What'll I Do with the Baby-o? More than 350 Rhymes and Songs to Use in Play wiht Babies and Toddlers - Softcover

Jane Cobb; MLS

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0969866666 ISBN 13: 9780969866664

Publisher: Black Sheep Press, 2012

Synopsis

A selection of best rhymes, songs, and stories to use in play with babies, new to three years of age. Over 350 rhymes by type, including Spanish and French; insightful chapters on baby brain, language and literacy development/ sample programs for librarians and early childhood educators; ten easy stories to tell in programs, indexes and bibliographies for further reading.

About this title

About the Author:

Jane Cobb, MLS, is a children's librarian with 30 years' experience working with children and families in group programs. She is also the author of two popular resources for librarians, early childhood educators, and teachers: What'll I Do with the Baby-o and I'm a Little Teapot. Jane has worked as: the Coordinator of Parent-Child Mother Goose Outreach Programs for Vancouver Public Library (CA); a Trainer for the Parent-Child Mother Goose Program; an instructor of Children's Services in the Library Technician Program at Langara College and an instructor at the School of Library, Archival and Information Science at UBC in Vancouver. She is now a freelance teacher, storyteller and consultant who loves presenting Language Play workshops to librarians and early childhood care providers to teach them new rhymes, songs and techniques to use in their programs.

Review:

A thorough guide for librarians, early childhood educators, or college students preparing for a career in infant-care professions. Extensive preliminary chapters cover such things as identifying the audience, considering the developmental needs of the babies, and selecting and teaching the rhymes and books. The remainder of the book contains thoughtful suggestions of specific rhymes and songs, as well as comments to use with parents between the songs, rhymes, and books during the program. Several half-hour programs are included as examples, A musical CD provides samples of songs that would be more difficult to find elsewhere. This book is a must-have for those embarking upon Baby and Me, or Mother Goose-type programs. -Blair Christolon, Prince William Public Library System, Manassas, VA --School Library Journal

Children's librarian Cobb (I'm a Little Teapot! Presenting Preschool Storytime) presents rhymes, stories, and book lists for newborns and toddlers in this creative resource geared toward early-childhood educators, parents, and caregivers. Because a child's primary brain development occurs during the first three years of life, Cobb emphasizes the importance of properly utilizing this period. Cobb insists language play is needed on a daily basis to have the greatest impact during this time of growth. She cites nursery rhymes as powerful tools for fostering attachment and brain and language development. In separate chapters, Cobb presents various types of rhymes, including bouncing rhymes, games and dances, face rhymes, hand rhymes, greeting songs, lullabies, rhymes in other languages, toe wiggling rhymes, and good-bye songs. She also provides clear guidelines for both parents and educators on how to encourage and enhance development and offers sample programs for educators to use. Containing nearly every rhyme imaginable, this is a charming and useful resource for early-childhood educators, librarians, day care teachers, and parents of young children. Includes a CD of nursery songs. --Publishers Weekly

Rating: E = Excellent, enduring, everyone should see it! If you work with preschool children, chances are that you're more than familiar with Jane Cobb's fantastic resource I'm a Little Teapot: Presenting Preschool Storytime. Jane Cobb's new book What'll I Do with the Baby-o? Nursery Rhymes, Songs, and Stories for Babies is sure to become a similar staple for anyone providing early literacy programming. Cobb provides a thorough and quality selection of rhymes and songs for the baby and toddler set. The personal tips and resources from Cobb's own experience what times to offer programs, to register or not, using recorded music, record-keeping, parent response forms make this handbook especially useful. The chapter called Sprinkles: What to Say to Parents; is particularly handy as it provides tips and speaking ideas on explaining the rationale of providing early literacy programs and highlighting the way in which rhyming, singing, storytelling and reading aloud contribute to child development. Sample programs, oral story suggestions and a selection of rhymes in other languages (French, Spanish and more!) all enhance this wonderful book. This title comes with a CD of rhymes and songs with vocals provided by Natasha Neufeld, Paul Gitlitz and Jane Cobb. Most of the 36 tracks are vocals only and have the feel of what real people sound like! The CD is a great resource when trying to figure out the tune or cadence to an unfamiliar rhyme. What'll I Do with the Baby-o? is an excellent resource for both new and seasoned professionals providing programming for little ones and their caregivers! Thematic Links: Early Literacy Programming; Programming for Babies, Toddlers and Caregivers; Songs; Nursery Rhymes, Child Development. --Resource Links

About this edition

• Publisher: Black Sheep Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0969866666
• ISBN 13: 9780969866664
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Jane Cobb
• Illustrator: Kathryn Shoemaker