Little Lamb - Nursery Rhyme Busy Book

Page 1: Humpty Dumpty
In addition to singing and acting out this classic nursery rhyme, Humpty is a puzzle can be taken apart and put together again. The outline of each puzzle piece is sewn on the book to help your child manoeuvre the pieces to the right position.

Page 2: Five Little Speckled Frogs
This catchy nursery rhyme is great for reinforcing counting to five and counting backwards from five. Each of the frogs are finger puppets which are excellent for developing fine motor skills and a great tool for imaginary play and story telling.

Page 3: Incy Wincy Spider
This nursery rhyme is perfect for sequencing - learning about what comes first, next and last. The spider moves up and down the water spout, the cloud can be unzipped to let out rain and can be flipped up to reveal some glorious sunshine.

Page 4: Old McDonald had a Farm
On this farm old McDonald has 5 farm animals which are all finger puppets. There are also ducks in the pond that "swim" up and down the pond. This nursery rhyme is great for learning about farm animals as well as animal sounds. This page presents numerous opportunity to talk about farms and farm animals including where an animal might like to be in a farm (eg. the pig loves the muddy puddle, the cow and sheep are enjoying the grassy fields and the horse is safe behind the fence.)

Page 5: B I N G O
This wonderful nursery rhyme introduces young children to spelling and is also a great game of memory when you clap and gradually omit letters of the name. On this farm Bingo is held by a buckle which is intriguing for most little ones and also great for practising those all important fine motor skills.

Page 6: It's Raining It's Pouring/Rain, Rain, Go Away
This page can be used for any weather related nursery rhyme. The window can show a rainy day or a sunny day (simply flip the felt piece to the other side). The ribbons on the curtain can be tied and untied to open and close the curtains.

Page 7: Hickory Dickory Dock
In addition to acting out this popular nursery rhyme you can teach your child all about time as the hands of the clock can be moved. Extend the discussion by talking about what things you do at a particular time (for eg. brush teeth at 6pm and get ready for bed by 7pm).

Page 8: I'm a Little Tea Pot
Another wonderful nursery rhyme to practice sequencing with your child. First the tea pot gets steamed up, then it shouts... The tea pot is attached by a snap button which is great for developing hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills.

Page 9: Baa Baa Black Sheep
This is an adorable little song which teaches counting to 3 as well as sequencing. This page is a maze and the aim is to move the three buttons ("wool") into the three bags to make 3 bags full. This helps develop cognitive skills and is also a fun fine motor exercise that will really test your child's persistance!

Page 10: One, Two, Three, Four Five, Once I Caught a Fish Alive
One of the best nursery rhymes for children to develop number and counting skills. The fish need to be threaded onto the line. There are 10 fish, two of each colour so play can be extended by naming and matching colours and for a challenge, skip teach your little one to skip count by two's to 10!

Page 11: Row, Row, Row Your Boat
A wonderful nursery rhyme with quite a few variations. We've included a crocodile for the crocodile version. The boy and the girl are removable and can be used as a prop for imaginary play on any of the pages. The crocodile is also a finger puppet.

Page 12: ABC song
This last page is the ABC song, sing whilst pointing to each of the letters. Each letter is removable so they can be taken off and rearranged to learn about alphabetical order, phonics and other letter games.

Age Guide 3 - 7 years.

Wipe with damp cloth.

Please ensure that children under 3 years of age are closely supervised when playing with their busy books.