Week of Events
Tales for Twos | 2-Year-Olds
Tales for Twos | 2-Year-Olds
Join us for a half hour of high-action rhymes, songs, fingerplays, and short stories designed to keep your toddler engaged and happy while building important pre-reading skills and learning that books are fun! Drop-in, but space is limited. For larger groups please contact lnielsen@westvanlibrary.ca to make sure we can accommodate your group. Children must be […]
Parent-Child Mother Goose | Toddlers
Parent-Child Mother Goose | Toddlers
The Parent-Child Mother Goose program is a group experience for parents and their infants focusing on the pleasure and power of using rhymes, songs, and stories together. Parents gain skills and confidence, which can enable them to create positive family patterns during their children's crucial early years and give their children healthy early experiences with […]
Parent-Child Mother Goose | Infants
Parent-Child Mother Goose | Infants
The Parent-Child Mother Goose program is a group experience for parents and their infants focusing on the pleasure and power of using rhymes, songs, and stories together. Parents gain skills and confidence, which can enable them to create positive family patterns during their children's crucial early years and give their children healthy early experiences with […]
Babytime: Walkers | 12 – 23 Months
Babytime: Walkers | 12 – 23 Months
A program for 12 – 23 month-old babies on the move! Designed for wiggling, crawling, and walking little ones, this program is full of songs, bounces, action rhymes, and very short stories to build language skills. Drop-in, but space is limited. Children must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver. Covid-19 Safety Measures for this […]
Babytime: Pre-Walkers | Birth – 12 Months
Babytime: Pre-Walkers | Birth – 12 Months
Babies have incredible brains and it’s never too early to start immersing your little one in language. A program for our youngest library lovers (0 – 12 months old), Babytime is full of songs, rhymes, and fingerplays that you can easily incorporate into your baby’s daily routine. Attending is also a great way to connect […]
Storytime Fun | Ages 3 – 5
Storytime Fun | Ages 3 – 5
Join us for a Storytime full of books, rhymes, felt stories, and puppets for 3 – 5 year olds. Children who have positive, fun experiences with language and books when they are young have an advantage when starting school. Research shows that five simple activities can help your child get ready to read and we […]
Orff-Kodaly: Music for Children | Ages 2 – 3
Orff-Kodaly: Music for Children | Ages 2 – 3
Children experience the joy of making music through song, games, dance, and instruments through Orff-Kodaly classes. This is a sampler class for young children to develop very basic music skills that may serve them in future music classes. Supported by a generous bequest from the estate of Robert Leslie Welsh, through the West Vancouver Memorial […]
Family Storytime | All Ages
Family Storytime | All Ages
A chance for families to hear stories, sing songs, and learn new fingerplays and rhymes. Whenever possible, librarians will let you know how to modify an activity for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. Drop-in, but space is limited. For larger groups, please contact lnielsen@westvanlibrary.ca to make sure we can accommodate your group. Children must be accompanied […]