Book-Rhyme-Song

So along this journey of mommyhood, I've decided to make life a little harder for me and go to school fulltime. Oh, and my school is about 3 1/2 hours away. The good news is that I only have one more year of my undergraduate left. The bad news is that I still have one more year left until I graduate.

I am going to school to be a Child Life Specialist, and my dream is to work at Cook Children's Hospital in downtown Fort Worth. My little sister used to have to go there for treatment when she was really young, and I would often attend those sessions with her and my mom. I would walk in and think, "wow, this is the coolest place ever!" I knew I wanted to work there someday.

My Creative Arts & Literature professor created a neat project for us to do for the end of the semester. We are to create a list of 10 books, 5 songs, and 5 rhymes that we can potentially share with children we will be working with in the future. I know that this will be very beneficial for my career as a CLS. I decided to base most of my books on the theme of hospitals and doctors since most of the children I will be helping will be in that setting.

Below are my selections for my books, rhymes, and songs:

BOOKS:

Title: Going to the Hospital (Usborne’s First Experience)

Author: Anna Civardi

 

Illustrator: Stephen Cartwright

Plot Summary: This story is about a boy named Ben who has to have tubes put in his ears because he has lots of ear aches. It documents his arrival at the hospital, the nurses and doctor’s talking to him, and how he recovers after the surgery.

Connections: Hospitals, surgery, nurses and doctors

Tech Info: Paperback

 

 

Title: The Pigeon Needs a Bath

 

Author: Mo Willems

 

Illustrator: Mo Willems

 

Plot Summary: The pigeon is dirty and needs a bath, but he’s not so sure about getting one.

 

Connections: bath time

                 Tech Info: Hardcover and paperback 

 

 

Title: I'm Worried (Your Feelings)

Author: Brian Moses

Illustrator: Mike Gordon

Plot: A little girl describes how she feels about certain situations, and how adults can tell her how to feel. She then reminds adults that they get worried too.

Connection: You can use this book to talk to kids in the hospital about being scared or worried when they are there.

Tech info: Hardback and paperback

 

 

Title: Franklin Goes to the Hospital

Author: Paulette Bourgeois

Illustrator: Brenda Clark

Plot: Franklin is playing with a friend, and breaks his shell. He has to go to the hospital to have surgery. He acts brave, but he is really scared to have surgery.

Connection: Surgery, brave, it’s ok to be scared.

Tech Info: Harback, paperback, ebook, audio cassette

 

Title: Doctor Maisy

Author/Illustrator: Lucy Cousins

Plot: Maisy plays doctor with Panda and Tallulah

Connection: Playing doctor, imagination, pretend

Tech Info: paperback



 

 

 

Title: Bear Feels Sick

Author: Karma Wilson, Illustrated by: Jane Chapman

Plot: Fall begins, and bear comes down with a cold. All of his friends try to make him feel better with tea and lullabies, and he eventually gets well.

Connection: Sick, friends helping, weather changing

Tech Info: hardcover, paperback, audiobook, audio cd

 

Title: Giraffes Can't Dance

Author: Giles Andreae, Illustrated by: Guy Parker-Rees

Plot: Gerald the Giraffe just wants to dance, but his tall thin legs make it hard for him to do so. He eventually begins to dance, but just in his own way.

Connection: Self-esteem, encouragement, you can do anything you put your mind to.

Tech Info: hardcover, paperback, audiobook, audio cd, board book

 

Title: The Hiccupotamus

Author: Aaron Zenz (also illustrator)

Plot: A hippopotamus has a bad case of the hiccups, and all of his friends try to help him get rid of them.

Connection: a story that children will think is funny

Tech Info: ebook, hardcover, paperback, audio cd, board book

 

 

Title: The Way I Feel

Author: Janan Cain (also illustrator)

Plot: The book uses pictures and words to help the children describe their emotions and how they are feeling

Connection: This book may better help a child express their emotions

Tech info: hardcover, paperback, board book

 

 

Title: A Perfectly Messed-Up Story

Author: Patrick McDonnell (also illustrated)

Plot: Louie is trying to tell his story, but it keeps getting all messed up by the illustrations on the page. He is not happy about this, but then soon realizes that his story is actually perfect just the way it is.

Connection: Life can get messy, but there’s nothing we can do about it but see that it is just the way it is.

Tech Info: ebook, hardcover

 

RHYMES:

Five toes (this little piggy)

“This little piggy went to market, (wiggle big toe)

This little pig stayed home, (wiggle 2^nd toe)

This little piggy had roast beef, (wiggle 3^rd toe)

This little piggy had none,  (wiggle 4^th toe)

This little piggy went “weeeeeee” all the way home (wiggle pinky toe and tickle foot)

Title	Author	Cited in	Connections
Five Toes	In 1728, the rhyme appeared in a song called “The Nurse’s Song”	First full version was recorded in 1760, in The Famous Tommy Thumb’s Little Story-Book.	Fine motor skills, one-to-one correspondence

Round and Round the garden

Round and round the garden, (circle the palm)

Goes the teddy bear, (circle the palm)

One step, two step, (use two fingers to walk up the arm)

Tickle you under there! (tickle under the ear)

Title	Author	Cited in	Connections
Round and Round the Garden	Collected in the late 1940’s by Iona and Peter Opie	Collected in the late 1940’s by Iona and Peter Opie	Infant/toddler tickle game

Where is thumbkin?

Where is thumbkin, (bend thumb on one hand over and over)

Where is thumbkin, (bend thumb on other hand over and over)

Here I am, here I am, (wiggle thumb on one hand, and then wiggle thumb on the other hand)

How are you today sir, (wiggle thumb at the other one)

Very well I thank you, (answer back with the opposite thumb)

Run away, run away. (Each thumb goes hiding behind the back)

(Continue with where is pointer, tall man, ring man, pinkie)

 

Title	Author	Cited in	Connections
Where is Thumbkin?	Unknown	Versions of the song date back to the 1700’s.	Finger play, one-to-one correspondence, child learning what each finger is called

Soft Kitty, Warm Kitty

Soft kitty, warm kitty, (pet the little child’s hand)

Little ball of fur, (pet the little child’s hand)

Happy kitty, Sleepy kitty, (pet the little child’s hand)

Pur, pur, pur (tickle the side of their cheek)

Title	Author	Cited in	Connections
Soft Kitty, Warm Kitty	Oskar Kolberg	Oskar Kolberg wrote this lullaby in the late nineteen hundreds in Poland	Finger play, tickle, kittens

Two Little Blackbirds

Two little blackbirds sitting on a hill, (use thumbs to fly like little birds)

One named Jack, (wiggle one thumb)

One named Jill, (wiggle the other thumb)

Fly away Jack, fly away Jill, (wiggle thumb as if flying behind the back, then do the same with the other thumb)

Come back Jack, Come back Jill. (wiggle thumb and fly back to the front, repeat with other thumb)

. (make thumbs kiss and make a kissing sound)

Title	Author	Cited in	Connections
Two Little Blackbirds	Nursery rhyme from England	Mother Goose Melody, 1765	Finger play, tickle, kittens

 

SONGS:

 

The Itsy Bitsy Spider

The itsy bitsy spider, (use thumbs and pointer fingers to "crawl" up the water spout)

went up the water spout

Down came the rain and, (bring both hands down from the top)

Washed the spider out, (throw hands to the sides)

Out came the sun and, (with both hands, act as if drawing the sun to come up)

Dried up all the rain,

And the itsy bitsy spider, (use thumbs and fingers to "crawl" up the water spout again)

Went up the spout again.

Title	Author/Composer	Cited in / Recorded by	Connections
The Itsy Bitsy Spider	Western Folklore	California Folklore Society in 1948	Fine motor skills, weather, insects.





 

Pat-a-Cake, Pat-a-Cake

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake,
Baker’s man. (clapping hands together)
Bake me a cake
As fast as you can. (clapping hands together)
Roll it, and pat it, (roll hands, and pat hands)
And mark it with a “B” (trace “b” or any other letter in the air)
Put it in the oven
For baby and me. (touch baby’s tummy)

Title	Author/Composer	Cited in / Recorded by	Connections
Pat-a-Cake, Pat-a-Cake	Unknown	The earliest recording is in the play The Campaigners from 1698 by Thomas D’Urfey	Clapping hands together, baking, letters, interacting.

 

The Teapot Song

I'm a little teapot,

Short and stout,

Here is my handle, (place hand on hip)

Here is my spout, (place other hand pointing out like a teapot spout)

When I get all steamed up,

Hear me shout,

Tip me over and pour me out! (tip over with arm that looks like a spout)

Title	Author/Composer	Cited in / Recorded by	Connections
The Teapot Song	George Harry Sanders and Clarence Kelley in 1939	George Harry Sanders and Clarence Kelley in 1939	Gross motor skills, instructions,

 

If You’re happy and you know it

If you’re happy and you know it,
Clap your hands.
If you’re happy and you know it,
Clap your hands.
If you’re happy and you know it
And you really want to show it,
If you’re happy and you know it,
Clap your hands.

(continue with “stomp your feet”, “shout hooray”, etc)

Title	Author/Composer	Cited in / Recorded by	Connections
If You’re Happy and You Know It	Unknown	First featured in 1938 Soviet film, “Volga-Volga”.	Feelings, positivity, following instructions, motor skills

 

Head and Shoulders Knees and Toes

“Head, shoulders, knees and toes,
Knees and toes.
Head, shoulders, knees and toes,
Knees and toes.
Eyes and ears and mouth and nose.
Head, shoulders, knees and toes,
Knees and toes.”

Title	Author/Composer	Cited in / Recorded by	Connections
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes	Unknown	Unknown	Gross motor skills, learning about body parts, following instructions