Stories
The Wonky Donkey
This is a fun video that all kids and adults just love!
Pete the cat
Children will love Pete the cat and his funky dancing. Maybe they can bring their soft toys to dance with Pete.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFCXJYNCyqE
We're going on a bear hunt
Watch the author tell this rollicking story.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytc0U2WAz4s
Aboriginal stories
Watch Aunty Gloria tell six Aboriginal stories
Songs
Nursery rhymes
Choose a rhyme to read or listen to with Bookstart
Nursery rhymes can be used from babies’ earliest days to instill an understanding of rhythm, rhyme and storytelling.
- Lucy Cousins book of Nursery Rhymes
- Lucy Cousins, Macmillan
- The Mother Goose Treasury
- Illustrated by Raymond Briggs, Hamish Hamilton
- The ABC book of Nursery Rhymes
- ABC books
- The Walker book of Read–Aloud Rhymes for the very young
- selected by Jack Prelutsky, illustrated by Marc Brown, Walker
Books
Books with rhymes and fingerplays
- This little Puffin, Elizabeth Matterson, Penguin/Puffin
- Invaluable book of rhymes, songs and games. Starts with games and fingerplays for babies and adds rhymes and fingerplays to do with the world around us.
- Acker Backer boo
- Illustrated book of rhymes and games from a variety of countries. Best for older pre-schoolers.
Games
The Little Big Book Club has lots of activities connected to children's books
Other languages
Research shows that it's best to talk and sing to your child in the language you know best. Your child will hear language spoken fluently and lets you explain many things to your child that you might not be able to do as well in English. When they get to school, your child will be able to translate all the words they already know, rather than having to learn both the English word and it's meaning at the same time.
- Sing along with songs and rhymes in 15 languages
- Global Language Books have a great selection of bilingual books that can be ordered online.
- Listen to the e-book "Boom Bah" in 5 languages
- Listen to the e-book "Cat" in 7 languages
- Watch story readers read "Wilbur" in 14 languages