As we bid goodbye to 2025, I think we can all agree that it has been a doozy.
Here is an episode of some of my favorite songs, rhymes and readings.
Remember, over this season, make time to read, sing and talk to your little ones.
When books are opened, you discover you have wings.
Peace.
Welcome to Baby Wordplay.
This is Miss Pam.
I am so happy you are here.
Hi, I'm Miss Pam, children's librarian, trained teacher, and founder of Baby Wordplay.
Here's a fun finger play.
We're going to use our index fingers on both hands.
Put them facing each other.
Pretend they're little puppets talking to each other.
They're going to wish each other good morning, then good afternoon, then good night in Spanish.
Good morning, buenos dias.
Good afternoon, buenas tardes.
Y good night, buenas noches.
Okay, sing with me.
Buenos días, buenos días.
¿Cómo estás?
¿Cómo estás?
Muy bien, gracias.
Muy bien, gracias.
Y usted, y usted.
Okay, here comes good afternoon now.
Buenas tardes, buenas tardes.
¿Cómo estás?
¿Cómo estás?
Muy bien, gracias.
Muy bien, gracias.
¿Y usted?
¿Y usted?
Buenas noches, buenas noches.
¿Cómo estás?
¿Cómo estás?
Muy bien, gracias.
Muy bien, gracias.
Y usted, y usted.
You can put your little one on your knee, or you can just stand and bounce your bodies up and down.
Have fun!
Bounce upon my knees.
Here's a fun bouncing and rhyming one.
I had a little mouse who never would eat her cheese.
All she ever wanted to do was bounce upon my knees, bounce upon my knees. bounce upon my knees.
All she ever wanted to do was bounce upon my knees.
Let's do that again.
I had a little mouse who never would eat his cheese.
All he ever wanted to do was bounce upon my knees.
Bounce upon my knees.
Bounce upon my knees.
All he ever wanted to do was bounce upon my knees.
Let's try another rhyme.
I had a little cat who never would say please.
All she ever wanted to do was bounce upon my knees, bounce upon my knees, bounce upon my knees.
All she ever wanted to do was bounce upon my knees.
Let's try another rhyme.
I had a little dog who never would scratch her fleas.
All she ever wanted to do was bounce upon my knees.
Bounce upon my knees.
Bounce upon my knees.
All she ever wanted to do was bounce upon my knees.
Last one.
I had a little monkey who never would climb the trees.
All she ever wanted to do was bounce upon my knees.
Bounce upon my knees.
Bounce upon my knees.
All she ever wanted to do was bounce upon my knees.
Let's take a train ride together.
Make your arms go round and round like the wheels on the train.
For the wheels on the train, put your hands by your side and make them go round and round.
Clackety-clack, clackety-clack.
The train goes around the railroad track.
Engine in the front, caboose in the back.
Clackety-clack.
The train goes around the railroad track.
Show me those wheels going round and round.
The wheels on the train go clackety-clack, clackety-clack, clackety-clack.
The wheels on the train go clackety-clack.
Town after town, the whistle on the train goes twang.
Pull that whistle down.
Toot, toot, toot.
Toot, toot, toot.
The whistle on the train goes toot, toot, toot.
Town after town.
The gates at the crossing go ding, ding, ding.
Make your arms go ding, ding, ding.
Ding, ding, ding.
The gates at the crossing go ding, ding, ding.
Town after town, the people on the train fall fast asleep.
Shh, fast asleep.
Shh, fast asleep.
The people on the train fall fast asleep.
Shh, town after town.
Show me your wheels.
The wheels on the train go clackety-clack, clackety-clack.
Clackety clack, the wheels on the train go clackety clack, town after town.
My hair is black and red.
My hair is yellow.
My eyes are brown and green and blue.
My name is Jack and Fred.
My name's Amanda Sue.
I'm called Kareem Abdu.
My name is you.
I live in southern France.
I'm from a Texas ranch.
I come from Mecca and Peru.
I live across the street in the mountains on the beach.
I come from everywhere and my name is you.
Here's the chorus.
We all sing with the same voice, the same song, the same voice.
We all sing with the same voice and we sing in harmony.
Mama's little baby loves dancing dancing.
Mama's little baby loves getting down.
Mama's little baby loves dancing, dancing.
Mama's little baby loves to turn around.
Lean to the left, lean to the right.
Hug that baby nice and tight.
Lean to the left, lean to the right.
Hug that baby nice and tight.
Cause mama's little baby loves dancing, dancing.
Mama's little baby loves getting down.
Mama's little baby loves dancing, dancing.
Mama's little baby loves to turn around.
Here's a nice counting one.
A bilingual one.
We're going to count in Spanish and English.
Here we go.
Use your fingers.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
1, 2, 3.
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.
I'm counting on you to count with me.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.
Let's do that again.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
Yo cuento contigo para contar conmigo.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
Here comes the English.
Get your fingers ready.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 and 10.
I'm counting on you to count with me.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 and 10.
Listen for the B sounds.
Betty Butter bought some butter.
But, she said, the butter's bitter.
If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter.
But a bit of better butter, that would make my batter better.
So she bought a bit of butter, better than her bitter butter.
And she put it in her batter and the batter was not bitter.
So it was better.
Betty Butter bought a bit of better butter.
Sending this book out into the world today, Love the World by the wonderful Todd Parr.
Love your walk.
Love your talk.
Love your walk.
Love your talk.
Love your nose.
Love your toes.
Love your eyes.
Love your size.
Love giving a hand.
Love taking a stand.
Love the bees.
Love the trees.
Love your ears.
Love your tears.
Love your hair.
Love your flair.
Love making art.
Love sharing your heart.
Love the world.
This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine.
This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine.
This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine.
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.
Everywhere I go, I'm gonna let it shine.
Everywhere I go, I'm gonna let it shine.
Everywhere I go, I'm gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.
Sing with me.
All around the world, I'm gonna let it shine, yes.
All around the world, I'm gonna let it shine.
All around the world.
I'm gonna let it shine.
Let it shine.
Let it shine.
Let it shine.
Let it shine.
Let it shine.
Let it shine.
Let your light shine through.
Make one hand into an open fist and push the other hand through.
As you're pushing your hand through, open all five fingers.
Let your fingers grow.
Sign language for grow.
Put your hand on your heart to begin this song.
Love grows.
Sign language for grow. one by one.
Put up two fingers, one pointer on one hand and the other pointer on the other hand.
Love grows one by one.
Two by two and four by four.
Love grows round like a circle.
Make a circle with your fingers.
And comes back knocking at your front door.
Let's sing that again.
Love grows one by one, two by two, and four by four.
Love grows round like a circle and comes back a-knocking at your front door.
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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Here comes the English.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.
I'm counting on you to count with me.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, and ten.
Uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, seis, siete, ocho, nueve, diez.
Yo cuento contigo para contar conmigo.
Uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, seis, siete, ocho, nueve, diez.
4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 and 10.
I'm counting on you to count with me.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 and 10.
