<p>Armadale Public Library – Baby Rhyme Time Hand Out</p><p>BABY RHYME TIME – Songs and rhymes to share anytime!</p><p>Open Shut Them What do babies get Open Shut Them, Open Shut Them from books? Give a little clap  Cuddles Open Shut Them, Open Shut Them and stories Lay them in your lap  Language Creep them, creep them, creep them, creep them and how it Right up to your chin works Open wide your little mouth  Rhymes But do not let them in ! and repetition. Shake them, shake them, shake them, shake them  Good Shake them just like this feelings about Roll them, roll them, roll them, roll them language, Blow a little kiss ! stories and books</p><p>The Farmer in the Dell The farmer in the dell, the farmer in the dell Hi ho the derry-o, the farmer in the dell The farmer takes a wife… What do babies get from books? The wife takes a child…  They learn to look at The child takes a nurse… pictures The nurse takes a cow…  They learn to make stories The cow takes a dog… from pictures The dog takes a cat…  They learn to focus on the The cat takes a rat… tiny details in pictures The rat takes the cheese…  They also begin to The cheese stands alone… understand the difference between text and illustrations</p><p>Template 6 Armadale Public Library – Baby Rhyme Time Hand Out</p><p>To market, to market, to buy a fat pig Baa Baa Black Sheep</p><p>To market, to market, to buy a fat pig, Baa baa black sheep, Home again, home again, jiggety jig. Have you any wool? To market, to market, to buy a fat hog, Yes sir, yes sir,</p><p>Home again, home again, jiggety jog Three bags full, One for the market, This little piggy… One for the dame, This little piggy went to market, One for the little boy This little piggy stayed home, Who lives down the lane This little piggy had roast beef, This little piggy had none, And this little piggy went – Wee, wee, wee… all the way home!</p><p>Old MacDonald Had a Farm Old MacDonald had a farm, Ee-i-ee-i-o And on that farm he had a duck, Ee-i-ee-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, Ee-i-ee-i-o</p><p>It’s never too early to begin – Start with nursery rhymes and songs, play rhymes, Mother Goose rhymes and song books. Nursery rhymes can be told to babies from birth. Don’t worry if they don’t make sense, they offer an experience to the senses rather than to the mind and they provide a feeling for language. </p><p>Useful websites to explore: http://www.kididdles.com http://indianchild.com http://www.zelo.com/family/nursery/index.asp http://www.mothergoose.com http://www.growupreading.org Join your baby at the library and borrow books and lots more!! It’s free!</p><p>Template 6</p>