{"id":1322,"date":"2018-10-04T11:23:40","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T16:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/?p=1322"},"modified":"2018-10-04T11:44:55","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T16:44:55","slug":"baby-dance-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/?p=1322","title":{"rendered":"Baby Dance Party!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I’ve always wanted to do a dance party at the library… and today was my lucky day! I got to do a dance party with adorable babies! AND… I’ll get to do ANOTHER dance party with 2-4 year-olds later this month (Friday, October 19)!!! I used a lot of music I’ve never used before, too. So much FUN (but admittedly, a bit exhausting). I wish that I would have taken some photos.<\/p>\n

\u201cCan\u2019t Wait to Celebrate\u201d <\/strong>from Jim Gill\u2019s Irrational Anthem<\/em><\/p>\n

After our opening song, we warmed up with some action rhymes\/songs.\u00a0Demonstrations\u00a0can be found on the Jbrary YouTube Channel. (You can click each rhyme title for a direct link to the demo.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Tick Tock<\/strong><\/a>
\nTick tock, tick tock.
\n(Shift weight of child from knee to knee)
\nI\u2019m a little cuckoo clock
\nTick tock, tick tock.
\nNow it\u2019s striking one o\u2019clock.
\n\u201cCuckoo!!\u201d
\n(Lift child into air)
\n(Repeat with two and three o\u2019clock, lifting two and three times)<\/p>\n

We Wiggle and Wiggle and Stop<\/strong><\/a>
\n(Suit actions to words)
\nWe wiggle and wiggle and stop
\nWe wiggle and wiggle and stop
\nWe wiggle and wiggle and wiggle and wiggle
\nand wiggle and wiggle and stop
\nWe clap..
\nWe bounce\u2026
\n(Other suggestions: wave, shake, tickle, stomp, roll, etc.)<\/p>\n

A Hippopotamus Got on a City Bus<\/strong><\/a>
\n(Lap Bounce)
\nA hip, a hip, a hippopotamus
\nGot on, got on, got on a city bus
\nAnd all, and all, and all the people said,
\n“You’re squishing us!” (Hug baby)
\nA cow, a cow, a cow got on the bus
\nAnd all, and all, and all the people said,
\n“Mooooove over!” (Lean to the side)
\nA sheep, a sheep, a sheep got on the bus
\nand all, and all, and all the people said,
\n“Baaaack up!” (Lean back)<\/p>\n

Then, we got into the main section with our super fun baby dance playlist. There were movement songs, and we also busted out the scarves and shakers. And we ended with bubbles!<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWheels on the Bus\u201d <\/strong>from Cedarmont Kids Singers\u2019 100 Sing-Along-Songs for Kids, Vol. 1<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cBaby Hop\u201d <\/strong>from Kimbo Educational\u2019s Diaper Gym<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cBaby\u2019s Hokey Pokey\u201d <\/strong>from Georgiana Stewart\u2019s\/Kimbo Educational\u2019s\u00a0Baby Face<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cPeek-a-Boo\u201d <\/strong>(with scarves) from Georgiana Stewart\u2019s\/Kimbo Educational\u2019s\u00a0Baby Face<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cBlow the Wind\u201d <\/strong>(with scarves)\u00a0<\/strong>from Carole Stephen\u2019s Season Sings!<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cHip Hop Body Rock\u201d <\/strong>(with shakers)\u00a0<\/strong>from Mr. Eric and Mr. Michael\u2019s Rockin\u2019 Red<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cMonster Mash\u201d <\/strong>(with shakers)\u00a0<\/strong>from Halloween Jams Kids Dance Party\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cRun Baby Run\u201d <\/strong>from Caspar Babypants\u2019 More Please!<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cCan\u2019t Stop the Feeling\u201d <\/strong>(with bubbles)\u00a0<\/strong>from Trolls: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve always wanted to do a dance party at the library… and today was my lucky day! I got to do a dance party with adorable babies! AND… I’ll get to do ANOTHER dance party with 2-4 year-olds later this month (Friday, October 19)!!! I used a lot of music I’ve never used before, too. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[196,296],"tags":[297,298,108],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1322"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1322"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1333,"href":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1322\/revisions\/1333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}