Board book with noises

Why do it?

Baby will enjoy sharing a book where each page has an interesting sound for the grown-up to make.
With repetition, baby begins to associate a sound with the picture of the animal or thing that makes it.
Baby and grown-up are sitting close together and sharing attention.

Get a ‘board’ book with animals, or kinds of transport or anything that makes a noise
Baby and parent need to be comfortable.
Baby may want to turn pages — this is fine, it’s play!
Mum or dad can make the noise that goes with the page they’re looking at with baby.
When baby goes to turn the page, say, ‘Turn the page’, so the action and the words happen together.
Joining a library is a very good idea to access lots of different books for free.

Māku e pānui tētahi kōrero ki a koe	Shall I read you a story?
Kei hea te pukapuka?	Where is the book

Titiro ki ngā pukapuka	Look at the books

Huriā te wharangi	Turn the page
Titiro ki ngā kararehe	Look at the animals

Kei te ki te ngeru meow	The cat says meow
Kei te ki te kuri woof!	The dog says woof!
Kei te ki te manu - tweet tweet	The bird says tweet tweet

He kau tēnei	This is a cow
He aha te tangi o te kau?	What sound does the cow make?

He hipi tenei	This is a sheep
Ko ‘baaaa’ te tangi o te hipi	The sheep says ‘baaaa’

Titiro mai, he aha tēnei?	Look here, what’s this?
He waka tūroro tēnei	This is an ambulance

He aha te tangi o te waka tūroro?	What sound does the ambulance make?
What sound does the ambulance make?	What’s that sound?

He waka toparere	A helicopter

Whakarongo	Listen
Rongo	Hear

Kei te rongo ahau i	I hear a