Baby Girl is really starting to enjoy her books. We try to read the same books a few days in a row and leave them out on the table so she can look at them throughout the day too.
Sing Song Rhyming Books
Hokey Pokey Elmo by Abigail Tabby
Mr. Brown can Moo! Can You? by Dr. Seuss
Rainbow Colors Peekaboo! by DK Publishing (Touch and Feel Book)
Five Little Monkeys jumping on the bed by Eileen Christelow
Farm Animal Books
Noisy Farm
My first book of Animals
Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle
Bedtime Books
Why I Love my Mommy by Daniel Howarth
Your Baby’s First Word will be DADA by Jimmy Fallon
Time For Bed by Mem Fox
Good Night Mermaids by Adam Gramble
Adding books to our bedtime routine has helped Baby create a love for books and reading.
Part of our bedtime routine is to read books to help baby fall asleep peacefully. It is also a great bonding time so we read our 2 favorite books about Mommy and Daddy:
Why I Love my Mommy by Daniel Howarth
Your Baby’s First Word will be DADA by Jimmy Fallon
Song Books
Baby likes the sing song books. She also loves to play Pat-a-Cake and Peek-a-Boo!
Where is Monkey? by Babs Bell Hajdusiewicz
Hokey Pokey Elmo by Abigail Tabby
Five Little Monkeys jumping on the bed by Eileen Christelow
Animal Books
My oldest child loved books with animal sounds, so I’m trying some of his favorites with Baby Girl too…
Noisy Farm
My first book of Animals
More Favorites
In My Tree by Sara Gillingham & Lorena Siminovich
You are My Merry Little Christmas by Joyce Wan
On the Night You Were Born by Nancy Tillman
She loves looking though the books and cleaning them off of the table too 🙂
Reading to bitty babies may seem pointless, but there are several great things about reading to the tiny ones! It lets them have your full attention and hear the sound of the voice that they love, which can sooth them. It helps them learn the love of books, reading, and learning. Encourages them to learn how to hold books and turn pages. Exposes them to rhyme and other language development. Reading is a great life long skill that you can start now with your little one.
Here are a few of our favorite books for new babies…
Use high contrast images to stimulate your infants vision and help with their vision development. High contrast photos with contrasting patterns and images are easier for infants to focus on.
In this unit study we learned more about Memorial Day and the American Flag. This unit study has 3 days of lessons. I did this study with my 1st grader and would recommend it for Kindergarten through 3rd grade.
In this unit study we learned all about rainbows. This unit has 5 days worth of lessons. We did this unit study with cousins, from tots to 1st grade, but it would be great for Preschool age. This unit study was tons of fun for the cousins, but I guess cousins are always ton of fun whatever their doing! I made a lapbook for each child with their work from the unit so that they could go back and remember what they learned.
In this unit study we learned about ant anatomy, the ant life cycle, ant jobs, ant colonies, types of ants, and ant enemies. We spent some time outside for this unit study so I would recommend doing it during nicer weather. I did this unit study with my 1st grader and I recommend it for Kindergarten to 3rd grade.
In this unit study we learned about the life cycle of butterflies and moths, the anatomy of butterflies and moths, and the differences between butterflies and moths. We also grew a butterfly and record our observations. This unit study has 4 days worth of lessons, and it takes 3 to 4 weeks to grow the butterfly. I did this unit study with my 1st grader and I recommend it for Kindergarten to 3rd grade.
Books can be read by the child or by the parent to the child, depending on the child’s reading level. I don’t think that a child is ever too old to be read to.
Books I used in the lessons…
Waiting for Wings by Lois Ehlert
Creep, Crawly Caterpillars by Margery Facklam
Caterpillar to Butterfly by Camilla de la Bedoyere
What’s the Difference Between a Butterfly and a Moth? by Robin Koontz
Other age appropriate books…
Butterfly Story by Anca HaritonButterfly House by Eve Bunting The Lamb and the Butterfly illustrated by Eric Carle
Painted Lady Butterflies by Martha E. H. Rustad
The Magic School Bus the Butterfly and the Bog Beast by Nancy E. Krulik and Thompson Brothers
Can You Tell a Butterfly from a Moth by Buffy Silverman
Butterfly Video List
Wild Kratts Episode 109 Voyage of the Butterflier XT
The Magic School Bus Season 2 Episode 5 – Butterfly and the Bog Beast (DVD)
Live Butterfly Garden
We got a Butterfly Garden from www.insectlore.com. When we got the kit we sent for the caterpillars. They came in about a week.
There were 4 tiny caterpillars in a container with food and air holes in it. We did not have to open the container at all.
J recorded his observations of the caterpillars in a home made butterfly journal. He wrote an update every other day or so; he also drew a picture for each journal entry.
On day 10 two of the caterpillars hung from the top of the container in a “J” form.
By day 12 all four of them were hanging form the top in their chrysalis’. And on day 14 we opened he container and gently moved the piece of paper under the lid that they were hanging from. I pinned it onto the mesh sides of the butterfly house.
Finally on day 20 one emerged from the chrysalis. Then a few days later we set them free outside.
Catch Your Own Caterpillars
We also caught our own caterpillars and put them in our butterfly house to see what would happen.
We caught 3 that looked the same and had formed cocoons by the next morning. We also caught 2 other types of caterpillars that we had to feed leaves for a week. Since they were in the grass when we found them we took a few leaves from the different trees in our yard to see which type they would eat. Then we added new leaves from that tree every day.
The moths came out of the cocoons about 18 days after they made them.
The Butterfly House
We also took a trip to the St. Louis Butterfly House. They had tons of beautiful butterflies and flowers.
The boys really enjoyed seeing all the different types of butterflies.
They also had a chrysalis viewing area. We saw one butterfly hanging on his empty chrysalis pumping his wings.
There was a 15 minute video to watch about the life of a butterfly and a world map outline that showed where different types of butterflies lived.
Outside there was a huge stone caterpillar that they boys could play on.
The whole visit was only about an hour, but it was fun to see all the different kids of butterflies, my favorite was the blue morpho butterfly (I didn’t get a picture of one with open wings though).
Here are some of our other Elementary Unit Studies:
