Infant Lesson Plans

Smiling Baby
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Book to add to your child's library: Padded Board Books: Baby ABC by DK Publishing

Music, Movement, and
Storytime

Baby Games and
Manipulatives

Exploration

Relationship Building

My Turtle
This is my turtle (make fist, extend thumb)
He lives in a shell (hide thumb in fist).
He likes his home very well.
He pokes his head out when he wants to
eat (extend thumb)
And pulls it back when he wants to sleep
(hide thumb in fist).

Tickle Tickle
Tickle tickle tickle where?
Tickle, tickle on your hair,
Tickle, tickle on your toes
Tickle, tickle on your nose
Tickle tickle tickle cute
Tickle, in your birthday suit.

Where is Thumbkin?
Where is thumbkin?
Where is thumbkin?
Here I am,
Here I am,
How are you today sir?
Very well I thank you,
Run away,
Run away.

Repeat with:
Where is Pointer? (first finger)
Where is Tall Man? (second finger)
Where is Ring Man? (third finger)
Where is Pinky? (fourth finger)
Where are all the men? (all the fingers and
the thumb)

Play Ball
Roll a large, soft ball back and
forth with your baby. Play music
in the background to add to the
fun. Try different types of balls
and even a paper towel roll.

Where Is It?
This is a new twist on an old
guessing game. Place three
plastic cups upside down on a
surface in front of your child. Put
a small rubber ball or other toy
underneath one of the cups. Tilt
the cup slightly so that baby can
see where the ball is, and
conceal it again. Ask, "Where is
the ball?" Reward her with lots
of praise when she selects the
right one.

Open/Shut Them
(For variety, play this game with
your child's stuffed animals)

Open shut them, open shut them,
give a little clap.
Open shut them, open shut them,
put them in your lap!
Creep them, creep them, creep
them, creep them, right up to
your chin.
Open wide your little mouth, but
do not let them in!

Play Pat-A-Cake

Hold up an object in front
of your child, such as a
piece of dishware or a
type of fruit, and describe
what it is. Be sure to add
in descriptive adjectives to
enhance learning. (i.e.,
"This is an apple. It is red
and round.") You'll be
surprised at how quickly
your little one begins to
recognize things in the
months to come.

Face to Face Interaction:

Play "This Little Piggy": Pulling
the thumb, say, "This little
piggy went to the market."
Pulling the index finger, say,
"This little piggy stayed
home." Pulling the middle
finger, say, "This little piggy
had roast beef." Pulling the
ring finger, say, "This little
piggy had none." Pulling the
pinky finger, say, "This little
piggy cried 'wee wee wee' all
the way home!" Feel free to
tickle Baby as you say "wee
wee wee!"

Play bicycle: As Baby lies on
her back, lift up her legs and
rotate them as if she were
riding a bicycle. Make up a
silly rhyme to sing as you do
it, such as: "I'm riding my bike
today! I'm going to head out
and play! I wish I might and I
wish I may! Have some fun on
my bike all day!"

Getting Dressed
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Book to add to your child's library: Bear Gets Dressed: A Guessing Game by Harriet Ziefert

Music, Movement, and
Storytime

Baby Games and
Manipulatives

Exploration

Relationship Building

Who's Here Today?
(to the tune of Farmer in the Dell, sing while
lifting and bouncing.)
_____'s here today,
_____'s here today,
I'm so glad you're here today,
I think I'll shout Hurray! (shout Hurray!)

Getting Dressed
(sing while dressing your child)
This is the way we put on our shirt, put on our shirt, put on our shirt
This is the way we put on our shirt
So early in the morning.

Repeat, changing "shirt" to any piece of
clothing you are dressing your child in.

Tickle Tickle
Tickle tickle tickle where?
Tickle, tickle on your hair,
Tickle, tickle on your toes
Tickle, tickle on your nose
Tickle tickle tickle cute
Tickle, in your birthday suit.

Clothes That Cover
(sung to the tune of "Wheels on the Bus")
The shirt on (child's name) covers her tummy,
covers her tummy, covers her tummy,
The shirt on (child's name) covers her tummy
The shirt covers up her tummy.

Repeat using pants/leg, socks/feet, hat/head.

Where Are Your Clothes?
With a blanket, cover different articles of clothing that your child is wearing and ask "where is it"?
Ex: Where's Justin's shirt?
Remove the blanket and say "Oh there it is!" while pointing to the shirt. Do this for pants, socks, and diaper.

Open/Shut Them
Open shut them, open shut them,
give a little clap.
Open shut them, open shut them,
put them in your lap!
Creep them, creep them, creep
them, creep them, right up to
your chin.
Open wide your little mouth, but
do not let them in!

Pat-A-Shirt
(sung to "Pat A Cake)
Pat a shirt, Pat a shirt
Seamstress Man,
Sew me a shirt
As fast as you can
Pat it and prick it and mark it with
a B,
Put it on my body for baby and
me!

Let your child explore
different textures of
clothing with her hands: a soft sweater, a braided belt, a fur coat, a silk shirt, etc.

Blocks and Cups
Play with different size blocks and cups made of plastic, wood, or fabric. Bang the blocks together, place the blocks inside the cups, move the blocks from hand to hand.

Face to Face Interaction:

Hold your child and talk about clothing and body parts. "Where is mommy's shirt" you can ask. "Here is mommy's shirt." Then "where is baby's belly button?" Raise his shirt
and reply "Here it baby's
bellybutton, under her shirt!"

In front of a mirror, dance
while holding your child in
your arms. Gentle, sweeping movements and twirls are fun for infants, plus they help reinforce that they are safe in mommy's arms.

Butterflies
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Book to add to your child's library: Good Night Sweet Butterfly by Dawn Bentley

Music, Movement, and
Storytime

Baby Games and
Manipulatives

Exploration

Relationship Building

Read the book "Good Night Seet
Butterfly."

Who's Here Today?
(to the tune of Farmer in the Dell, sing
while lifting and bouncing.)
_____'s here today,
_____'s here today,
I'm so glad you're here today,
I think I'll shout Hurray! (shout Hurray!)

Butterfly Wings
Butterfly wings go fluttering by,
Down to the flowers and up to the
sky,
Butterfly wings tickle your toes,
(tickle baby's toes)
Butterfly wings land right on your
nose. (kiss nose)

Flying Butterfly
Cut out a butterfly from construction
paper and fly your butterfly around to
cheery music (or help your child fly
the butterfly around). Repeat the
phrase "butterfly flutters in the sky!"

Baby Go Up
(tune to Loop D' Loo)
Up in the air to right,
Up in the air to left,
Wiggle baby up like this,
And now give a butterfly kiss!

Butterfly Catch
Use a sheet of tissue paper (or
toilet paper) and flutter it in front
of your child, inviting him to try
to "catch the butterfly" with his
hands. Be sure to allow him to
"catch" the paper a few times!

Enjoy some music whiling
playing with dancing scarves.

Play Peek-a-Book with your
child.

Pat A Cake
(This is a weekly must for most
babies!)

Pat a cake, Pat a cake
Baker's Man,
Roll him and roll him
and THROW him in the pan!

Point out to your child all the
butterflies you can find
around the house (clothing,
pictures, blankets, diapers)
and be sure to let him touch
each one.

Butterflies are easy to spot
at outdoor flower nurseries.
See if you can track down a
live butterfly for your child to
see.

Give your child a roll of toilet
tissue or a box of tissue
paper to play with. (Watch
him carefully that it doesn't
go straight to his mouth.)
Your child will enjoy either
unrolling the toilet tissue or
pulling the tissue papers out
of the box, whichever you
give.

Face to Face Interaction:

Recite the nursery rhyme
"Pease Porridge Hot" to your
child:

Pease porridge hot!
Pease porridge cold!
Pease porridge in the pot
Nine days old.

Some like it hot,
Some like it cold,
Some like it in the pot
Nine days old!

You can add the following
variation to the words: "Baby
likes it hot, Mama likes it cold,
Daddy likes it in the pot nine
days old," etc. Make
conversation with your child
after reciting this rhyme, such
as "Nine days old! That's an
awfully long time! Yucky! Does
(child's name) like it nine days
old?"

Bubble Mania
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Shopping List: Bubble blower, packing bubbles
Book to add to your child's library: Bubbles Bubbles by Kathi Appelt

Music, Movement, and
Storytime

Baby Games and
Manipulatives

Exploration

Relationship Building

Bubbles
(sung to "Mary Had a Little Lamb")
Bubbles floating in the air,
in the air, in the air.
Bubbles floating in the air,
Pop, Pop, Wow!

Bubbles are Floating
(Tune to Are You Sleeping?)
Bubbles are floating, bubbles are
floating,
Up so high, up so high,
Floating up above us, floating up
above us,
In the sky, in the sky.

Pop Goes the Bubble
(Tune: Pop Goes the Weasel)
All around the great outdoors
The baby chased the bubbles.
The baby laughed and had such fun.
Pop! Goes the bubbles.

Clapping Game
Open them, shut them,
Open them, shut them,
Give a little clap clap clap.
Open them shut them,
Open them, shut them,
Place them in your lap lap lap.

Play Peek-a-Book with your
child using stuffed animals and
a blanket.

Round the Head
Round and round the head
Grew (child's name) hair,
One bubble, Two bubbles,
Tickle you under there.
(tickle back of baby's neck.)

Wiggle Song
(Let your child watch you act
this out the first time. The
second time, act it out on with
HIS body.)

I wiggle wiggle wiggle my
fingers
I wiggle wiggle wiggle my toes
I wiggle wiggle wiggle my
shoulders
I wiggle wiggle wiggle my nose
Now no more wiggles are left in
me
So I will be as still as can be.

Use a bubble blower to blow
bubbles and let your child
have fun reaching for and
popping the bubbles with
her hand.

Make soapy water by filling
the kitchen sink with water
and dish-washing liquid).
Scoop out the top layer of
foamy bubbles and put into
a large plastic bowl, and let
your infant use his hands to
explore inside the bowl.
Hide rubber ducky in the
bowl for more fun!

Obtain packing bubbles and
help your child pop the
bubbles with his tiny fingers!

Face to Face Interaction:

Recite the nursery rhyme
"Yankee Doodle" to your child
and clap his hands to the rhyme:

Yankee Doodle came to town,
A-ridin' on a pony;
He stuck a feather in his hat
And called it macaroni.
Yankee Doodle keep it up,
Yankee Doodle Dandy;
Mind the music and the steps
And with the girls be handy.

It's Raining
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Book to add to your child's library: Bubbles Bubbles by Kathi Appelt

Music, Movement, and
Storytime

Baby Games and
Manipulatives

Exploration

Relationship Building

A Rain Song
(Tto the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little
Star)
Pitter, patter, drip, drip, drop
How I wish the rain would stop!
Will the sun come out today
So I can go out to play?
Pitter, patter, drip, drip, drop
How I wish the rain would stop

Bubbles
(sung to "Mary Had a Little Lamb")
Bubbles floating in the air,
in the air, in the air.
Bubbles floating in the air,
Pop, Pop, Wow!

Five Little Monkeys
Five little monkeys jumping on the bed,
One fell off
And bumped his head
Mama called the doctor
And the doctor said, "No more
monkeys jumping on the bed!"

Repeat for 4, 3, and 2 monkeys. Then:

One little monkey jumping on the bed
HE fell off
And bumped his head
Mama called the doctor
And the doctor said, "KEEP THOSE
MONKEYS OFF THAT BED!!!".

Where is Monkey?
(Tune: Where is Thumbkin?)
Where is monkey?
Where is monkey?
Here I am,
Here I am,
How are you today, sir?
Very well I thank you,
Run away.
Run away.

Monkey See, Monkey Do
Help your child repeat after your
actions. (1) Cover your eyes
(then ask him/help him to cover
his eyes), (2) touch your head,
(3) touch your tummy, (4) shake
your hands, etc.

YMCA
Your baby will love this one!
Move his hand for him to spell
out the letters as you sing the
popular song YMCA.

Wiggle Song
(Let your child watch you act
this out the first time. The
second time, act it out on with
HIS body.)

I wiggle wiggle wiggle my
fingers
I wiggle wiggle wiggle my toes
I wiggle wiggle wiggle my
shoulders
I wiggle wiggle wiggle my nose
Now no more wiggles are left in
me
So I will be as still as can be.

Face to Face Interaction:

Pat A Cake
Pat a Cake, Pat a Cake
Baker's Man
Roll him and roll him and
Throw him in the pan!

Look over the monkey pictures
(see Music, Movement, and
Storytime) with your baby and
talk to her about the monkeys.
Use the monkey picture at the
bottom to point out the
monkey's eyes, nose, and
mouth.