Baby storytime

After reviewing my baby story time plans, and attending a number of baby story times as a mom, I’ve pulled together my list of the best materials and activities I have found for this age group. Today, I'm sharing my list of the best action songs and rhymes for baby story time. Each song/rhyme title is linked to the corresponding lyrics/words, and notes about my sources are provided in italics. Songs Go In and Out the Window Traditional song. Mama Lisa's World also provides lyrics in English…

Want to offer programming for the youngest patrons? Here's a simple lesson plan for hosting a baby storytime @ your library!

Use My Body laptime theme for your storytime or circle time for toddlers or preschoolers. Works great with an All About Me theme.

One of the most common Google searches that leads readers to my blog is a search for story time planning sheets. Up until now, I haven't had any to share, but after highlighting my best materials for baby story time over the past month, I thought it might be helpful to also provide an outline for planning a story time for babies. The printable document linked below includes spaces to fill in each of the following: Hello Song Opening Rhyme Book #1 Song with Prop Bounce/Tickle Body Parts Song…

With a few new babes in the world, and some friends now Mamas, I thought I would update this post on our favourite action songs for babies! Songs for babies are simple, fun, and oh so educational! Action songs for babies - even more so! My Benjamin just loves these songs - I hope your

Another session of Baby Bounce comes to a close and I am itching to start planning again. For my past two sessions I was working with this structure. It was an excellent framework for a freshly rel…

Baby storytime came as a complete and utter surprise to me. A week before the storytime session started (and two weeks after I had arrived at my new library), a co-worker had to pass baby storytime…

As an on-call librarian, I do many babytimes throughout Vancouver to groups of many different sizes. Since July I’ve had the opportunity of providing the baby storytime to one particular branch each week, allowing me to cultivate relationships, grow the attendance, and try new things. On average, I get about 20-30 caregivers + babies per... Continue reading Revamping Baby Storytime: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the ‘Chute

So I also do Baby Storytime at my library and thought I should post about it. I’ve recently (within the past few weeks) decided to revamp what I do. I’ve been getting bored with it a…

Learn how to use a parachute with babies in a baby storytime. Songs, resources, and rationale provided.