Show 53: Nurturing a Marriage, StoryTelling, Breastfeeding
We discuss nurturing your marriage, breastfeeding, and StoryTelling. Join us for an amazing hour that will help you be a better mother.
Rhymes, Songs, and Chants for Itty Bitty’s
What is the difference between reading and telling a story to your children?
- When you read a story the focus is on the book. When you tell a story your focus is on each other.
- You can change a mold a story to your child’s attention span and activity level.
- Storytelling develops your child’s ability to form pictures in their mind. Essential for reading, problem solving, empathetic behavior.
- It’s fun! There’s a lot of hard things you do as a mom this isn’t one of them.
Is storytelling better?
Good things happen when you tell a story to your child. For instance…
- Communication skills are developed when you tell a story. Turn taking, speaking with expression, hearing many sounds and words repeated and connected with a concept.
- Develops coordination when you use hand or moving rhymes.
- It’s portable – you don’t have to have a book with you to make it happen – great for grocery stores, doctor offices or anywhere you can’t give your entire focus to a book.
Where do I start?
- Rhymes and interactive songs are a great place to start.
- They are easy to learn and remember.
- They are short and lend themselves to interaction.
Beehive
Here is a beehive.
Where are all the bees?
Hidden away where nobody sees.
Watch. Watch and you see them come
out of their hive…
One…Two…Three…Four…Five!
Buzzzzz!
If You Want To Be a Monster
If you want to be a monster
Well, now’s your chance!
Cuz everybody’s doing the monster dance.
First you stomp your feet.
(Stomp feet 4 times)
Wave your arms all around.
Shake it up! Shake it up!
Put them on the ground.
Ooh Ah, Ooh Ah, Ooh Ah,
Ooh Ah Ah!
Ooh Ah, Ooh Ah, Ooh Ah,
Ooh Ah Ah!
One Little Baby
One little baby rocking in a tree.
Two little babies splashing in the sea.
Three little babies pounding at the door.
Four little babies crawling on the floor.
Five little babies playing hide and seek.
Everybody cover your eyes till I say, “Peek!”
Alligator Pie
Alligator pie, alligator pie
If I don’t get some I think I’m going to die.
Give away the green grass, give away the sky,
But don’t give away my alligator pie.
Alligator stew, alligator stew
If I don’t get some I don’t know what I’ll do.
Give away my furry hat, give away my shoe
But don’t give away my alligator stew.
Alligator soup, alligator soup
If I don’t get some I think I’m gonna droop.
Give away my hockey stick, give away my hoop
But don’t give away my alligator soup!
Here is a baby
Here is a baby who needs a nap.
Lay her down in her Mommy’s lap.
Cover her up so she won’t peep.
And rock her till she’s fast asleep.
Clap Your Hands
Clap your hands.
Clap your hands.
Clap your hands till the music stops.
(Use these options for other verses)
Pat your head…
Rub your tummy…
Stomp your feet…
Tick Tock
Tick tock tick tock
Goes my daddy’s big clock.
Tick tock tick tock
Goes my daddy’s big clock.
But my Mommy’s little clock says,
Tick tock tick tock tick tock tick tock.
Two Little Blackbirds
Two little blackbirds sitting on a hill.
One named Jack the other named Jill.
Fly away Jack
Fly away Jill
Come back Jack
Come back Jill
I have a Little Turtle
I have a little turtle who lives in a box.
He swims in the pond and he climbs on the rocks.
He snapped at the minnow.
He snapped at the flea.
He snapped at the mosquito.
And he snapped at me!
He caught that minnow.
He caught that flea.
He caught the mosquito.
But he can’t catch me!
Jumping Jack
Jumping Jack jump up and down
Boing boing - boing boing
Jumping Jack Jump up and down
Boing boing Stop!
Round and Round the Garden
Round and round the garden
Goes the Teddy Bear.
One Step.
Two Step.
Tickle you under there!
Creeping Creeping
Creeping, creeping little flea
Up my leg and past my knee.
To my tummy on he goes,
Past my chin and to my nose.
Now he’s creeping down my chin,
To my tummy once again.
Down my leg and past my knee,
To my toes that little flea.
GOTCHA!
POISON PREVENTION WEEK March 18-24, 2008
It doesn’t take much poison to make a small child sick.
- Kids have faster metabolisms than adults, and anything they ingest will be absorbed into the bloodstream very quickly.
- Each year in the United States, poison control centers answer 1.3 million calls about accidental poisoning of children ages 14 and under — including 1.2 million calls involving babies or children under 5.
- More than 91,000 kids each year are treated in emergency rooms for poisoning, and more than 1A00 die.
Most child poisoning occurs in the home.
- 44 percent of cases involve medicines — prescriptions, over-the-counter drugs and even vitamins. Other hazards include cosmetics, cleansers, personal care products, plants, pesticides, art supplies, alcohol and toys.
- Child-resistant packaging saves lives, but it’s still important to keep hazardous products out of reach — up high and in a locked cabinet.
- Never leave a child alone, even for a few seconds, with an open container within reach.
Memorize the poison control hotline number, 800-222-1222.
- From anywhere in the United States, this number will connect you to the local poison control center. Keep the number by every phone so your babysitters will have it.
- Call 911, not poison control, if a child is choking, having trouble breathing or having a seizure. Follow the 911 operator’s instructions.
- Do not induce vomiting or give the child any fluid or medication unless directed.
There may be invisible poisons hidden in your home.
- Kids inhale the dust of lead-based paint and can build up enough lead in their blood to affect intelligence, growth and development. Get your home tested for lead, especially if it was built before 1978.
- Carbon monoxide is an invisible, odorless gas that builds up around fuel-burning appliances and cars in garages, and is also present in tobacco smoke. It can make a child seriously ill in concentrations that would barely affect an adult.
- Carbon monoxide detectors are available in hardware stores and cost less than $20.
Be careful with medicines and dietary supplements.
- Follow dosage directions carefully, and don’t refer to medicine as candy.
- Keep medications and other potentially harmful substances in their original containers with their original labeling, and flush expired medications down the toilet.
- Discuss these precautions with grandparents and relatives. Grandparents may have medications that can be very dangerous to children, and their homes might not be as well childproofed as yours.
African-American children account for more than one out of four children killed by accidental poisoning in the United States.
- Out of an average of 100 kids per year killed by accidental poisoning, about 26 are African-American.
- Nearly one out of three African-American kids live in low-income households or neighborhoods, and low-income households are less likely to have the means to invest in cabinet locks and other safety devices or to have access to reliable child care.
Safe Kids Worldwide is a member of the Poison Prevention Week Council and works to get safety messages out to families around the country during National Poison Prevention Week, March 18-24.
- Check out our poison prevention Web site, where kids and parents can play a game together and go through a virtual house or apartment looking for hazards. Parents can download free safety checklists and mirror clings to remind them about safe medicine storage. It’s all at www.usa.safekids.org/poison.
- Watch for cartoon messages on TV from our animated talking pill bottle who reminds you to keep your medicine out of reach of kids. You can even go to the Web site and enter a contest to name the talking pill bottle.
