Yummy, Yummy Food

Early Literacy Tip – Playing with your child is one of the best things you can do to help your child learn. Pretend play is especially valuable to learning. There is “research that shows children who are encouraged in imaginative play prove to be more creative a few years later, have a richer vocabulary, are less impulsive and aggressive and often become leaders with their playmates.” (http://family.go.com/parenting/pkg-school-age/article-795610-the-importance-of-pretend-play-t/) So, if you pretend to have a picnic, or a tea party or play in a pretend kitchen you are doing something very special for your child.

“The More We Get Together” from Singable Songs For the Very Young by Raffi

Hello Everybody Food Song
Hello everybody how do you do?
How do you do?
How do you do?
Hello everybody how do you do?
It’s nice to see you today.

If you like pizza stand up.
Sit down.
If you like burgers stand up.
Sit down.
If you like hot dogs stand up.
Sit down
If you like spaghetti stand up.
Sit down.

Book: Giant Pop-Out Food

Pat-a-Cake
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake baker’s man (clap hands in rhythm)
Bake me a cake as fast as you can.
Roll it (roll hands around each other)
Pat it (clap hands together)
Mark it with a “B” (trace letter “B” on child)
And toss it in the oven for baby and me! (pretend to put in oven)

One Little Two Little Three Little Cookies
One little, two little, three little cookies,
Four little, five little, six little cookies,
Seven little, eight little, nine little cookies,
Ten Cookies
Yum! Yum! Yum!

Book: Who Ate All The Cookie Dough? by Karen Beaumont

I’m a Little Teapot
I’m a little teapot, short and stout, (point to self)
Here is my handle, (place hand on hip, forming handle)
Here is my spout. (hold other hand out for spout)
When I see the teacups, Hear me shout:
Tip me over and pour me out! (bend toward spout side)

Book: Lunch by Denise Fleming

We Are Leaving (sing to the tune of “Frere Jacques”)
We are leaving, we are leaving,
Time to go, time to go.
It was nice to see you,
It was nice to see you.
Good-bye. Good-bye.