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Pop Goes the Weasel Is a Game to Teach Listening

Last Updated: September 14, 2009

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Parenting Tips for Your 13-14 Month Old Toddler

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How to Play:

  • Sit facing your child on the floor or on low chairs.
  • Sing to your child: “All around the carpenter’s bench the monkey chased the weasel. The monkey thought ‘twas all in good fun! POP, goes the weasel.”
  • As you sing POP, put your hands under your child’s armpits and pull the child up. Then sit your child back down as you complete “goes the weasel.”
  • Soon your child will listen for the word POP and have fun jumping up without your help.


Learn more about Your Toddler: 13-14 Months from Just In Time Parenting. You can also go to our Resource Links for additional information on child care and development.


Note to Parents: When reading this newsletter, remember: Every baby is different. Children may do things earlier or later than described here. This newsletter gives equal space and time to both sexes. If he or she is used, we are talking about all babies.
References: These materials were adapted by authors from Extension Just in Time Parenting Newsletters in California, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Tennessee, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, and Wisconsin.

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