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This is Baby Wordplay Podcast. I'm your host, Ms. Pam, Early Literacy Specialist with degrees in Special Education and Children's Librarianship.
I'm a grandma, and my passion is helping families incorporate more reading and singing and early math into their family routines.
Welcome to Baby Wordplay.
This is Miss Pam. I am so happy you are here.
I want you to sing along with me, talk along with me, clap along with me, move along with me.
Let's sing and rhyme together.
knife fork spoon spatula say that with me knife fork spoon spatula cha -cha -cha Here are the hand motions.
To be a knife, clap your hands over your head.
Clap your hands straight up over your head.
That's your knife. Keep your hands up.
Bend your arms at the elbow.
That's your fork. Keep your hands up.
Put your hands together so your fingers touch over your head.
That's your spoon. Now wave your hands in the air for your spatula.
Ready? Let's put it together a little faster.
Knife, fork, spoon, spatula, cha -cha -cha.
Knife, Fork, Spoon, Spatula Cha -cha -cha One more time Knife, Fork, Spoon, Spatula Cha -cha -cha Knife, Fork, Spoon, Spatula Cha -cha -cha Knife, Fork, Spoon, Spatula Cha -cha -cha.
I'm a knife, fork, spoon, and spatula.
Knife, fork, spoon, spatula.
Cha -cha -cha. Knife, fork, spoon, spatula.
Cha -cha -cha. I'm a knife, fork, spoon, and spatula.
I'm a knife, fork, spoon, spatula.
Chilla, cha -cha -cha.
Let's listen to the rain stick.
Good listening. Sing along to this delicious twist on the wheels on the bus.
Let's celebrate food, laughter, and a family meal.
Put the rice in the pot.
This book is called The Rice in the Pot Goes Round and Round by Wendy Wanlong Shang.
illustrated by Lorien Tu.
Put your rice in your pot.
The rice in the pot goes round and round, round and round, round and round.
The rice in the pot goes round and round at the table where my family gathers around.
And get ready for the next verse.
Nai Nai drinks her tea with a hoo, hoo, hoo.
Blow on that hot tea.
Nai Nai drinks her tea with a hoo, hoo, hoo.
Hoo, hoo, hoo. Hoo, hoo, hoo.
Nine -Eye drinks her tea with a hoo -hoo -hoo at the table where my family gathers round.
Ye -Ye eats noodles going slurp, slurp, slurp.
You say that. Yay, ya eats noodles going slurp, slurp, slurp Slurp, slurp, slurp Slurp, slurp, slurp Yay, ya eats noodles going slurp, slurp, slurp At the table where my family gathers round Shake, shake that mango tree Shake, shake that mango tree Shake, shake that mango tree Sing with me.
One for me, one for you and one for me.
Shake, shake that mango tree.
Shake, shake that mango tree.
Shake, shake that mango tree.
Shake, shake that mango tree.
We've got the whole world in our hands.
We've got the whole world in our hands.
We've got the birds of the air.
Show me your wings.
We've got the birds of the air.
In our hands, we've got the birds of the air.
In our hands, we've got the birds of the air.
In our hands, we've got the whole world in our hands.
Let's be fishes. Show me some fish arms. We've got the fish of the seas in our hands.
We've got the fish of the seas in our hands.
We've got the fish of the seas in our hands.
We've got the whole world in our hands.
Can you make mountains with your hands?
and valleys, up and down with your hands.
We've got the mountains and the valleys in our hands.
We've got the mountains and the valleys in our hands.
We've got the mountains and the valleys in our hands.
We've got the whole world in our hands.
Okay. Okay. We've got the towns and the cities.
Push your hands up over your head.
We've got the towns and the cities.
In our hands, we've got the towns and the cities.
In our hands, we've got the towns and the cities.
In our hands, we've got the whole world.
in our hands. We've got the whole world in our hands.
We've got the whole wide world in our hands.
We've got the whole world in our hands.
We've got the whole world in our hands.
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Here's a letter I wrote to a very famous author.
Listen. Dear Atinake, I am reaching out because I am planning the next episode of my podcast, Baby Wordplay, and I'm asking would you be willing to read an excerpt from El is for Love for our episode?
My son -in -law is British Nigerian, and we, including my two grandsons, are huge fans of your work we would be honored to have you on the episode Thank you for recording this excerpt for Baby Wordplay L is for Love illustrated by Angela Brooksbank L is L is for love.
L is for latch. L is for little.
L is for listen. Beep beep rattle rattle beep.
Honk, honk, honk. How, buddy?
Abby. Apego. No, ahala.
I did fine. Come, chop.
L is for loud. L is for legos.
L is for love. Cha -cha -cha.
It was under the coconut tree.
Darling, it was under the coconut tree.
We read and we sang and we played with words, it was under the coconut tree.
It was under the coconut tree, we read and we sang and we played with words.
Sing with me. It was under the coconut tree, darling, it was under the coconut tree.
We read and we sang and we played With words that was under the coconut tree 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.
goodbye until the next time hasta luego ciao thank you for tuning in to me and to your baby so if you and your baby like what you hear please consider subscribing to baby wordplay Once you subscribe, you will get access to the entire Baby Wordplay catalog of over 100 episodes for both babies and toddlers.
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