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.

Te reo Māori	English
Māku e pānui tētahi kōrero ki ā koe	Shall I read you a story?
Kei hea te pukapuka?	Where is the book?
Titiro ki ngā pukapuka	Look at the books
Hurihia te whārangi	Turn the page
Titiro ki ngā kararehe	Look at the animals
Kei t e kī te ngeru meow	The cat says meow
Kei te kī te kuri woof!	The dog says woof!
Kei te kī 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
Titiro mai, he aha tēnei?	Look here, what’s this?
He waka tūroro tēnei	This is an ambulance
He waka toparere	A helicopter
Whakarongo	Listen
Rongo	Hear
Kei te rongo ahau i	I hear a