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Whose Knees are These?
Author: Jabari Asim</h2>\r\n"}} id=text-9f7b0407e9 class=cmp-text>
Author:聽Jabari Asim
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6 to 11 Months | Concept
The text in this book is large, and the story has a rhyming pattern as a child is asked the title question. The dark, colorful illustrations look like paintings, and the featured body part is the main focus. Throughout the story, you will see just a pair of knees and sneakers until the very end, where the whole child, a boy, is revealed.</p>\r\n"}} id=text-ef003ed5f5 class=cmp-text>
The text in this book is large, and the story has a rhyming pattern as a child is asked the title question. The dark, colorful illustrations look like paintings, and the featured body part is the main focus. Throughout the story, you will see just a pair of knees and sneakers until the very end, where the whole child, a boy, is revealed.
Before, During and After Reading
<b>Touch your baby鈥檚 knees and your knees and talk about them.</b> Touch the knees on the cover of the book while naming what they are and touching your baby鈥檚 knees.</p>\r\n"}} id=text-11902c79f3 class=cmp-text>
Touch your baby鈥檚 knees and your knees and talk about them. Touch the knees on the cover of the book while naming what they are and touching your baby鈥檚 knees.
<b>Touch the pictures in the story and relate them to your child.</b> You can touch other pictures, such as 鈥渟hoes,鈥 and name them for your baby as you read the story. Show your child the picture of shoes and then touch your baby鈥檚 shoes and label them. Listen and look for your baby鈥檚 responses (noises, hand flapping, kicking) to the sound of your voice.</p>\r\n"}} id=text-321916e2f6 class=cmp-text>
Touch the pictures in the story and relate them to your child. You can touch other pictures, such as 鈥渟hoes,鈥 and name them for your baby as you read the story. Show your child the picture of shoes and then touch your baby鈥檚 shoes and label them. Listen and look for your baby鈥檚 responses (noises, hand flapping, kicking) to the sound of your voice.
<b>Play games using your baby鈥檚 knees.</b> During floor play time, place your baby comfortably on a blanket on his back and gently exercise his knees and legs. Repeat phrases from the book, such as 鈥淲hose knees are these?鈥 while you play.</p>\r\n<p><b>Play games that identify other body parts.</b> While sitting with your baby, touch and name other body parts, such as legs, arms and tummy. Sing the song <b><i>Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes.</i></b></p>\r\n<p>Try the book <i><a href=\"/content/nemours/us/en/reading-brightstart/recommended-books/6-to-11-months/head-shoulders-knees-and-toes.html\">Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes</a></i>, or browse all <a href=\"/content/nemours/us/en/reading-brightstart/recommended-books/6-to-11-months.html\">recommended books</a> for babies 6 to 11 months.</p>\r\n"}} id=text-2086b43b21 class=cmp-text>
Play games using your baby鈥檚 knees. During floor play time, place your baby comfortably on a blanket on his back and gently exercise his knees and legs. Repeat phrases from the book, such as 鈥淲hose knees are these?鈥 while you play.
Play games that identify other body parts. While sitting with your baby, touch and name other body parts, such as legs, arms and tummy. Sing the song聽Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes.
Try the book Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes, or browse all recommended books for babies 6 to 11 months.