Hi! Welcome to Baby, Toddler and Me. Bath, Book, Bed.
Today I am going to show you some rhymes and songs about winding down and getting ready to sleep.
Be sure to sing to your child. To their ears you have the most beautiful singing voice in the world.
Singing together can be great fun! It doesn't require any special equipment - or cost any money - and it can be done anywhere
Let's do a bath time song. This one is called "I had a tiny turtle"
With your hands - take one out with your palm facing down, put the other hand on top, wiggle your thumbs like so
Younger children who are exposed to age appropriate books in their native language will develop stronger pre-literacy skills
than younger children who are given books in their second language
So read and speak together in your home language
I am going to do an oral story
I want to introduce to you Mr. Thumb and Mr. Thumbkin
Mr. Thumb lives in his house - and he opens his door, goes on in, and closes his door
Mr. Thumbkin does the same. He opens his door, goes on in, and closes his door
One day Mr. Thumb peaked out his window. Saw that it was a beautiful day
So he poked his head back in. Opened his door, came out, closed his door
and he went up the hill, down the hill, up the hill, down the hill up the hill, down the hill
and he knocked on Mr. Thumbkin's door
knock, knock, knock
Oh Mr. Thumbkin! He called out
no one answered. So he knocked again.
knock, knock, knock
Oh Mr. Thumbkin! He called again
no one answered. So he went back up the hill, down the hill
up the hill, down the hill, up the hill, down the hill
Opened up the door, went inside, and closed the door.
One day Mr. Thumbkin opened up his door
went outside, closed his door
and went up the hill, down the hill, up the hill, down the hill, up the hill, down the hill
knocked on his friend's door
knock, knock, knock
Oh Mr. Thumb! No one answered.
He knocked again.
knock, knock, knock
Oh Mr. Thumb! No one answered.
So he went up the hill, down the hill, up the hill, down the hill, up the hill, down the hill
opened up his door, went in, closed his door
Well sometime later, both of them opened up their door, came out, closed their door
and they went up the hill, down the hill, up the hill, down the hill,
and they bumped into each other!
Oh hey Mr. Thumbkin! Oh hi Mr. Thumb, it's so nice to see you!
Hug, hug
I went over to your house the other day. Oh what!? I went over to your house!
How silly are we! Hahaha
They had a good laugh
and then they both went up the hill, down the hill, up the hill, down the hill,
opened up their house, went in, and closed the door. They learned a valuable lesson.
Next time they want to see each other, they'll call.
Demonstrate actions to your baby like "hug" and "kiss" with stuffed animals
Hold up the bear. Hug the bear - and then give the bear to the baby to touch and hug
Narrate the action. "Hug" as they do it.
So they connect the word to the action
Physical touch accompanying a word helps with language acquisition. Let's do a gentle song.
"Sailing"
Lullabies help children to relax. Hold you child against you chest
so they can hear your heartbeat recreate the sound of the womb - and they will slowly relax
This is specially important for newborns. In today's stressful world you are giving your child a gift by lovingly
showing them how to slow down, relax, and take time out
Now you are all ready to sleep.
Thanks for joining us. We'll see you again, bye!