Singing is not only fun, it’s also a natural way to learn language and boost vocabulary.
When children sing, they:
- Develop listening skills
- Hear the rhythm and rhyme of language
- Hear the different parts of words
Tips for Adults
- Embrace being silly!
- Clap along to songs to help children hear syllables and improve motor skills.
- Sing along to favorite songs.
- Substitute your own words in songs.
- Find books of favorite songs and sing along.
- Every voice is a good singing voice and your child loves to hear your voice!
These are books you can sing to!
Recommended Resources
Resources for early learning brain development:
- Nancy Stewart: Sing with Our Kids, opens a new window
- Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences: Early Music, opens a new window
Refresh your memory, learn new songs and discover storytime favorites with these resources:
- Sno-Isle Libraries’ Storytime Snippets on our YouTube channel.
- KCLS: Tell Me a Story, opens a new window
- JBrary’s YouTube channel: YouTube Playlists - Jbrary, opens a new window
Early Literacy Tips
Talking, singing, reading, writing and playing nurture a child’s desire to read and prepare them for the adventures of reading.
- Sing nursery rhymes, lullabies, or a favorite song from your childhood: singing helps children hear the sounds of language.
- Singing to your baby during every diaper change will help your baby learn individual sounds and prepare your child for reading.
- Singing slows down language and allows children to hear the sounds more easily than talking.
Get ready to read with your library!
- Sing and play at Storytimes and Stay and Plays.
- Check out books to read together.
- Draw, write and create at a library program.
- Get your child’s first library card!
- Snuggle up with Storytime Snippets anytime on our YouTube channel.
- Discover Read-alongs.
