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  • Babybug Stories, Rhymes, and Activities for Babies and Toddlers1 min read
    Ducks’ Ditty
    All along the backwater, Through the rushes tall, Ducks are a-dabbling, Up tails all! Ducks’ tails, drakes’ tails, Yellow feet a-quiver, Yellow bills all out of sight Busy in the river! Everyone for what he likes! WE like to be Heads down, tails up,
    Babybug Stories, Rhymes, and Activities for Babies and Toddlers1 min read
    Babybug Stories, Rhymes, and Activities for Babies and Toddlers
    Kathleen Andersen, Editor; Hayley Kim, Assistant Editor; Julie Peterson, Copyeditor; Suzanne Beck, Senior Art Director; Jennifer A. Lane, Designer; Erica Huntzinger, Permissions Specialist; Laura Woodside, SVP Education Products; Barb Clendenen, Dire
    Babybug Stories, Rhymes, and Activities for Babies and Toddlers1 min read
    Guide For Caregivers
    1. Kim and Carrots: If it walks, flaps, and quacks like a duck, it's probably a toddler trying to figure out how ducks navigate the world. For very young children, imitation is a critical pathway to understanding. Ultimately, imitation builds languag
    Babybug Stories, Rhymes, and Activities for Babies and Toddlers1 min read
    LET'S EXPLORE Hungry Guests
    It's spring, and the garden is full of treats for hungry guests! Bunnies and caterpillars love to nibble on tender leaves. Munch, crunch! Snails and ants find juicy berries. Bees sip sweet nectar from the flowers. The garden's guests won't be hungry
    Babybug Stories, Rhymes, and Activities for Babies and Toddlers1 min read
    Kim and Carrots
    Kim and Carrots walk with Daddy along the river. A daddy duck swims past, then a mommy duck … … with one … two … three … four … FIVE baby ducklings! Now Kim pretends to be a baby duck. This little duck waddles and flaps, Follow me to the Guide for Ca
    Babybug Stories, Rhymes, and Activities for Babies and Toddlers1 min read
    Lady Spring
    My Lady Spring, she's dressed in green, she wears a primrose gown. And little baby buds and twigs are clinging to her gown. The sun shines if she laughs at all, and if she weeps the raindrops fall. ■
    Babybug Stories, Rhymes, and Activities for Babies and Toddlers1 min read
    A FIRST CONCEPT Earthworms
    The sun is bright. The sun is round. Little worms hide underground. Raindrops fall. The sky is gray. Little worms come out to play.
    Babybug Stories, Rhymes, and Activities for Babies and Toddlers1 min read
    Guide For Caregivers
    Kim and Carrots: Kim has a beautiful toy kitchen, complete with pots and pans. Of course, that delicious pretend breakfast could also have been cooked on an overturned cardboard carton decorated with circles for burners and some real bowls and spoons
    Babybug Stories, Rhymes, and Activities for Babies and Toddlers1 min read
    Rainy Day Fun
    Sun hides, raindrops pour. I splish-splash and hope for more. text © 2024 by Carol Coven Grannick, art © 2024 by Becky Radtke ■
    Babybug Stories, Rhymes, and Activities for Babies and Toddlers1 min read
    Puddles, Puddles
    Goodbye, raindrops!Hello, rainbow! Let’s gooutside to see what therain has left behind. Puddles! Puddles whereducks can float andpaper boats can sail. Some puddles are so still, you can see the world in them. Some puddles are just right for happy fee
    Babybug Stories, Rhymes, and Activities for Babies and Toddlers1 min read
    Whoosh!
    We’ve climbed the ladder, we’ve reached the top. Now we zip down the slide, and we plop to a stop! ■
    Babybug Stories, Rhymes, and Activities for Babies and Toddlers1 min read
    Babybug Stories, Rhymes, and Activities for Babies and Toddlers
    Kathleen Andersen, Editor; Hayley Kim, Assistant Editor; Julie Peterson, Copyeditor; Suzanne Beck, Senior Art Director; Jennifer A. Lane, Designer; Erica Huntzinger, Permissions Specialist; Laura Woodside, SVP Education Products; Barb Clendenen, Dire
    Babybug Stories, Rhymes, and Activities for Babies and Toddlers1 min read
    Kim and Carrots
    It is morning, and Carrots is hungry! Kim cooks breakfast in the play kitchen. Would you like a drink, Carrots? Now Kim is hungry, too. Where is Grandma? Grandma is cooking breakfast. Careful, Carrots—it’s hot. Yummy, pancakes . . . Kim’s favorite! ■
    Babybug Stories, Rhymes, and Activities for Babies and Toddlers1 min read
    Morning Breeze
    Whish-whoosh, deep green leaves sing and sway in morning breeze, say hello from high in trees and ask, Will you sing with us, please? ■
    Babybug Stories, Rhymes, and Activities for Babies and Toddlers1 min read
    The Muffin Man
    A Mother Goose Rhyme Oh, do you know the muffin man,The muffin man, the muffin man?Oh, do you know the muffin man,Who lives in Drury Lane? ■
    Babybug Stories, Rhymes, and Activities for Babies and Toddlers1 min read
    Peyton Loves Puzzles
    Peyton has a puzzle. She finds a place to sit. She slips the puzzle pieces in the places where they fit. And when her puzzle’s finished she shows her mom, and then— Peyton tips the pieces out and does it once again. ■
    Babybug Stories, Rhymes, and Activities for Babies and Toddlers1 min read
    Up, Up, Up!
    First Stella could look up, Then Stella could sit up, And now Stella can stand up, All because Stella is growing up. ■
    Babybug Stories, Rhymes, and Activities for Babies and Toddlers1 min read
    Ups-A-Daisy!
    “Hang on tight,” grunts the mommy monkey. Off they go! “Wait for me! I need a ride, too,” calls the last baby swan. “Let’s get hopping,” says the kangaroo to the little joey in her pouch. “Sleep tight,” whispers the sea otter to her pup as the waves
    Babybug Stories, Rhymes, and Activities for Babies and Toddlers1 min read
    High Five
    I have little hands. Daddy has big hands. Together, we say, “High five!”
    Babybug Stories, Rhymes, and Activities for Babies and Toddlers1 min read
    Guide For Caregivers
    1. Kim and Carrots: Between the ages of one and three, the average toddler increases in height by a remarkable eight to nine inches. No wonder Kim needs a new coat and new socks! Toddlers grow rapidly in other ways as well, including socially and emo
    Babybug Stories, Rhymes, and Activities for Babies and Toddlers1 min read
    Kim and Carrots
    Kim is getting bigger every day! This coat is too small for Kim now. Mommy takes Kim shopping. This beautiful yellow coat is just the right size for Kim! Kim’s feet are getting bigger, too. Mommy buys some new socks. But Kim is still small enough for
    Babybug Stories, Rhymes, and Activities for Babies and Toddlers1 min read
    Baby Kangaroo
    Bouncing with my baby, Baby kangaroo. Bouncing with my baby, I love you! text © 2024 by Rebecca Salzer art © 2024 by Olivia Martin ■
    Babybug Stories, Rhymes, and Activities for Babies and Toddlers1 min read
    Zoo Parade
    I line them up from head to tail, lion, tiger, monkey, whale, alligator, penguin too, elephant, and kangaroo. Can you see what I have made? Romping, stomping zoo parade! ■
    Babybug Stories, Rhymes, and Activities for Babies and Toddlers1 min read
    Morning at School
    Rock the baby. Roll a ball. Paint with friends. What colors? ALL! text © 2024 by Carol Coven Grannick, art © 2024 by Laurel Aylesworth ■
    Babybug Stories, Rhymes, and Activities for Babies and Toddlers1 min read
    Wonderful Footprints
    “Hey, Little Hippo!” called Little Bird. “Look at us! We love to splash in the water after it rains!” “You are splashing in my mom’s footprints,” said Little Hippo. “Your mom has wonderful footprints!” said Little Bird. “They are exactly like mine,”
    Babybug Stories, Rhymes, and Activities for Babies and Toddlers1 min read
    Babybug Stories, Rhymes, and Activities for Babies and Toddlers
    Kathleen Andersen, Editor; Hayley Kim, Assistant Editor; Julie Peterson, Copyeditor; Suzanne Beck, Senior Art Director; Jennifer A. Lane, Designer; Erica Huntzinger, Permissions Specialist; Laura Woodside, SVP Education Products; Barb Clendenen, Dire
    Babybug Stories, Rhymes, and Activities for Babies and Toddlers1 min read
    Babybug Stories, Rhymes, and Activities for Babies and Toddlers
    Kathleen Andersen, Editor; Hayley Kim, Assistant Editor; Julie Peterson, Copyeditor; Suzanne Beck, Senior Art Director; Jennifer A. Lane, Designer; Erica Huntzinger, Permissions Specialist; Laura Woodside, SVP Education Products; Barb Clendenen, Dire
    Babybug Stories, Rhymes, and Activities for Babies and Toddlers1 min read
    In the Kitchen
    Crickety, crackety, eggs in a cup, Whirring and stirring, we mix it all up. Slippery, drippery, into a pan— Pop in the oven and then out again. Lickity, stickity, frosting to make, Yummy in tummy, it's chocolate cake! ■
    Babybug Stories, Rhymes, and Activities for Babies and Toddlers1 min read
    Winter's Here
    Look outside! Let's get going! Winter's here And it is SNOWING! ■
    Babybug Stories, Rhymes, and Activities for Babies and Toddlers1 min read
    Guide For Caregivers
    Kim and Carrots: For very young children, every day usually brings something to celebrate. It might be an overnight snowfall, a visit from Grandma, or even finally being tall enough to reach the light switch. But sometimes the short, dark days of win

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