This story is a part of the Raffi “Songs to Read” collection. It is a short, rhyming picture book that can be accompanied w/ a CD for audio. The story is about 2 young children whose mother warns them not to go to the bay. Throughout the story we see many different animal characters such as a “goose kissing a moose” or a “whale w/ a polka dot tail”. Nadine Westcott illustrates this story perfectly and does a great job of capturing the emotion of the characters on each page. I enjoyed reading this picture book and think it would be fun to read to a child especially accompanied w/ the audio. ( )

rhyming lessons - pre-k - 1st ( )

Great book and song for preschool aged children. The song/book are silly and really keep the children's interest. A great way to introduce rhyming to young children.

This song has many rhymes about what you might have seen down by the bay. I want to use this in my classroom because I have found that students love the silly nature of the song and it is a great song to use for rhyming practice and listening. I would use this with children up to 1st grade. I would use this as a tool to help my students practice rhyming. We would do the initial rhymes in the book then make up our own to put in the song.

A little boys sees all kinds of wild things down by the bay. It is entertaining and good for rhyming. ( )