First Picture Action Rhymes by Usborne

First Picture Action Rhymes

Usborne Pub Ltd

2006

16 pages

ISBN 0794512623

Ages 2 and up

http://www.usborne.com/catalogue/catalogue.aspx?cat=1&area=ey&subcat=eypib&id=5340

A "Practical Pre-school Gold Award" winner, this book will guide a caregiver/parent through songs/rhythms and uses clay-mation created figures to suggest hand actions that go along with the given rhythm. The book also illustrates the rhythms giving context to the catchy tunes. Because of these reasons, this book is a good basic rhythm book for both toddlers and the caregiver/ parent. 

I enjoyed this book because I am memory impaired. I can be visually reminded about songs and motion. It's nice to have a book because it becomes an early fun textbook for toddler rhymes, even though there are only a few. So, this book is helpful. And, children like it because it signals that it is time again for a rhythm session. The book includes eleven traditionally popular action rhythms and songs: 

One, Two, Three, Four, Five...

Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush

I'm a Little Teapot

Incy Wincy Spider

The Wheels on the Bus

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

Two Little Dicky Birds

If You're Happy and You Know It

 Round and Round the Garden

 Row, Row, Row Your Boat

 Five Little Monkeys

 Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear

These rhymes are great for early literacy!