The laptime program is a twenty-minute interactive experience between young children (0-2) with their caregivers and the laptime teller. The basic goals of the laptime program are as follows: Create a positive experience for little ones with the library and with booksShare the resources of the library with caregiversGive caregivers something to new to do with their little ones outside of the … Learn more about the program...
Nursery Rhymes, Songs, and Fingerplays for Kids
The Place for Songs, Nursery Rhymes and Finglerplays for Little Ones
We've collected traditional nursery rhymes, modern rhymes and variations, songs and fingerplays into one, easy-to-navigate collection. You can use the search bar at the top right to search for a specific title. Or you can browse the menu bar for something new, old, or long forgotten.
How to Get Started with the Laptime Program
Join our Newsletter
What’s the Laptime Program?
Who’s behind this site?
About Laptime Songs
Laptime is a library program for babies and toddlers that incorporates books, songs, fingerplays and nursery rhymes. Laptime Songs is a place to find inspiration and resources for bringing the laptime program to life in the library, preschool, day care and at home! Amber Passey, founding editor of Laptime Songs and Because Babies Grow Up, discovered the laptime program through the Orem Public … Find out more about Amber...
What’s Popular?
On the Blog
Free Train Storytime Printables
Train themed storytimes are always a big hit with the toddler and preschool crowds. It's hard to … [Read More...]
Winter Storytime Songs
Having grown up in mountainous, snowy states, I am a huge fan of winter. So even in regions with a … [Read More...]
There Are Witches in the Air
One of my favorite Halloween fingerplays is 5 Little Pumpkins. This collection of witch songs, … [Read More...]
5 Fall Songs for Preschoolers
Fall is a delightful time of year to have a preschooler in your life. From pumpkin patch field trips … [Read More...]
Tails and Tales Nursery Rhymes
This year the theme for the summer reading program organized by Collaborative Sumer Library Program … [Read More...]