Baby Bits - Kiss Kiss

Tue, 11/10/2009 - 9:48am by ryanikoglu

Babies love books, but what to pick? Pick a book with a sentence or two a page with words and pictures they recognize in their little world. Ms. Rachel did Kiss Kiss today in playgroup. Songs and fingerplays come from CDs in the collection. Try some of these:
Little Gorilla with CD Deep In the Jungle by Joe Scruggs.
Quack Daisy Quack with CD Tom Glazer Sings Honk Hiss Tweet
Bear and Dog with CD Unbearable Bears
How Do You Sleep? with CD Lullabies With Mandolins.

KinderConcert’s Back!

Sat, 11/07/2009 - 6:29pm by StoryLaura

The little ones love to move to the beautiful piano music of Kathryn Goodson, who joins Gari Stein for a story and creative movement a few times a year when the AADL partners with the A2SO. This Friday, at 9:30 am and 10:30 am, we’ll have a special treat because the talented Arie Lipsky will be here to talk “conducting” with the very young. What fun!

Dancing Babies with Dianne Dudley

Tue, 11/03/2009 - 3:01pm by ryanikoglu

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Dianne Dudley will lead DANCING BABIES program @ Traverwood Branch on Saturday, Nov. 7, 11:00-11:40 a.m. Bring your dancing feet, and rhythm beats. The program is for children under 5 years old with their adult companions.

Halloween Party

Wed, 10/21/2009 - 12:15pm by StoryLaura

You will never see a cuter bunch of witches, ghosts, black cats, and other outrageous costumed creatures than at the Downtown Ann Arbor District Library on Friday, October 30th for storytimes at 9:30 and 10:30 am. After storytime head to Main Street for Trick-or-Treat heaven!

Fifth Avenue Fun!

Thu, 09/17/2009 - 3:43pm by StoryLaura

Ready to get silly at the Tuesday 10 am and Wednesday 11 am storytimes at the Downtown Library next week? Get into goofiness galore with Sandra Boynton and farm animals with wacky ideas.

Baby Bits - Fall PlayGroups begin

Tue, 09/08/2009 - 1:57pm by ryanikoglu

Schools start-up, and Fall Library Programs begin.

Ms. Rachel greeted Baby PlayGroup this week with "Old MacDonald Had a Farm". You can sing along with some favorite performers in these recordings:
25 Best Toddler favorites;
Children's first songs with Kevin Roth;
Country blues for kids.

Baby Bits - Kisses and Tickles

Wed, 08/05/2009 - 9:39am by ryanikoglu

I Kissed the Baby was the PlayGroup story told with flannels. This is the Final Week of Baby PlayGroups for the Summer Series.
Of course there are many ways to "Kiss The Baby", and pass on your personal lovey-doveys, until we start the Fall Series in September 2009.
I KISSED THE BABY by Jill Murphy is out-of-print in book format, but the title can be found on the Board Book shelves in the Library.
Look for more kisses for Baby in:
Counting Kisses
Guess How Much I Love You can also be found in World Language Collections in Arabic, Korean, and Chinese.
I Love You A Bushel & A Peck

Dancing Babies!

Tue, 08/04/2009 - 12:00pm by StoryLaura

If you are a member of the AADL storytime crowd then you know Betsy Beckerman and Sara Melton Keller. We have been bouncing to their wonderful songs for years, so why not get up and dance along? I can’t wait for circle dances, marches, and other baby moves at Dancing Babies on Wednesday, August 12 at 7:00 pm at the Pittsfield Branch!

Baby Bits - What To Do with the BooHoo Baby?

Tue, 07/28/2009 - 11:21am by ryanikoglu

"What DO You Do With The BooHoo Baby?"
PLAY with them. Here are some books that help you "play" with the Baby.
One Boy has peek-a-boo pages.
Time To Get Dressed makes dressing a game.
Not A Box reminds you of what you can do with one good box.
Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See? is a rhythm and rhyme game with pictures. Kumasan kumasan nani miteruno? is "Brown Bear" in Japanese, and can be found in the World Language Collections.

Baby Bits - GO! Go!

Wed, 07/15/2009 - 11:51am by ryanikoglu

Miss Rachel did "stories on wheels" this week for Baby PlayGroups and Preschool Stories. We began with Shoe Baby! If you want to Go-GO with more stories, try:
Don't Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus! by Mo Willems.
The Baby Goes Beep by Rebecca O'Connell
The Bridge Is Up! by Babs Bell
The Boy On The Bus a sing-along book by Penny Dale.
For more songs to sing find these CDs:
Baby Jamz with "Wheels On The Bus".
For The Kids Three with "See You On The Moon"