Miss Pam's Small Talk Baby Podcast
By Miss Pam🌺Librarian
Miss Pam's Small Talk Baby PodcastMay 03, 2024
🔆Re-drop: #107 Five Days of Springtime
We’re featuring this redrop episode to celebrate the season!
Inspired by the BOOK:
Twelve Days of Springtime by Deborah Lee Rose
Sadie the Slimy Slug by Nancy Martin
. . . and more!
SPECIAL: Nana nah nah, goodnight!
A peaceful, dreamy episode - a good substitute for bedtime stories - or a fun supplement! You're welcome :) Warmly, Miss Pam
Includes: "Where do diggers sleep at night?",
by Brianna Caplan Sayres adapted by yours truly.
♡It's time to say goodnight - animals make an appearance.
Goodnight by Miss Pam Goodnight fingers goodnight toes, goodnight belly button good night nose. Good night neck good night back, goodnight moo and goodnight quack Goodnight eyes, goodnight ears goodnight room and good night fears. goodnight goodnight goodnight goodnight... -Song inspired by Eric Carle's "Papa Get The Moon for Me"
Solar Eclipse Day 2024
🎼
It’s when moon gets in my way
Moon’s in front and I’m behind
Truth be told i do not mind
Happy solar eclipse day
a Solar corona around my face
I still shine in a different place.
Happy solar eclipse day!
BOOK: Where does the sun go? by Gary Craig
For adults only - Help your child love reading 📚 Part 1.
Excerpts read aloud from HELP YOUR CHILD LOVE READING by Alison David
KEY POINTS
== Reclaim quiet time
==Make a commitment to reading every day
=="how to read" - Tried and true tips.
Begin in utero! *Small Talk Baby Podcast
Over 130 episodes,
Nearly a million downloads - families listening all over the world.
Thank you! ~Miss Pam xoxo
When you bring baby home, there are a million things to consider and navigate as everyone gets to know each other in this first year. Things are changing daily — heck, hourly!
The first year is also a tender time even as it is gruelling. You want to do the best for your baby, keep him dry and fed, soothe her upsets, provide a little fresh air, make sure he’s not too cold, protect her from the sun, etc.
And you are, hopefully, falling in love.
While taking care of her physical needs, you also know it’s important to talk, sing, read and play with your baby. You know that you are your child’s first teacher, the single most important key to their brain and language development.
It’s all a bit, well, overwhelming. Eeeek!
Enter SMALL TALK BABY PODCAST. I believe every family with a baby under 3 years needs my podcast, wherever they are in the world. Why? That’s easy…
SMALL TALK BABY PODCAST (STBP)
FUN. +Play is the work of children, from birth.
It is through play that babies learn about the world—themselves and others. Every episode of STBP is a screen-free invitation to play with words and language. The podcast helps families build a routine around language development.
RICH AND EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE. +Food for a baby’s brain.
It is designed to foster language development in a joyful way: it grows your baby’s vocabulary and comprehension, stimulates your baby’s imagination and curiosity through developmentally appropriate books, and teaches your baby about abstract concepts like emotions, counting—all without the distraction of a screen.
BABIES’ BRAINS AND ADULT MODELLING. +Repetition is the key to learning.
I used my 35 plus years of early literacy expertise to create this screen-free tool for a young child and the parents or caregivers. Every episode is theater to a baby’s ears, capturing their attention with the sounds within words, the music, intonation, rhyme and rhythm, volume and texture and with movement, both fine and gross. By listening regularly with your little one, you are building a shared wordplay/storytime repertoire of over 100 songs, rhymes, poems and fingerplays that you learn by repetition, alongside your little one.
SCREEN-FREE
Once your child knows what to expect, they will become intent on listening and participating in the fun you always have with them during this time. Turn it on during fussy moments in the car or high chair, during tummy time or the witching hour!
I promise you that sharing 1 or 2 episodes every day over a 12 month period, will help your baby become a youngster with a wide vocabulary, comprehension and experiences through the songs and books I share.
Every episode reinforces the rhythm and structure and diversity of language and gets you using new words in fun ways.
+Remember to *Rate and *Review!* THANKS SO MUCH.
🌺 Warmly, Miss Pam
SUBSCRIBE to Small Talk Baby Podcast on *SPOTIFY Feed and never miss an episode:- access to 130+ episodes and growing.
**If your region doesn't allow Spotify then please head to our website to subscribe to our Premium Feed: www.babywordplay.com
Who is Miss Pam?? Award-winning librarian + early literacy specialist with over 35 years of experience in the field. Read more on the website.
+TESTIMONIALS: "I love the podcast. My daughter got excited as soon as she heard the first song. Thank you so much for all the things you do."
🌺 For more information Baby Wordplay
🌺 If you encounter any issues while subscribing please send an email:
👁🗨PREVIEW "Big Cats, Little Cats"
🐈 Big Cats, Little Cats.
🎧Peanut Butter Podletter - Miss Pam reads (for adults)
March 15, 2024 - ISSUE of Peanut Butter, Pod-letter:
Word-worthy
"Why I am convinced without a doubt, that babies (and the adults who spend time with them) need my podcast."
TRANSCRIPT:
When you bring baby home, there are a million things to consider and navigate as everyone gets to know each other in this first year. Things are changing daily — heck, hourly!
The first year is also a tender time even as it is gruelling. You want to do the best for your baby.
And you are, hopefully, falling in love.
While taking care of her physical needs, you also know it’s important to talk, sing, read and play with your baby. You know that you are your child’s first teacher, the single most important key to their brain and language development.
It’s all a bit, well, overwhelming. Eeeek!
Enter SMALL TALK BABY PODCAST. I believe every family with a baby under 3 years needs my podcast, wherever they are in the world. Why? That’s easy…
SMALL TALK BABY PODCAST (STBP)
FUN. +Play is the work of children, from birth.
It is through play that babies learn about the world—themselves and others. Every episode of STBP is a screen-free invitation to play with words and language. The podcast helps families build a routine around language development.
RICH AND EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE. +Food for a baby’s brain.
It is designed to foster language development in a joyful way: it grows your baby’s vocabulary and comprehension, stimulates your baby’s imagination and curiosity through developmentally appropriate books, and teaches your baby about abstract concepts like emotions, counting—all without the distraction of a screen.
BABIES’ BRAINS AND ADULT MODELLING. +Repetition is the key to learning.
I used my 35 plus years of early literacy expertise to create this screen-free tool for a young child and the parents or caregivers. Every episode is theater to a baby’s ears, capturing their attention with the sounds within words, the music, intonation, rhyme and rhythm, volume and texture and with movement, both fine and gross. By listening regularly with your little one, you are building a shared wordplay/storytime repertoire of over 100 songs, rhymes, poems and fingerplays that you learn by repetition, alongside your little one.
SCREEN-FREE
Once your child knows what to expect, they will become intent on listening and participating in the fun you always have with them during this time. Turn it on during fussy moments in the car or high chair, during tummy time or the witching hour!
I promise you that sharing 1 or 2 episodes every day over a 12 month period, will help your baby become a youngster with a wide vocabulary, comprehension and experiences through the songs and books I share.
Every episode reinforces the rhythm and structure and diversity of language and gets you using new words in fun ways.
+Remember to *Rate and *Review!* THANKS SO MUCH.
🌺 Warmly, Miss Pam
SUBSCRIBE on *SPOTIFY Feed and never miss an episode:- access to 130+ episodes and growing.
**If your region doesn't allow Spotify then please head to our website to subscribe to our Premium Feed - listen anywhere: www.babywordplay.com
Who is Miss Pam?? Award-winning librarian + early literacy specialist with over 35 years of experience in the field.
+TESTIMONIALS: "I love the podcast. My daughter got excited as soon as she heard the first song. Thank you so much for all the things you do."
🌺 For more information Baby Wordplay
🌺 If you encounter any issues while subscribing please send an email: info@babywordplay.com
*TRAILER: Babies 🚼 Doggies🐕 Episode
A little teaser - Babies and Doggies Episode!🌺 Subscribe to listen to the entire episode!
WHY A PODCAST FOR BABIES?
REPERTOIRE gives you and your baby a shared repertoire of songs, stories, rhymes and more.
Once your child is familiar with a few episodes it's helpful to ease FUSSY MOMENTS
*SEASONS 1 to 3 are geared to newborn to age 4.
*SEASON 4 is geared to ages to 2- 4+ years. We recommend previewing these episodes before sharing with your child, to be sure that the episode is appropriate for your little one, or reach out to ask me any questions!
SUBSCRIBE + SPOTIFY OR
Subscribe on Supercast
+Remember to *Rate and *Review!* THANKS SO MUCH.
Questions? Send me an email info@babywordplay.com
🌺 Warmly, Miss Pam
Award-winning librarian and early literacy specialist with over 35 years of experience.
+TESTIMONIAL: "I love the podcast. My daughter got excited as soon as she heard the first song. Thank you so much for all the things you do."
www.babywordplay.com
🚼 Babies + 🐕Doggies - Lots of things babies do, doggies do too!
TAG us in a pic of your baby and doggie #smalltalkpodcastbaby
BOOKS:
+The Babies and Doggies Book by John and Molly
+Please, Baby, Please by Spike and Tonya Lewis Lee
+Tic Toc Dog by Emma Dodd
++Vocabulary words:
Loopy, goofy, sniff, sags, zig-zag, paws, and soo many more!
RESEARCH:
People use similar facial expressions when communicating with babies and dogs.
Researchers identified six specific expressions that participants used when interacting with babies and dogs, but not when interacting with another adult.
The ‘special happy’ expression was particularly common in interactions with both babies and dogs, the team reports. It is thought to express genuine, intense happiness and to signal a strong desire to interact. With a pre-verbal infant, it functions as a clear expression of engaged, positive feeling towards that child. Clearly, adults – or at least adults with both a baby and a dog – use it to try to signal the same thing to their non-verbal dog.
(The British Psychological Society 2023)
Watch YOUTUBE channel @babywordplay - Miss Pam's Babies and Doggies accompanying videos - for older toddlers please.
🅷 Black History Month - Maya Angelou for Babies!
RE-RELEASE!
This episode is perfect for babies, toddlers up to age 4. Maya Angelou for little ones? Ohh yes we can!
We bring together the dramatic poetry of 💐Maya Angelou read by educator 💐Ashley Causey-Golden, the creator of Afrocentric Montessori and co-founder of Gather Forest School.
Ashley has been teaching children since she was 18 years old and has appeared on Janet Lansbury's podcast UNRUFFLED. We are delighted to have her join us to read and rhyme along.
Ashley then shares a beautiful song, Who Am I? sung to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle. :)
💐Get on board, Little Children (SPIRITUAL) Join Miss Pam's train!
- Spirituals function as more than religious songs, they have been used by many people for different purposes. "Get on Board" has become a traditional song in folk music. The train could refer to a gospel train, a train of freedom from slavery. It is a train that anyone can ride.
💐Ella Jenkins has been called the First Lady of Children’s Music -she’s been performing and writing music for children for more than 50 years. She turned 99 in 2023 and lives in Chicago. She still plays her harmonica and her kazoo.
💐What do you hear?
-CLAVE: Miss Pam is playing the clave rhythm (with 2 of my grandson's wooden blocks) developed in Cuba from the African bell pattern brought to the Americas via the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
"The rhythm is used to lock in the many rhythms of Afro-Cuban music, as well as other Latin music like the bossa nova of Brazil."
💐Light of Mine - TRADITIONAL/GOSPEL Miss Pam gets to singing out loud, singing out proud!
This song contains inspirational lyrics and wasd a favorite song of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) who used the song to inspire Black sharecroppers to register to vote in the 1960s.
ALSO RECOMMENDED:
🎼 Sweet Honey in the Rock, Chico Freeman (Jazz)
📚 Whose Toes are Those by Jabari Asim
Peekaboo Morning - Rachel Isadora
Please Puppy Please - Spike and Tonya Lee
Baby Dance - Ann Taylor
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🌺 #1 Begin Here - Let's Rhyme + Sing Together!
🌺 SUBSCRIBE on SPOTIFY - never miss an episode:- access to 130+ episodes. **If your region doesn't allow Spotify then please head to our website to subscribe to the Premium Feed on Supercast: www.babywordplay.com Repetition is the key to learning, however, no two episodes are the same!
Why a podcast for babies? This SCREEN-FREE mix of songs, rhymes and simple stories, is a joyful, educational tool to use every day for 12 minutes of intentional read, rhyme and singing - early literacy skill building.
REPERTOIRE gives you and your baby a shared repertoire of songs, stories, rhymes and more.
Once your child is familiar with a few episodes it's helpful to ease FUSSY MOMENTS
*SEASONS 1 to 3 are geared to newborn to age 4.
*SEASON 4 is geared to ages to 2- 4+ years. We recommend previewing these episodes before sharing with your child, to be sure that the episode is appropriate for your little one, or reach out to ask me any questions!
SUBSCRIBE + SPOTIFY OR
🌺 Subscribe on Supercast
+Remember to *Rate and *Review!* THANKS SO MUCH.
Questions? Send me an email info@babywordplay.com
🌺 Warmly, Miss Pam
Award-winning librarian and early literacy specialist with over 35 years of experience.
+TESTIMONIAL: "I love the podcast. My daughter got excited as soon as she heard the first song. Thank you so much for all the things you do."
Who is Miss Pam?? Award-winning librarian + early literacy specialist with 35 years of experience.
🌺 For more information Baby Wordplay
🌺 #2 Open, Shut Them - let's warm up our hands, let's warm up our brains!
🌺 SUBSCRIBE + SPOTIFY - never miss an episode:- access to 130+ episodes. **If your region doesn't allow Spotify then please head to our website to subscribe to the Premium Feed: www.babywordplay.com Repetition is the key to learning, however, no two episodes are the same!
Why a podcast for babies? SCREEN-FREE mix of songs, rhymes and simple stories - is a fantastic tool to use every day for 12 minutes of intentional read, rhyme and singing - early literacy skill building.
REPERTOIRE gives you and your baby a shared repertoire of songs, stories, rhymes and more.
Once your child is familiar with a few episodes it's helpful to ease FUSSY MOMENTS
*SEASONS 1 to 3 are geared to newborn to age 4.
*SEASON 4 is geared to ages to 2- 4+ years. We recommend previewing these episodes before sharing with your child, to be sure that the episode is appropriate for your little one, or reach out to ask me any questions!
SUBSCRIBE + SPOTIFY OR
🌺 Subscribe on Supercast
+Remember to *Rate and *Review!* THANKS SO MUCH.
Questions? Send me an email info@babywordplay.com
🌺 Warmly, Miss Pam
Award-winning librarian and early literacy specialist with over 35 years of experience.
+TESTIMONIAL: "I love the podcast. My daughter got excited as soon as she heard the first song. Thank you so much for all the things you do."
🌺 #4 Turkey 🦃 and Duck🦆 always greet when they meet on the street!
SUBSCRIBE + SPOTIFY - never miss an episode:- access to 130+ episodes. **If your region doesn't allow Spotify then please head to our website to subscribe to the Premium Feed: www.babywordplay.com Repetition is the key to learning, however, no two episodes are the same.
Why a podcast for babies? SCREEN-FREE mix of songs, rhymes, fingerplays and simple stories, is a fantastic tool to use every day for 12 minutes of intentional early literacy skill building.
REPERTOIRE gives you and your baby a shared repertoire of songs, stories, rhymes and more.
Once your child is familiar with a few episodes it's helpful to ease FUSSY MOMENTS
🌺 #11 Dos Manitas🖐🏾 Diez Deditos! (2 Little Hands, 10 Little Fingers)
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NEW: DOS MANITAS, DIEZ DEDITOS - 2 LITTLE HANDS, 10 LITTLE FINGERS
🌺 Questions? Send me an email info@babywordplay.com
🌺 Warmly, Miss Pam
*TESTIMONIAL: "I love the podcast. My daughter got excited as soon as she heard the first song. Thank you so much for all the things you do."
🌺 For more information Baby Wordplay 🌺
Watch "Shake the Mango Tree"
🌺 #19 Me gusta cantar, I like to sing
🌺 Don't forget to rate and review! Thanks so much!
Ten fun minutes of songs, rhymes and fingerplays recorded specifically for you to boost your baby's brain, interspersed with important tips and valuable information about how to encourage language and vocabulary development. 🌺 For more information about Baby Wordplay 🌺 Questions? Send me an email 🌺 Warmly, Miss Pam 🌺
🌺 #35 What do you hear!?🐦🔔🥁
🌺 *Please Subscribe Rate and Review!*
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🌺 Questions? Send me an email 🌺 Warmly, Miss Pam 🌺
🍌NEW! Bilingual bebés - Español y English
NEW OPENING:
Huevos, plátano, tomate y pan (Eggs, banana, tomato and bread)
Me gusta desayunar (I like to have breakfast)
Me gusta almorzar ( I like to have lunch)
Me gusta cenar (I like to have dinner)
Excerpt from:
Quiero mi mamá/papá, porque by Laurel Porter-Gaylord, pictures by Ashley Wolff.
You can subscribe directly on Spotify or head to our website for other options: www.babywordplay.com
🌺 #80 We All Sing With The Same Voice
🌺 Thank you - wherever you are listening in the world!
Repetition is the key to learning, however, no two episodes are the same.
🌺 Remember to model how much fun - and how important - it is to read, sing and play with words.
Why a podcast for babies? 5 Reasons
- This screen-free mix of songs, rhymes, fingerplays and simple stories, are designed to boost your baby's brain, interspersed with important tips and valuable information about how to encourage language and vocabulary development from birth.
- It is a tool to use every day for 12 minutes of intentional early literacy skill building and helps during tummy time, fussy moments in the high chair and in the car; your little one will become quiet and intent on listening.
- It is trilingual - English, Spanish and American Sign Language, to expose them to the diversity of language.
- Every episode reinforces the rhythm and structure of language and exposes your little one to lots of new vocabulary.
- I have been called the best reader and singer by some fans. . . Just saying!
Hosted by award-winning librarian, early literacy expert & baby whisperer!
* Seasons 1 to 3 are geared to newborn to age 4.
* Season 4 is geared to ages 3 to 4 years and older. We recommend previewing these episodes before sharing with your child, to be sure that it is age appropriate for your little one
+Remember to *Rate and *Review!* THANKS SO MUCH.
Questions? Send me an email info@babywordplay.com
🌺 Warmly, Miss Pam
+TESTIMONIAL: "I love the podcast. My daughter got excited as soon as she heard the first song. Thank you so much for all the things you do."
🌺 For more information Baby Wordplay
🌼 #84 Bathtime! Rhymes & stories!
Welcome!
"A Little Soap, "Little Blue Whale".
Tiny Tim the Turtle
BOOK: "Splash, Splash" by Jeff Sheppard. Illustrated by Dennis Panek. Publisher MacMillan
🌼 * *Rate and *Review!* It means SO MUCH.
🌼 For more information about Baby Wordplay www.babywordplay.com
🌼 Questions? Send me an email - info@babywordplay.com
🌺 Warmly, Miss Pam
🔺#91 Triangle ▶A slice of pie?▶
SUBSCRIBE
(Previously Episode 96)
This episode focuses on the triangle.
Includes a focus on numbers and counting too.
Baby STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
Sing: Look at the shape that things are in:🔺▶
Exposing your baby to shapes from an early age is important!
"Children develop math concepts and skills very early in life. From the moment they are born, babies begin to form ideas about math through everyday experiences and, most important, through interactions with trusted adults. Language—how we talk with infants and toddlers about math ideas like more, empty, and full—matters." NAEYC
❣️I LOVE a whole lot of things!
A poem, a book, a song.
I love a lot of things, a whole lot of things and I love me!
Miss Pam, reading two books with LOVE in the title. :)
(Feb. 14, 2024)
🐉 Chinese New Year!
🐉 Chinese New Year! - 2024 Year of the Dragon
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We are delighted to share the audio stage with
Maria Adcock https://biculturalmama.com/
author of It's Chinese New Year, Curious George!
Maria reads a short excerpt and teaches us how to count to 15 in Mandarin. (Listen to the end)
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Also, Miss Pam celebrates babies born in Zodiac years: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024.
Miss Pam wrote some short poems inspired by the book TIGER DAYS - a book of feelings by M.H. Clark and illustrated by Anna Hurley
Dragon Dance by Joan Holub and illustrated by Benrei Huang. Miss Pam added a tune to a few of the pages.
Thanks Amber for your New Years' greetings straight from China!
BONUS
Great rap song for learning how to count to 10 in Mandarin!
😖# 123 Grumpy Grandma!
It's Curmudgeons Day!
a curmudgeon is known to be deeply grumpy and usually in a sour mood.]
Confessions of a Grumpy Grandma
For the past few weeks, this grandma's life has been stresssssful. My daughter and family, who live in the UK, are spending 7 weeks with me in Jamaica. We’re in #6.
I was so excited for my 2 grandsons, ages 1 and 3, to visit. I live near the ocean in a rural community and I couldn’t wait to share it with them. And then they came! It was wonderful - a sweet, warm and enthusiastic reunion.
For a week.
Carefully planned child care assistance collapsed almost immediately and I felt compelled to fill in the large gaps.
I became Grumpy Grandma.
What helped? Well, Small Talk Baby Podcast!
They already listened regularly and knew many of the songs, rhymes and stories - some familiarity is the key!
My podcast has been a life saver for ME!
I started turning it on ... like, many times each day. I have appreciated it so much, needed and relied on it over the past few weeks.
Once your baby knows some of the songs and rhymes - Boom! You can slip away for a little break and know they are learning and enjoying a screen-free activity. Give thanks!
PS: Grandson #1 knows his favorite episodes by number. If you listen to #21 there is a special voice near the end that he has us playing on repeat :) Can you guess who it is?
Warmly,Miss Pam
Watch Miss Pam's 16 month Grandson read!
I set up a "morning invitation" for my 16 month grandson - a scene with a Pig and a doll looking at books. It was a magnet if I may say so myself, weellll, I am still a darned good children's librarian ... :)
After breakfast he crawled over, of his own accord, and proceeded to choose one of the books - he knew 2 of them very well. He began reading, turning the pages and enjoying his very own storytime!
Imagine what was going on in that brain during this!
The children listen to the podcast and read multiple times in the day. Growing readers from birth!
Warmly,
Miss Pam
babywordplay.com
❣️ # 122 All About LOVE: Rhymes, Songs and Books for Toddlers❣️
a bilingual episode... a little Spanish included. ❣️All About LOVE: Rhymes, Songs and Books for Toddlers ❣️ Please RATE. SUBSCRIBE. SHARE. ENJOY!
"Love Doesn’t Mean Walking On Eggshells" “Everything my child does is a different way of asking me, What does love mean?” “How I handle it in the good and bad times, or when they’re acting up, will define what love means for them for the rest of their life.” — from a letter to Janet Lansbury. EPISODE DETAILS: BOOKS: Excerpts from: Quiero a mi mamá porque...I Love My Mommy Because and Quiero a mi papá porque...I Love My Mommy Because (Bilingual) BY: Laurel Porter-Gaylord Illustrated by Ashley Wolff SONGS: Rise and Shine - Raffi You Sing a Song - Ella Jenkins Skidamarink - a classic
WORDS: The Land of Words - inspired by Eloise Greenfield Love Grows - an anthem I love you in ASL included! *THANK. YOU FOR TUNING INTO ME, AND TO YOUR BABY! Warmly, Miss Pam MORE MORE MORE: WEBSITE Page Turners - Miss Pam's Blog with tips for HOW to engage your child in storytime. Peanut Butter, Podletter - Newsletter on Substack Follow on Instagram and Facebook ❣️
☀️# 120 Greetings from Jamaica - Rhyme + Sing with me!
Research: U. of Cambridge, neuroscientist Professor Usha Goswami. Dec 6, 2023
"Parents should speak to their babies using sing-song speech, like nursery rhymes, as soon as possible, say researchers. That’s because babies learn languages from rhythmic information, not phonetic information, in their first months."
Greetings from Miss Pam in Jamaica.. I'd say..
This baby podcast is simply the best tool to get parents singing and talking to their baby every single day.
Here's a seasonal Jamaican song for you:
Holiday a come me wan me lama!
Lama is an old Jamaican term that means "presents" as in gifts.
This song comes from slavery days and was sung at Christmas time when people would dress up as characters and parade on the streets.
They would sing this song as they asked onlookers sometimes for money to get themselves or their family, gifts for the holidays.
RESEARCH ON WHY NURSERY RHYMING AND SINGING IS SO IMPORTANT FROM BIRTH.
🍌 #119 Days of the Week and Food is Fun 🥥
When we travel through a season that centers on food, here's an episode that is designed to bring lots of celebration and fun vocabulary to the table!
For picky eaters and non-picky eaters alike.
CONTENTS:
BOOKS:
- TODAY IS MONDAY by Eric Carle (Sing along with me! Substitute other favorite foods in the song)
- WHAT'S A BANANA by Marilyn Singer Illustrated by Greg Pizzoli You'll never see a banana again the same way!
Rhymes + Romps:
- "Hot 'n Cold Butterbean - come and get your supper!" voice of Dominic Cartwright. A rhyme from the US to go with a variation on the game of hide and seek.
- Mime with me - make a cup of tea! What kind of tea do you like?
- Popcorn time - bring along a couple of scarves or fabric.
-An egg shaker or rattle, for Shake, shake the Mango tree!
- Practice the /c/ sound as in carrots, coconut, cooked
and more!
🍂🍃 🍿🍂🍃🌽🍂🍃🥕🍂🍃🍉🍂🍃
🍂 #118 All for Fall and Fall for all!
Autumn is here.
All for Autumn and Autumn for All.
Songs and rhymes for the season and more.
🍁🍂🍃🍁🍂🍃🍁🍂🍃🍁🍂🍃🍁🍂🍃
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BLOG: Enrich your understanding of books for young children & get tips on how to read to babies and toddlers - and more!
YOUTUBE: For older toddlers. Miss Pam reading, rhyming and singing. Make the most of your screen time!
PEANUT BUTTER PODLETTER Substack.
#117 🟡.🟤.Feelings: Let's Talk About It
The title of this episode was inspired by Heidi Rojas' lullaby: The Feelings Song.
On the podcast, I sing along with her on the episode (on a recording!) and she kindly gave me permission to share it! It is a beautiful, comforting melody. 🟡Children’s literature provides a wonderful way into feelings, to stimulate discussion and to include more nuance and complexity as children grow. Check out my YouTube channel @babywordplay and follow on IG.
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☕️ #116 Miss Pam in London
NOTE: If you're live in London, I'll be doing live, in person storyplays with families at the Dalston Curve Garden and other locations during the summer, 2024.
I hope you've enjoyed this little slice of London.
The birds you hear are pigeons, crows and magpies!
☕ #115 There's Room for Everyone!🌞
☕NOTE: Season 4 is geared to ages 3 to 4 years. I recommend previewing episodes before sharing them with your child to make sure it is appropriate for your little one. Thank you! Lift going up, lift going down, pumpkins, tea and room for everyone. BOOK: There's Room For Everyone by Anahita Teymorian
-The Elevator Song by MaryLee Sunseri Enjoy, rate, review and spread the word!
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☕ #114 Sitting here in London!
I feel lucky to be able to spend a few months in London each year with my daughter's family with 2 grandchildren, ages 1 and 3 years. This helps to keep me on my early literacy toes and I get to use and test the podcast! I spend the rest of the year between the east coast of the US and rural Jamaica.
++Season 4 is made up of episodes recorded from and flavoured with each of these 3 places. This episode has a little British flavour. Cheers!
Resources:
+'Miss Pam Has 5 Senses' modeled on Aliki's book MY FIVE SENSES published by Harper Collins, adapted by me.
+Sitting here in London - tune from "Sitting Here in Limbo" - Jimmy Cliff
Thank you for tuning into me, and your little one!
- Miss Pam
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🌺 On an island, named Jamaica, in the middle of the Caribbean Sea, there lived a little girl.
One day, she set off over land and water to find an adventure. When her travels brought her to the edge of the United States, she sat down and thought, "maybe this is where I should stay."
Just then a strong breeze came by and blew her further north and eventually, she landed in New Jersey. Since she loved children and stories, she became a librarian.
She has fun bringing together stories and songs, reading and rhyme, all for family literacy FUN.
This little girl is me! Now a grandma to two littles under 3 years old, I get to use my own podcast with them - how lovely! READ FULL BIO on Miss Pam
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♻️#113 Let's Review! ¡Repasemos! Baby STEM
Baby STEM
All about shapes and numbers, counting and comparing, growing and gravity!
Repetition is the key to learning!
Enjoy.
Warmly,
Miss Pam
♻️#112 Let's Review! Repasemos!
Please review and rate it and help spread the word so that families everywhere can nurture their little one’s path from language to literacy with these brain-boosting interactive wordplay sessions.
Thank you for being here!
Warmly,
Miss Pam
♻️ #111 Let's Review! ¡Repasemos!
Let's review ... repetition is the key to learning!
♻️ #110 Let's Review! ¡Repasemos!
Let's review STEM!
🔢#109 1,2,3 count with me!
+Things to do with your little one: find shapes around your home - shapes are everywhere! COUNT steps on a staircase. SORT toys - things with wheels, soft toys, circles or spheres. NOTE numbers on buses or signs.
CONSIDER THIS: To help a child grow their language, we talk, read and sing to them. We need to do the same with math. Baby STEM will help!
Enjoy and PLEASE share with others who will thank you 10 X over ! :)
1 potato, 2 potato, 3 potato, 4,
This is Miss Pam, stay tuned for more!
Warmly,
Miss Pam
Resources:
10,9,8 by Molly Bang
The Shape of Things by Dayle Ann Dodds, illustrated by Julie Lacome
Scholastic - 50 Thematic Songs by Meish Goldish
🌒 #108 Goodnight numbers!🌑
Resources:
Goodnight, Numbers (McKellar Math) – by Danica McKellar (Author), Alicia Padrón (Illustrator)
Hello Ten Tiny Toes
Dos Manitas, Diez Deditos - Two little hands, 10 little fingers.
🥚#106 From egg to chick 🐤
Enjoy singing, reading and rhyming about eggs and little chicks!
📐#105 Ten Little Caterpillars On the Go🐛🐛🐛
🐛Math is measuring, counting, comparing, sorting and so much more! Do mathematics with your little one from a young age!
🎷#104 Count with This Jazz Man and more!
Resources
Featuring "This Jazz Man" by Ehrhardt, Karen, Roth, R.G
🌳 #103 Green Grass Grew Around the Tree in the Middle
Miss Pam appreciates every one of you out there!
Warmly,
Pam
🐣 #102 Chicka chicka 123!
"A HANDY TOOL to help young children develop critical mathematical thinking."
Geared to you and your little one's first 1000 days together.
- Things to do: With your little one, find shapes around your home - shapes are everywhere! COUNT steps on a staircase. SORT toys - things with wheels, soft toys, circles or spheres. NOTE numbers on buses or signs.
- Point out shadows around you, use rich vocabulary to describe what you see.
CONSIDER THIS: To help a child grow their language, we talk, read and sing to them. We need to do the same with math. Baby STEM will help!
Math is important and it’s important to help young children develop their mathematical thinking. A child’s math knowledge at the start of kindergarten predicts later academic achievement better than early reading or attention skills. (NAEYC.org)
Enjoy and PLEASE share with others who will thank you 10 X over ! :)
1 potato, 2 potato, 3 potato, 4
This is Miss Pam, stay tuned for more!
Email: info@babywordplay.com
Warmly,
Miss Pam
Resources:
Chicka Chicka 1,2,3 by Bill Martin Jr. (Author), Michael Sampson (Author), Lois Ehlert (Illustrator)
Scholastic
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📐#101 Old McDonald Had A Woodshop!
Books:
Old McDonald had a woodshop by Lisa Shulman
Toolbox Twins by Lola M. Schaefer (inspired by)
🌈 #96 What colo(u)r is your rainbow?
Having fun with colo(u)rs! Bring out some colored fabric, scarves, books about colors, crayons, paints -- incorporate them as you see fit.
🐦 #95 Birds, Bees & Butterflies!🐝 🦋
(Previously Episode #100)
Book: Over in the Meadow
There are a few versions of this old counting song. This version is by Scholastic illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats. Borrow or purchase and sing along with me!
My favorite version though, is the one by John Langstaff, illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky.
Sign language for butterfly: 👐🏽 Hook your thumbs together and wave your fingers!
🔘 #94 Round the circle, round the sphere, round the garden!
(Previously #99)
We're reading, rhyming and singing about CIRCLES/SPHERES!
Resources:
Circle! Sphere! by Grace Lin
Where does the sun go? by Gary Craig
Promote good beginnings in math by having fun with shapes and numbers and more in the first 1000 days!
🍏 #93 What's a Banana?🍌 and garden fun!
(Previously Episode #98)
Books:
"What's a banana?" by Marilyn Singer Illustrated by Greg Pizzoli.
-5 little ducks🦆 by Denise Fleming (like you have never heard it :)
-Dig a little hole. Plant a little seed....
and more!
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