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Tips for Taking a Toddler to the Library

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I love to bring my toddler to the library on the weekend. Getting out of the house helps break up our day at home, especially when the weather is too cold or rainy to play outside. She loves to explore, people watch, and interact. Sometimes we even read a book or two together, but usually she is too excited to be at the library to sit down to read here.

Check out some tips for enjoying the library with your toddler, based on my own experiences, plus our favorite things to enjoy together at the library.

Rhyme and Bounce with your baby: Itsy Bitsy Spider

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Practice this bouncing rhyme with your baby:

The Itsy Bitsy Spider goes up the water spout.

Down came the rain and washed the spider out.

Rhyme and Bounce with your baby: Elevator

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Practice this bouncing rhyme with your baby:

Let's go on an elevator.

First floor,

Second floor,

Rhyme and Bounce with your baby: From Wibbleton to Wobbleton

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Practice this bouncing rhyme with your baby:

From Wibbleton to Wobbleton is fifteen miles,
From Wobbleton to Wibbleton is fifteen miles.

Rhyme and Bounce with your baby: Noble Duke of York

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Practice this bouncing rhyme with your baby:
 
The Nobel Duke of York,
he had ten thousand men.
He marched them up to the top of the hill,
and marched them down again.
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