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…

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…

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

Here's a lesson plan for hosting a baby storytime at your library with lots of great music, rhymes, and stories as a starting point!

Here’s another Book Babies plan! This was the plan for September, 2023. Instead of doing a prop this month, we got up and did some dancing with our little ones! At first, it felt a little awk…

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If you ask my kids what my favorite animal is, my youngest will answer that my favorite mythical creature is a dragon and my favorite real animal is a rabbit. I love that he makes that distinction and that he knows how much I love dragons! Because of that love, I am sharing a dragon […]

Take time each day to sing with your baby! Music is such a gift in the life of a child. Here are some fun ACTION songs for babies we sing together often.

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…

As I’ve mentioned before (lots of times, but see here for an example) I use a program called Mother Goose on the Loose for my baby storytimes. It’s a little bit difficult to blog about…

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 books for baby story time. Quiet Loud by Leslie Patricelli In this slightly larger-than-average board book, Leslie Patricelli makes a list of things that are quiet and things that are loud. Though the concept of opposites is too advanced for babies, onomatopoeia…

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

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…

Best Story Time Ideas for Preschoolers Do you have daily story time with a classroom of kids? Do you run story time at your library? Do you just enjoy reading stories and doing book inspired activities and songs with your child? If you answered YES to any of these questions then these ideas are for …

Itty Bitty Rhyme: Clap Your Hands

This adorable lesson plan is an absolute must with a storytime theme: baby animals that will have both kids and adults saying... Awwww!