Over in the Meadow

Lana loves books. One of her current favourites is Over in the Meadow. Tonight at bedtime, Lana wanted to "read" the book by herself while I took a video of her (nb - by "read", I mean she's pretty much memorised it, and with minimal prompts, she can recite the entire book). There was much silliness, but we managed to catch this little video of her:

Over in the meadow in the sand in the sun

Lived an old mother turtle and her little turtle - one

"Dig" said his mother, "I dig" said the one

So he dug all day in the sand in the sun

Over in the meadow where the stream runs blue

Lived an old mother duck and her little ducklings - two

"Quack" said their mother, "We quack" said the two

So they quacked all day where the stream runs blue

Over in the meadow in a hole in a tree

Lived an old mother owl and her little owls - three

"To-whoo" said their mother, "To-whoo" said the three

So they to-whooed all day in a hole in the tree

Over in the meadow by the big barn door

Lived an old mother mouse and her little mice - four

"Squeak" said their mother, "We squeak" said the four

So they squeaked all day by the big barn door

Over in the meadow in a snug beehive

Lived an old mother bee and her little bees - five

"Buzz" said their mother, "We buzz" said the five

So they buzzed all day round their snug beehive

Over in the meadow in a nest built of sticks

Lived an old mother squirrel and her little squirrels - six

"Jump" said their mother, "We jump" said the six

So they jumped all day round their nest build of sticks

Over in the meadow where the grass grows so even

Lived an old mother frog and her little froggies - seven

"Hop" said their mother, "We hop" said the seven

So they hopped all day where the grass grows so even

Over in the meadow near the little mossy gate

Lived an old mother lizard and her little lizards - eight

"Run" said their mother, "We run" said the eight

So they ran all day on the little mossy gate

Over in the meadow by the tall Scots pine

Lived an old mother pig and her little piglets - nine

"Oink" said their mother, "We oink" said the nine

So they oinked all day near the tall Scots pine

Over in the meadow in a cozy wee den

Lived an old mother fox and her little foxes - ten

"Play" said their mother, "We play" said the ten

So they played all day round their cozy wee den

Over in the meadow in the sand in the sun:

One turtle digs

Two ducklings quack

Three owls to-whoo

Four mice squeak

Five bees buzz

Six squirrels jump

Seven frogs hop

Eight lizards run

Nine pigs oink

Ten foxes play

Over in the meadow till the end of the day