Five Little Puppies Jumping on the Bed was a great read at our Baby Basics Program!

It was Tail Wagging Fun at Books For Babes with – Five Little Puppies Jumping On The Bed by Lily Karr

Our momstown Milton Babies had fun with puppies and their pals at Books for Babes this month at Sharkey’s Cuts for Kids.  Scholastic generously provided our program with a book to explore the love of reading to help encourage early literacy right from infancy. Five Little Puppies Jumping on the Bed is a board book written by Lily Karr and is based on the popular Children’s Song Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed.Each page has simple bright images beautifully illustrated by Aaron Zenz that attract the eyes of our little ones and include a tactile sensory component (fluffy dog, shiny elements etc.)

We began our Baby Book Club by singing different songs about dogs people have as pets.  Here is a list of some of the songs we sang incase you too would like to sing with your little one…

 

My Dog Rags

http://www.songsforteaching.com/folk/mydogrags.php

I have a dog.
His name is Rags.
He eats so much that his tummy sags,
His ears flip flop
and his tail wig wags.
And when he walks, he goes zig zag.

He goes flip flop, wig wag, zig zag.
He goes flip flop, wig wag, zig zag.
He goes flip flop, wig wag, zig zag.
I love Rags and he loves me.

My dog Rags, he loves to play.
He rolls around in the mud all day.
I whistle. [whistle] 
He won't obey.
He always runs the other way.

He goes flip flop, wig wag, zig zag.
He goes flip flop, wig wag, zig zag.
He goes flip flop, wig wag, zig zag.
I love Rags and he loves me.

B-I-N-G-O

http://www.scoutsongs.com/lyrics/bingo.html

There was a farmer who had a dog,
And Bingo was his name-o.
B-I-N-G-O
B-I-N-G-O
B-I-N-G-O
And Bingo was his name-o.

There was a farmer who had a dog,
And Bingo was his name-o.
(clap)-I-N-G-O
(clap)-I-N-G-O
(clap)-I-N-G-O
And Bingo was his name-o.

(Continue repeating the song clapping for each letter)

Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?

http://bussongs.com/songs/oh-where-has-my-little-dog-gone.php

Oh where, Oh Where has my little dog gone?
Oh where, Oh where can he be?
With his ears cut short and his tail cut long.
Oh where, Oh where can he be?

Then as Miss Jen read the story aloud to the group, the Mom’s were able to sing along.  Everyone enjoyed the surprise ending. 

 

 

After the story was read, each Baby took a turn reading the book with their Mom.

  

 

The Babes enjoyed playing with some puppy toys provided by Miss Sam. 

 

 

Congrats to this month's lucky little one who won the draw to add today’s book to their own personal library!  

 

 

 

Thank you very much Scholastic for giving our little ones the chance to explore and sing with Five Little Puppies Jumping on the Bed – It was a tail wagging good time! Looking forward to seeing what adventure we will take next month at our Scholastic Books for Babes Program.  We hope you can join us!