Activities in April
Find out what's happening in Brooklyn this month.
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Down on the Farm! |
Babies
(this is a good "lap-riding" or jogging, rhyme for babies. If baby is too young to hold their head up independently, hold them securely against your chest for this rhyme.)
| To market, to market | (hold baby in lap) |
| To buy a fat pig | |
| Home again, home again, | (jiggle them gently in time to the words) |
| Jiggity jig! | |
| To market, to market | |
| To buy a fat hog, | |
| Home again, home again, | |
| Jiggity jog! |
Toddlers
(this is a fun counting rhyme, with a tickle at the end!)
| This little cow eats grass | (hold up thumb) |
| And this little cow eats hay, | (hold up pointer finger) |
| And this little cow drinks water | (hold up middle finger) |
| And this little cow runs away, | (hold up fourth finger) |
| And this little cow does NOTHING, | (hold up little finger) |
| But lie around all day, So let's chase her, and chase her, and chase her away! |
(Tickle child all over) |
Preschoolers
(count on your fingers - or your child's - as you sing this song)
| Five little ducks went out one day | |
| Over the hill and far away | |
| Mama Duck said, | |
| "Quack, quack, quack, quack," | |
| But only three little ducks came back. | |
(Continue with the same words for: Three little ducks... Two little ducks... One little duck...) |
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| Sad Mama Duck went out one day, | |
| Over the hills and far away, | |
| Mama duck cried, | |
| "Quack, quack, quack, quack" | |
| --- and all 5 little ducks came back! | |