Baa Baa Black Sheep Fun things to do! Group 2 Children born in 2019 Lile hands will find smulang pictures and interesng textures such as a soſt woolly sheep, a fluffy spider and a silky lile pig in this bright board book. Touch the texles together with your baby as you explore a collecon of five happy animal nursery rhymes, including Baa, Baa, Black Sheep, Incy Wincy Spider, Lile Bo Peep, Hickory Dickory Dock and This Lile Piggy. Encourage your baby to learn early concepts such as colours and paerns as you share each page. BookTrust Time to Rhyme Download the playlists and rhyme sheets to create your own rhyme me fun for lile ones. Listen to rhymes about animals and feathered friends, a trip to the seaside and lullaby rhymes perfect for bedme. Plus, download the words so you can read along with the rhymes at The Book Trust website: www.booktrust.org.uk/ books-and-reading/have-some-fun/rhymes/ This Lile Piggy Reading to your baby has its advantages long before they can read. Your voice smulates their brain and is soothing to them. Find a quiet me with your baby to tell a story. Make sure your baby is focused on you, relaxed and happy. With each ‘lile piggy’, wiggle one of your baby’s toes. Tickle your baby when you say ‘wee wee wee’ on the last line. For more lile ways to make a big difference visit the Small Talk website: hps:// small-talk.org.uk/ Make a collecon of toys and props which appear in the nursery rhymes. Let your child choose a prop and sing the rhyme together. It’s good to share favourite rhymes again and again. Repeon helps your child to understand and remember the language they hear. Use your child’s name in the rhyme Replace Lile Bo-Peep with your child’s name. Instead of ‘the lile boy who lived down the lane’ in Baa Baa Black Sheep replace boy with your child’s name. This is a lovely way to make them feel special! Making ten minutes a day to share books with your child will make a huge difference to their development www.northlincs.gov.uk/imaginaonlibrary