
And rhyming leads to reading.
Let's use our bodies.
Clap your hands.
Clap Clap, clap your hands, clap your hands like me.
Do it now, let me see.
Clap your hands like me.
Tap your knees.
Tap, tap, tap your knees.
Tap your knees like me.
Do it now, let me see.
Tap your knees like me.
Stomp, stomp, stomp your feet.
Stomp your feet like me.
Do it now, let me see.
Stomp your feet like me.
Okay, let's roll our hands.
Roll our hands around each other.
Roll, roll, roll your hands.
Roll your hands like me.
Do it now, let me see.
Roll your hands like me.
Let's shake our hands.
Shake, shake, shake your hands.
Shake your hands like me.
Do it now, let me see.
Shake your hands like me.
Nod, nod, nod your head.
Nod your head like me.
Do it now, let me see.
Nod your head like me.
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.
And on that farm he had some pigs, E-I-E-I-O.
With an oink, oink here and an There, here an oink, there an oink, everywhere an oink, oink.
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.
And on that farm he had some ducks, E-I-E-I-O.
With a quack, quack here and a quack, quack there.
Here a quack, there a quack, everywhere a quack, quack.
Old MacDonald had a farm.
E-I-E-I-O.
And on that farm he had some cows.
E-I-E-I-O.
With a moo moo here and a moo moo there.
Here a moo, there a moo, everywhere a moo moo.
Old MacDonald had a farm.
E-I-E-I-O.
And on that farm he had some frogs.
E-I-E-I-O.
There, here a ribbit, there a ribbit.
Everywhere a ribbit, ribbit.
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.
And on that farm he had some lambs, E-I-E-I-O.
With a bat here and a bat there.
Here a bat, there a bat.
Everywhere a bat, bat.
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.
And on that farm he had some chicks, E-I-E-I-O.
With a cheep cheep here and a cheep cheep there.
Here a cheep, there a cheep, everywhere a cheep cheep.
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.
Me gusta means I like it.
Me gusta cantar.
I like to sing.
Me gusta bailar.
I like to dance.
Me gusta contar.
I like to count.
Me gusta jugar.
I like to play.
Me gusta means I like it.
And to me gusta means that I like you.
Do that again.
Me gusta cantar.
I like to sing.
Me gusta bailar.
I like to dance.
Me gusta contar.
I like to count.
Me gusta jugar.
I like to play.
Me gusta means I like it.
And to me gusta means that I like you.
Tu me gustas means that I like you.
Here's a little tip that not everybody knows.
If you think about it, sitting up is a lot of work for a baby.
So if you want your little one to make more noises and sounds, lay him on his back so his body is fully supported and he will make more sounds and noises and gurgles this way.
So give it a try.
My hands say thank you with a clap, clap, clap.
My feet say thank you with a tap, tap, tap.
Clap, clap, clap and a tap, tap, tap.
And now it's time to sing goodbye.
Baby word plays what we are.
We have come from near and far.
Reading, learning words at play.
We have had such fun today.
Lift your hands up to the sky.
Raise them, raise them way up high.
Bring them down right to your sides.
Now it's time to say goodbye.
Until the next time.
Hasta luego.
Ciao.
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