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Bookbug Session Plans: Bookbug's Big Shoogle
This month we are celebrating Bookbug Week and to help us join in with the celebrations, we have created a special session plan to get moving for Bookbug's Big Shoogle!
Introduction song
Benefits
Familiar start – lets everyone know a Bookbug session has started.
Tips
Smile and use names if you know them. Clap or tap along to the beat and use signs if you know them.
Finger rhyme
Benefits
This song is great for fine motor development: children can use their hands and fingers to participate in the song as you sing with them.
Tips
When sharing this song with babies and toddlers, sit face to face so they can see the actions you are doing. You can incorporate some tickles as you creep your fingers up towards their chin.
Action rhyme
Benefits
This is a fun song to get everyone moving their body in a variety of ways!
Tips
Encourage your little one to wobble like jelly, wiggle their fingers like sausages and turn around like noodles on a fork! Why not encourage the children to come up with other food ideas to add some actions too?
Action song
Benefits
This song is great for bouncing your little one on your knee or encouraging toddlers to develop their gross motor skills as they march and stretch and crouch.
Tips
This song is a great opportunity to get the Lycra out in your session. This helps get everyone involved as they hold onto the Lycra and move it as you sing the song together.
Transition song
I wonder what's in my bag today?
Benefits
Builds anticipation and captures the attention of the children.
Tips
Use Bookbug to help engage the children in singing the 'I wonder what's in my bag today?' song. Use Makaton to support different communication needs. Sing the song to the tune of 'Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush':
'I wonder what's in my bag today, bag today, bag today I wonder what's in my bag today, come and take a look. . . At Bookbug’s favourite book.'
Book
Rumble in the Jungle by Giles Andreae and illustrated by David Wojtowycz
Benefits
‘There’s a rumble in the jungle there’s a whisper in the trees, the animals are waking up and rustling the leaves.’ Join the rhyming safari with this fun, interactive, colourful book as we embark on a jungle adventure meeting lots of different animals from the ravenous rhino to the graceful giraffe.
Tips
Bring this book to life by joining in with all the animal moves and sounds. You could play some music from the Bookbug app and stomp like an elephant or slither like a snake!
Action songs
Benefits
This is a fun and interactive song which encourages everyone to get up and move around. There are lots of great Scot’s words for children and grown-ups to use and discover.
Tips
You could use the Bookbug app to play this song during your Bookbug Session, as this will help you share the song with the families and remind them that the app is available for them to download and use at home too!
Benefits
This song is great for face-to-face interactions as you sit your little one on your knee and bounce them up and down. Older children will love moving around like a horse and following the instructions of the song.
Tips
Encourage the children to listen and wait during the song by adding pauses, i.e. 'don’t you stop', and then wait before singing again.
Familiar song
Benefits
Songs with actions help link the words with their meanings. This song is great for fine motor skills and developing the pincer grip.
Tips
When sharing this song with babies, sit face to face, use your fingers to tickle as the spider moves around in the song. Encourage toddlers to use their thumb and index finger to demonstrate the spider climbing.
Final song
Benefits
Tells everyone the session is coming to an end.
Tips
Wave, smile and use names if you know them. If you know Makaton you can support this song with signs.
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