Recommended for children 6 to 18 Months
Author
Rookie Toddler,
Publisher
Scholastic Inc. (ISBN: 9780531245460)
Description
A group of teddy bears play the beloved toddler game Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes in a board book that allows readers to move with the rhythm of the song while identifying parts of the body.
Why raising readers Has Selected This Book
Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes is a classic toddler song and game that we have included in the collection before. This particular version, with the bears performing the game, opens the possibility of you moving with your child or your child playing the game with a stuffed animal.
Activities
Your child may not have the fine motor skills to do all of the actions in this book right away, but you can gently guide him through making the movements pictured in the book. You might try doing the actions with your child's favorite stuffed animal. Don't be shy about singing the words. Your child loves the sound of your voice and will enjoy the rhythm of the words even more when sung. Need a little help? Listen to the song here.
Theme
Music, Games & Activities
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From the 2011 Early Literacy Calendar:
Knees and Toes is the illustration of the song “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes,” an all-time greatest hit for young children. You can’t just “read” this book—you and the children will want to get up and “act it out.” Once children have connected the motions
and words to the pictures, they will take pride in “reading” this book, a powerful feeling for a toddler. What makes this book even more engaging is that it is a teddy bear’s body parts, not a person’s. This helps toddlers make connections to how they are alike and different from others. Using books and songs together is an effective learning strategy as the part of the brain that houses music is different than the part that houses our vocabulary and literacy skills. Toddlers love to move their bodies and this helps make story time a realistic expectation for a group of this age.
Other Books to share with this age group:
Wheels on the Bus by Michelle Swan
Ten Little Fingers by Annie Kubler
Little Yoga: A Toddlers First Book of
Yoga by Rebecca Whitford & Martina
Selway
Knees and Toes is the illustration of the song “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes,” an all-time greatest hit for young children. You can’t just “read” this book—you and the children will want to get up and “act it out.” Once children have connected the motions
and words to the pictures, they will take pride in “reading” this book, a powerful feeling for a toddler. What makes this book even more engaging is that it is a teddy bear’s body parts, not a person’s. This helps toddlers make connections to how they are alike and different from others. Using books and songs together is an effective learning strategy as the part of the brain that houses music is different than the part that houses our vocabulary and literacy skills. Toddlers love to move their bodies and this helps make story time a realistic expectation for a group of this age.
Other Books to share with this age group:
Wheels on the Bus by Michelle Swan
Ten Little Fingers by Annie Kubler
Little Yoga: A Toddlers First Book of
Yoga by Rebecca Whitford & Martina
Selway
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- Feb 02, 2012
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