

It is also a good book so that the students can see the pictures that go along with the song.ĥ. It is a great, fun way to teach students about rhymes and repetition. I think that this song book would be great for the targeted audience. Each time in the song where he says that he "dare not go," it is because his mother will tell him about an animal by the bay doing a silly action. The main character knows of a place down from his home, the bay. It is appropriate for preschool through 1st grade.ģ. It is appropriate for preschool through 1st grade. If your child has echolalia, put that skill to a very functional, social use!. Parents can model this.Īlso traditional is for someone to sing the words while another echoes them.

When kids are ready, they can try going faster with each verse, like Raffi does, and make up their own lyrics to practice rhyming. This is a great one for our kids because the song lyrics repeat except for the fill-in rhyme. In Nadine Bernard's interpretation, two children play outside and seem to be trying to one-up each other with ever more outrageous and funny rhymes. This book does a wonderful job of realizing the silliness of the traditional campfire song. I'd definitely recommend giving your kids the treat of listening to a Raffi album and then reading these books. Some of his hits have been made into picture books as part of the Raffi Songs to Read series. Thi Raffi is pure nostalgia and his songs have endured.


Raffi is pure nostalgia and his songs have endured. This book is directed towards early readers such as kindergarteners and first-graders.more This is an engaging book for children because it has bright colors and has a song to go along with it so the child can stay engaged and sing along. The drawings are not organized in a specific way, the illustrator draws outside the lines to create a 'messy' look. The illustrations are more old-fashioned like, watercolors are used throughout the illustrations and they are very bright and colorful. This is a cute story kids will remember because there is a song that goes with it. The purpose of it is to make kids remember and practice rhyme sequences. The song goes through different things they will see down by the bay, and what their mom would say about the objects. It is written in the children's perspective. The song is about a mom, daughter, and her son. The illustrations are more old-fashioned like, watercolors are us Down By The Bay is an engaging children's book about a catchy song. Another good transition-to-reading book.moreĭown By The Bay is an engaging children's book about a catchy song. I especially enjoy this book paired with the version of the song performed by Eric Heatherly on Country Goes Raffi (although this album contains some other songs that are so annoying I burned an edited copy to play in our home). The song is particularly upbeat and fun for children, who can memorize the lyrics and sing it themselves but the illustrations, while funny, are fairly average. Each verse is illustrated with the animal in the child's home. I especially enjoy this book paired with the version of the song performed by Eric Heatherly on This is a silly, entirely enjoyable and lighthearted singing book, illustrated with two children trading turns to introduce the verses of this popular Raffi song (score included). This is a silly, entirely enjoyable and lighthearted singing book, illustrated with two children trading turns to introduce the verses of this popular Raffi song (score included).
