Nursery Rhymes with Finger Puppets

Tomorrow I will be 4 months old! For the last week or so I have been very interested in touching the face of whomever holds me, and I'm also pretty keen on grabbing other people's hands and studying them before trying to put them in my mouth. Though Mamma won't let me - she says it's not smart to put someone else's hands in your mouth. That is how germs get shared.

Anyway, onto the topic of books and toys! Granny and Grandpa read my blog and after reading my review of Little Bat, they promptly drove to the bookstore and bought me a few more finger puppet books to give to me this Christmas. Mamma and I read them together today. I must be getting to an even better age for these books now because I really liked to grab the finger puppets in the stories while Mamma was reading. Two of the books I'd like to talk about are Itsy Bitsy Spider and Hickory Dickory Dock. The little fuzzy finger puppets in the middle of the book are super soft! I also liked the rhyming in the stories. Mamma told me they are called nursery rhymes. When Mamma was finished reading Itsy Bitsy Spider, she sang me the song of the Itsy Bitsy Spider and did some gestures with her hands. Then we read the story again. Mamma said I will understand words better with repetition. I hope she is right! I really want to talk, but all I do is babble at the moment. I would definitely recommend these books for other babies my age. I find them to be fun and interactive rhyming stories. The company that publishes these little stories has their own website where parents can even download a guide for reading with their children. A nice added bonus! Check them out at http://www.parragon.com/littlelearners/us/index.html