 I'm Rosanne. I'm a youth librarian at the West Vancouver Memorial Library and these are some of my favorite songs, rhymes, and activities to do with toddlers. Just a reminder, your child learns through movement and it is totally normal and very much okay if they're unable to sit still through any of these. With time and practice, they'll be able to do that. We'll start with Roly Poly. This is a really popular one. It's like catnip for toddlers. They just love it and it's great because it deals with opposites and it has a lovely repetitive action. Roly Poly, Roly Poly, Up, Up, Up, Up, Roly Poly, Roly, Roly Poly. You can add lots of different opposites into the mix. Big and small, loud. It's a fun one. This one's swimming one day. So I like to count and then over here, sorry, we'll count the little baby ducks and then over here we have our adult duck. Could be a mama, my auntie, whomever. We're going to use mother. That's what we use in our house. And we'll start with one, two, three, four, five. Five little ducks went swimming one day over the fields and far away. Mother duck called four little ducks went swimming one day over the fields and far. Two, three. Swim swimming one day. Last game, swimming duck. Our counting song I like to do is when I was one. This is by Kathy Reed Damon. I've changed it a little bit. And it starts with the number one. I was one, one, one, was two, two, two. I tapped my shoe, shoe, shoe. And I was three. I tapped my knee. Six, six. A blue kiss is great to do with your child. You can also do it to your child and kind of touch the various parts of their body. It can be a very gentle one to calm them down or want to sing before bed too. Ooh, the mouse clap song. This is fun because we practice clapping and we do it twice. Find the tree and under the house lived a teeny, tiny mouse. She loved to sing. She loved to tap. But most of all, she loved to clap. She clapped all night. She clapped all day. She clapped to frighten the cat away. Another way of doing it where at the end you just do a whole bunch of clapping to really scare that cat. So we'll do it one more time. Behind the tree and under the house lived a teeny, tiny mouse. She loved to sing. She loved to tap. But most of all, she loved to clap. She clapped all night. She clapped all day. She clapped to frighten. More action ones for you. We're going to kick it up a notch. So these next ones we'll do are great for learning about eating, learning about utensils and different actions. So I'm a knife, fork, spoon, spatula. This one has action. So I'm a knife, fork, spoon, spatula. It's basically this song. Here we go. I'm a knife, fork, spoon, spatula. I'm a knife, fork, spoon, spatula. That one you can speed up or slow down. And it's a fun one to do standing up and kind of dancing around. A fun one to do before dinner or lunch or snack time. Okay, so we're going to take it up more with Bananas Unite. So we have the banana that unites and then we peel the banana and then we chop the banana and then we mash it and we eat it. And then we go wild. Go bananas. So for this one, this is a great one for standing. You might even want to clear out some of the furniture in your living room and just really, really live it up. Here we go. Bananas Unite. Peel, bananas. Peel, peel, bananas. Peel, bananas. Peel, peel, bananas. Chop, bananas. Chop, chop, bananas. Chop, bananas. Chop, chop, bananas. Mash, bananas. Mash, mash, bananas. Mash, bananas. Mash, mash, bananas. Eat, bananas. Eat, eat, bananas. Eat, bananas. Eat, eat, bananas. Go bananas. And like with most of these songs, the more you do them, the more your child will anticipate that fun ending. Okay, oh yes. Here we go. This one is a fun one to do with bees and it ends with a bit of a tickle and a tag. So it goes like this. Start with some buzzing. Here is the beehive. But where are all the bees hidden away where nobody sees? Soon they will come out out of the hive. One, two, three, four, five. Here is the beehive. But where are all the bees hidden away where nobody sees? Soon they will come out out of the hive. One, two, three. How about a tickle? Round and round the garden. This is a popular one. The wiggles do a version of it as well. And this is a nice one to do when your child's palm or on their belly or their back or their knee or ever they like to feel touch. Okay, here we go. Round and round the garden goes the teddy bear and step the two steps. That one's fun. The more you do that, again, the more your child will anticipate the ending. And you may find that they want to tickle you too and try doing it on your palm. Okay, here's a lullaby called Sailing, Sailing Over the Water. Another Katharine Naiman has lots of repetition. It goes sailing, sailing over the water, sailing, sailing over the sea, sailing, sailing over the ocean, sail back home to me. Sailing, sailing, over, sailing. It's a really nice and gentle one for when you just want to calm the air or perhaps prepare for a nap or bedtime. Thank you for joining me on all my favorites. I hope they work out for you. Please feel free to let us know if you have any questions. Thanks and take care.