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Building routine with stories, songs and rhymes
Discover simple ways to include songs and rhymes in your baby's daily routine.
Help establish routines
Using songs and rhymes is a great way to help babies settle into daily routines. If you always sing a verse of Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes or Round and Round the Garden at changing time, your baby will quickly start to understand what's coming when you sing this song. Likewise, cuddling up together for a story after bathtime can signal to your baby that bedtime is on the way - even if getting to sleep takes a wee bit longer!
Songs, rhymes and stories bring comfort
Babies have so much new information - and so many new experiences to process - when they arrive in the world. Helping them find ways to make sense of it with routine and structure is one of the many ways we can support their development in the early years. By introducing songs, rhymes and stories into your day-to-day life from the very beginning, you're not only supporting important literacy and social skills, you're helping to establish clear patterns and routines that will benefit them as they move on to nursery and even school.
Looking for more songs and rhymes?
You can find songs and rhymes perfect for every time of day with our themed lists on the Bookbug app and the Bookbug Song and Rhyme Library. Whether it's a playful tune to welcome the new day, rhymes about food to signal that snack is on the way, or calming songs to share at bedtime, there's something to suit every mood - and routine.