PLAY BALL!!!!

Take me out to the ballgame,

Take me out with the crowd.

Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jacks.

I don't care if I never get back.

Let me root, root, root for the home team.

If they don't win, it's a shame.

For it's one, two, three strikes you're out,

At the old ballgame!!!!

Written by

Jack Norworth and Albert VonTilzer

in 

1908

Did you know baseball fans that this song is sung  at every Major League baseball game at the top and bottom of the seventh inning.

Who hasn't sung this song at a ballgame. What child hasn't played baseball in their yard, their school yard, or on a little league team.  Girls and boys love to play.  Then, of course most adults love to watch baseball games.  Whether it be their children, or grandchildren playing or going to the big stadium to see their favorite Major League Team.  Of course my favorite is the Kansas City Royals who are starting out another great season.

So this week and next I will be sharing baseball books and ideas for what is called the National Pastime.

Take Me Out to the Ballgame

illustrated 

by

Scott Burroughs

This is a cute book illustrating the song Take Me Out to the Ballgame.  It is a board book and a great way to teach the song to a young child 3 or up.  So check it out at your local library or bookstore.

Baseball

by

Cynthia Klingel and Robert B.Noyed

This a book about baseball that a Level One Reader could read on their own. It has real life pictures of a young boy and his teammates and coach.  Young baseball fans would enjoy this book about baseball.

 So get out your bat and ball and play a game of baseball with your kids or neighborhood kids.  My brother and I played with our friends in our yard in the spring and summer every night  after school and homework.  We had great nights of fun and lots of exercise but be careful of the windows on the houses.  I think we broke a couple at our house but our parents were always  great about it.  So get into the baseball spirit and if you have a big league team close by go at least once and take a child with you.  They will never forget it.

GO ROYALS!!!

ENJOY BASEBALL AND READ A GOOD BOOK!