Baby storytime

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

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…

A blog about children's books, story time, library service, and literacy activities written by a children's librarian turned stay-at-home mom.

Music is great for language development, bonding and creating new neural pathways for babies. So, being a music teacher, I got super excited to research some fun, developmentally appropriate, interactive songs & rhymes to teach to my baby. And now that I’ve compiled my favorites, of course I had to share with all of you!! This will be a first in a series of blog posts about songs to sing with your baby and/or toddler. #toddlermusic #mommyandme #babyandme #newmom #momlife #babysongs #momlife

Peek A Boo songs for babies and Toddlers

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.

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…

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…

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…

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!

Last week I talked about using scarves and bells during my baby time with Mother Goose on the Loose. I like the activities listed in the handbook, but I have recently been looking for something ne…

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

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…

Baby Storytime Outline designed for ages 0-2 including books, songs, bounces, rhymes, puppet activities, and more.

Recently on the Storytime Underground Facebook group, people have been asking questions about how to run a baby storytime. Baby storytime is also known as simply babytime or lapsit. Yes you get to be surrounded by super cute babies, but I find interacting with caregivers, especially with regards to providing early literacy training, a key... Continue reading Baby Storytime: A Beginner’s Guide

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

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 […]

It's been a loooong time since I wrote about Share & Play Babies but, to me, it's one of the most important programs that I do. For mo...

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 …