Resources for everyone
Motion songs app
Suitable for iPhone/iPad.
BBC School Radio website
Versions of songs with lyrics and no adverts. Ideas for running a story time session. Versions for tablets and mobile. Podcasts are also available.
JLibrary
Canadian librarians suggest songs for babytime and storytime. All the songs have actions.
Karaoke
One source of tunes to run a karaoke bump session.
Polish nursery rhymes
You Tube
A vast range of nursery rhymes and songs, usually illustrated by cartoons. Check for suitability of adverts and words – American versions often have slightly different words which might be confusing for anyone trying to learn a song.
Makaton
A commercial website with songsheets and Makaton for nursery rhymes. Some freebies are available.
Rub a dub hub
On-line resource from Northern Ireland Libraries to promote library use for parents-to-be, babies and toddlers.. Includes a recommended list of songs and links to performances.
Kodaly
The Kodály method, also referred to as the Kodály concept, is an approach to music education developed in Hungary during the mid-twentieth century by ZoltánKodály. His philosophy of education served as inspiration for the method, which was then developed over a number of years by his associates.
ICAN
I CAN is the children’s communication charity and has a range of tools and materials that can assist in speech and language development.
Academic research on value of pre-natal reading to foetus
An academic paper which provide research evidence of the value of reading to the foetus and post-natal development
Blogs by parents to be
Association of Senior and Children’s Librarians (ASCEL)
ASCEL is the national network of senior managers in Children’s Public and Schools Library Services and promotes has the Children’s Promise[insert
In March 2016, they held a workshop March 2016 to discuss and help shape the library offer to parents-to-be and the materials used in that workshop can be found at: