Pat-A-Cake ~ A Timberdoodle Review

 

Pat-A-Cake First Book of Nursery Rhymes is a sturdy baby and 

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.