Erika and I were both missing our storytime programs with parents, caregivers and babies, so we decided to give Zoom a try! If you would like to join us on Wednesday, June 9, 12:00-12:30 EST (9:00-9:30 PST) please send us an email, or sign up on facebook or instagram (@sally_jaeger) and we’ll send you the link on the morning of June 9. Lullabies & LapRhymes is a...
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Hyacinths sing of spring, and these Dutch beauties were shared by my friend Tamiko from her shop @fleurrisant.market.ottawa on an Instagram post in February. One of my favorite songs to celebrate the first day of spring is Pussy got the Measles on the First Day of Spring. It’s a good practice to know the source of your material, so I searched the internet as I was...
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Frosty weather, snowy weather,When the wind blows, we all go together.Three steps back and 1,2,3. A traditional Irish rhyme, found in many collections, like Ruth Crawford Seeger’s American Folksongs for Children and recordings by the Clancy Family. 2020 has been a year of surprises, both pleasant and unpleasant. Enough about the unpleasant, let’s focus on the...
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Endless stories are perfect for any occasion: long car trips, waiting in line at the grocery store or the doctors office, standing in line at the passport office, and best of all, at bedtime! What is an Endless Story? It’s a story that has no end. Often, at the end of an endless story, we find ourselves right back at the beginning of the story. So we tell it...
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Hello Everybody and how are you? It’s almost Spring – do you feel it in the air? All 3 of our parent and child videos are now on youtube! Today, parents often plant an iphone or tablet in their child’s lap. So, it seems like the right moment to launch our videos on YouTube. In 1998, Janice Dawe, our program participant with her first child, got the idea to make the...
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