Just wondering if anyone takes their children to these sessions at their local library?
There are session on a wed & friday that i am interested in going to with BOTH my girls, DD1 would love them and they say they even do a bit of arts & crafts which would be good for her.
DD2 i figure will sit and listen or laugh at all the other kids.
If you do or did go when did you do it, how old were your LO's?
Did you go with friends or by yourself and am i nuts for wanting to let a 2yr old & 10mth old loose in a library?
I would love it if we had rhyme time or something musical here, but there's only kindergym which costs a fair bit.
I've taken DD to storytime a few times, but gave up because she never seemed to realise a story was being read and only wanted to go and pull all the books off the shelves! They only read about 3 stories and then had a craft activity which she is too young to join in with, so I haven't gone back. Once she's old enough to sit and enjoy the stories and do the craft then I'll go back and see how we go.
You can only go one day and see what they are like! You can always not go back if they are too feral
Thats what i was thinking, I think DD1 might sit down and listen and she will LOVE the craft, she likes to try and help me to craft at home and i think if we involve DD2 NOW then as she gets older she will be a little more into it IYKWIM.
We have been to both and prefer rhyme time, craft can sometimes be a bit much for little ones. As long as you can amuse your DD2 then I think they'll be fine. I think we'll start going again when DD is a bit older.
I've been taking DS to baby time at our library since he was about 6 months. I've always found it great, but must admit recently it has been getting a bit more challenge. They insist that you keep your child with you (pretty much on you lap) which I'm finding more and more tricky with an adventurous toddler... Ours is really popular and they usually have between 30 and 50 LO's there, so you can understand why, but it is still pretty challenging at the moment. When he was younger, he'd happily sit on my lap and loved the songs and puppets though, so you might find that your DD2 gets more out of it that DD1. But, either way it is a good opportunity to get out of the house and do something a bit different and it costs nothing. I'd give it a go and see how you go...
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DD and I use to go to storytime on fridays at 10:30, she was around 1ish. She loved it although she spent most the time standing up and pointing at the story booking going moo ... cow and i kept having to pull her back down.
We used to go to Tiny's Time at the local library when DD was 6months until she was around one. They read stories & sang nursey rymes. We stopped going when they moved the library for renovations, we'll probably go back once the new library is finished
Rhymetime and/or Storytime
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