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"I'm a Little Bigger"

Copyright ©2000 by David Austin.

N-A-P

There is a word I do not like
my Gramma says to me.
I know it has three letters
and they are N-A-P.

I say "but I'm not sleepy."
And you say, "yes you are."
"But Gramma, please, I want to play
and stay out where you are."

She puts the tape in that I like.
I close my eyes and think.
And pretty soon I'm waking up.
I could have slept a week!

They say you really need a nap
they help to make you grow.
It seems I never want to,
but I like it, don't you know.
Copyright ©2000 David Austin

Story Time

I really do like story time
when we have time at night.
I like when there are pictures
and colors that are bright.

I like when they are read to me.
I like to hear your voice.
Sometimes I select the book,
sometimes it is your choice.

Sometimes fifteen minutes,
sometimes a little more.
Sometimes we get home too late
or you must do a chore.

My shelf of books is growing,
and they have all been read.
It's nice to have a story
before I go to bed.
Copyright ©2000 David Austin

Getting Bigger

I know that I am growing
a little bit each day.
I drink my milk and get my rest
and run and jump and play.

When I was a baby
I had such teeny feet!
And on my baby bed we had
a teeny-weeny sheet.

They used to have to feed me
but now I do it well.
Of course now I can dress myself.
I'm growing, I can tell!
Copyright ©2000 David Austin

My Dog

My dog is brown
and he goes around
and around and around
before he finally
lays down on the ground.

He pants and wants to dance,
at least it looks that way.
Sometimes he flips his water dish
and shows he wants to play.

He does it with the looks he gives
and the way he runs around.
He'll give you a big sloppy kiss
if you don't tell him "Stay down!"
Copyright ©2000 David Austin

The Click

I think I heard a click.
It happened very quick.
Next time I'll listen quicker
and then I'll find that clicker.
Copyright ©2000 David Austin

Rhyming

I know words that rhyme with jump,
like bump and stump and dump.
I know words that rhyme with blue,
like shoe and glue and you.

I know words that rhyme with tree,
like bee and me and yessiree.
Add S to tree and you have trees.
That word rhymes with sneeze and please.

I'd like to rhyme some words some more
but now it's time to do a chore.
Later, if we have the time,
perhaps we'll find more words to rhyme.
Copyright ©2000 David Austin

Can You Draw?

Can you draw an elephant?
Can you draw a fly?
Can you draw a dinosaur?
When you're through, let me try.

I hold the pencil in my hand
and make a squiggly line.
I say "It doesn't look like much."
You say "You're doing fine."

Then I pick up a crayon.
(You'd never, ever eat one.)
I make a circle with some dots
and say, "It is a pizza!"
Copyright ©2000 David Austin

Time to Go!

Uh Oh!
Time to go!
Looks as though
I've been too slow!

Spelling

A is for apple
and B is for bat.
Then after that
comes C is for cat.

D begins dog
and E begins ear.
F begins fear
and G begins gear.

How about that?
The things I can tell.
Learning to spell
and doing it well.
Copyright ©2000 David Austin

Different People

Some people wear glasses
and some people don't.
Some people behave
and some people won't.

Some sit in wheelchairs
while others can walk.
Some people make signs.
Some people can talk.
Copyright ©2000 David Austin

Myrt and Ed

There is a red woodpecker.
I will call her Myrt.
She sits up in our tree there.
She doesn't like the dirt.

She has a husband, also.
I have called him Ed.
He's pecking on the tree limbs
way up overhead.

I think he's looking there for bugs.
He's digging with his beak.
Then he flies off to his babies.
They're saying "peep, peep, squeak."

When I come outside to play
sometimes they will fly away.
"Pretty birds," I like to say,
"Please come back another day."
Copyright ©2000 David Austin

Ducks

I really like to see the ducks
that live down at the lake.
They swim around a little while
then they get out and shake.

They squawk and walk
and peck the ground
and eat popped corn
we toss around.

They waddle so funny
and have orange feet!
I'd like to have one
mom says they're not neat.

She says they are messy,
and yes it is so.
When you walk around ducks
you must watch where you go.

Knitting

Have you ever knitted string
all rolled up in a ball?
Yarn, it's called, my Grandma says.
She knits things for us all.

One time I sat and watched her
knit some wool together,
and she made me a sweater
to wear in cooler weather.

She says she likes to do it.
She knits such pretty clothes.
Grandma says "I take my knitting
every place I go."
Copyright ©2000 David Austin

Where is it?

Did I leave it on the chair?
Did I put it over there?
I must think where I used it last...
I really need to find it fast.

I guess I did not pay attention.
(That I do not need to mention.)
Now I need to use my mind.
Sometimes things are hard to find.

Next time when I'm done with play
I will put it back away,
and I won't have to spend the day
finding things that I mislay.
Copyright ©2000 David Austin

I like

I like to swing.
I like to slide.
I like to walk,
and I like to ride.

I like to dress up,
and I like my old clothes.
I like some of these.
I like some of those.

I like to work
and I like to play.
I like a lot,
wouldn't you say?

Stay Up Late?

"Can we stay up late tonight?
Please, please, please, please?
Surely it will be alright.
Please, please, please, please?"

"Sorry, you must get your rest.
No, no, no, no, no.
Staying up won't be the best,
no, no, no, no, no."

"Let's get our bath and get in bed."
"Okay, okay, okay. . .
Then can we get a story read?"
"Okay, okay, okay."
Copyright ©2000 David Austin

The Baby Girl

"Abu . . abu . . abu . . dee"
is what a girl said close to me.
She was such a little thing.
Funny how she tried to sing.

She waved her arms and kicked her legs.
"She is a wiggle worm," you said.
And she was looking all around
and played with everything she found.

You said "You were once that small,
back before you learned to crawl."
I think as I drink from my cup,
"Does she know she is growing up?"
Copyright ©2000 David Austin

Sounds

"You have a very pretty voice,"
someone said to me.
I said "Thank you very much,"
and said it gratefully.

I like to practice saying words,
like "How Now Brown Cow,"
and practice making all the sounds
like I did just now.

Sounds make words
and they relate.
That's how we
communicate!
Copyright ©2000 David Austin

Do You Know?

Do you know which way is up?
Do you know which way is down?
Do you know near? Do you know far?
Do you know square and round?

Do you know hot? Do you know cold?
Do you know warm and cool?
And inside, outside, over there?
Do you know house and school?

Remembering!

I just HAVE to remember
to put my things away.
I musn't leave things on the floor
when I am through each day!

Last night, my very favorite toy,
that I left on the floor,
got broken in an accident . . .
I don't have it any more.

Something to Do

I need to find some things to do
for a little while.
I think I'll take my building blocks
and make a little pile.

Then I'll try to make a stack
as high as it will go.
If I'm careful I can get
eight or nine or so.

The Shadow

Toothbrush

After breakfast, after lunch,
after supper, too,
I pick my little toothbrush up
and cover it with goo.

The goo is stuff they call toothpaste.
You put it on the brush.
(Careful not to squeeze too hard
or you will get too much.)

Back and forth and up and down
left side, right side,
top side, bite side,
inside, outside.

Counting Game

I was in a classroom
with lots of girls and boys.
We were jumping up and down
and making lots of noise.

"Quiet, please," the teacher said,
"Come get into a line,
and we will play a counting game
I think you'll like just fine."

The first boy was called number one.
The second boy was two.
Myself was person number five
after Kay and Dru.

We had to say our number
when it came our turn.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven
were numbers that I learned.

We counted up to thirty nine.
There were a LOT of us.
The teacher said that that's how many
fit inside a bus.

Then, do you know what we did?
We went the other way
and counted back to number one!
I learned a bunch that day!

Traveling

Cars, trucks and vans we travel in,
mostly, when we go,
but there are lots of other ways
to travel that I know.

We can walk there with our feet
or we can even run.
Or we can use a bicycle.
I think it's very fun.

If you must go really far
you might go on a train.
Or you could ride up in the sky
going by airplane.

Do You Think?

Do you think a fish
ever makes a wish?
Do you think that dogs
can hop around like frogs?

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