Thursday, February 2, 2023

Pat-A-Cake ~ A Timberdoodle Review

 


toddler friendly board book. Each page has one nursery rhyme with 
interactive suggestions such as: hold up one finger, then two, mime eating,
make meowing sound, rock child. Each page also has a colorful 
illustration that goes along with the nursery rhyme. 
Pat-A-Cake is part of Timberdoodle's 2022 Tiny Tots Curriculum Kit
for Birth to age 2. One thing that stood out to 
me was that babies, toddlers, and children of all 
ethnic backgrounds were represented in the book. Children with
glasses, red hair, brown skin light and dark, a child with a
patch on one eye, and a child with a cast on 
were some of the cute kiddos pictured. 

My 8 month old grandson absolutely loves this book!
The first couple of times he sat intently listening to the 
nursery rhymes being read and sang to him. Once he
became familiar with the pictures and he could anticipate
how some of the rhymes would start he would get so
excited and laugh and grab the book and jump around on our laps.


The first nursery rhyme "The Man in the Moon" I had never heard before.
The man in the moon
Looked out of the moon
And this is what he said, 
"It's time I should be getting up.
All the babies are in bed."
The nursery rhyme on the opposite page "Ten in the Bed" I knew.
There were ten in the bed
And the little one said,
"Roll over! Roll over!
So they all rolled over and one fell out...

Repeat the verse with numbers from nine to one

There was one in the bed
And the little one said,
"Alone at last!"


Look at those precious feet. He was moving them all around with excitement. 
Nursery Rhymes are often the first books that we introduce to our babies.
The bounce of nursery rhymes grab the attention of little ones. They 
are introduced to voice inflection, pitch, and volume change. They hear
patterns, rhyming words, repetition, and lots of new words. 
Nursery Rhymes often tell a story that has a beginning, a middle
and an end. Many rhymes have the adult actively participating
with the little one. Nursery Rhymes are the beginning building blocks 
to literacy, developing imagination, participation, memorization, and so much more. 


"Star Light, Star Bright" and "Good Night, Sleep Tight"
My grandson loves touching all of the pictures as the nursery rhymes
were being read to him. 


My grandson is mesmerized by the colorful pictures and takes
in all the details of each picture as the nursery rhymes are
being read to him. The two nursery rhymes on these pages are
"I Had a Little Chicken" and "Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling".
I was not familiar with "I Had a Little Chicken".
I had a little chicken, the cutest ever seen,
It washed up the dishes, and kept the house clean.
It went to the mill to fetch me some flour,
 It brought it home in less than an hour;
It baked me my bread, it picked up my mail, 
It sat by the fire and told many a fine tale. 


The nursery rhymes included in Pat-A-Cake are:
Pat-A-Cake
Hot Cross Buns
Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat
Little Miss Muffet
Jelly on the Plate
Humpty Dumpty
Hey Diddle, Diddle
Little Jack Horner
Doctor Foster
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
Rain, Rain, Go Away
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
Roses are Red
A Wise Old Owl
Bright Sun
The Baby in the Cradle
Three Little Kittens
Jack and Jill
I Had a Little Chicken
Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling
The Man in the Moon
Ten in the Bed
Star Light, Star Bright
Good Night, Sleep Tight


I would definitely recommend Pat-A-Cake for babies and toddlers.
We started reading this to our grandson when he was 7 months
old and he absolutely loves it. He isn't saying anything except for
dada but he definitely gets his point across when he wants us to read
this book to him. It is currently his favorite book at our house. 



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