Parents' Services
Baby Rock & Rhyme
Baby Rock & Rhyme is a way for parents and carers to interact with their babies through rhymes, finger-plays and stories delivered by experienced presenters. It's a great opportunity to have fun, socialise and spend quality 'one-on-one' time with your tot.
Visit the What's On page for session times.
Baby Rock & Rhyme on CD!
Now you can keep rocking and rhyming at home with your tot! Wellington City Libraries has produced a CD of 33 traditional songs, nursery rhymes and waiata that will appeal to all tamariki under five.
The CD encourages parents to continue modelling early literacy skills by interacting with their children in a fun way. Baby Rock & Rhyme is on sale at all library branches for only $15 per CD! For more information please call 499 4444.
Bookbusters
BookBusters is a free, non-competitive and fun reading club for 7 and 8 year olds of all reading abilities. Children are introduced to the joys of reading at their own pace and encouraged to explore the extensive children's collection to be found in Wellington City Libraries.
Joining
Children can enrol at one of the BookBusters libraries:
- Island Bay Library (meetings first Tuesday of each month)
- Johnsonville Library (meetings first Thursday of each month)
- Karori Library (meetings first Tuesday of each month)
- Mervyn Kemp Library in Tawa (meetings first Wednesday of each month)
- Ruth Gotlieb Library in Kilbirnie (meetings first Thursday of each month)
Children will need to...
- show their Wellington City Libraries card
- have their Parent's/Carer's permission
- children can join when they're 7 or 8, or when they turn 7, you can sign them up and they can become a BookBuster
How does it work?
- Children attend regular monthly meetings at their chosen BookBusters library and are greeted by chief BookBusters, their very own personal librarian!
- The meetings are a lively mixture of fun and activities, as well as sharing favourite reads, storytelling, making booklists and the opportunity to explore the children's collections.
- Regular newsletters and our online Bookbusters page will keep you informed
- The children are encouraged to read at their own pace with 'no racing to read' - chief BookBusters encourage the children to explore new and adventurous reading material and give lots of praise
- This programme is not incentive based. However, the children are awarded with certificates after attending 6 meetings and then again after 12 meeting. Spot prizes and lucky dips also add to the fun during the year
Interested? Need more info?
For more information please contact your nearest BookBusters library:
- Kilbirnie, Ruth Gotlieb Library ph: 387 1480
- Tawa, Mervyn Kemp Library ph: 232 1690
- Karori Library ph: 383 7216
- Island Bay Library ph: 476 8413
- Johnsonville Library ph: 477 6151
Click to find out more details about when BookBusters meet.
Pre-School Storytimes
What are Pre-School Storytimes?
- Pre-school storytimes are interactive sessions with stories, songs and rhymes
- They are fun and free
- Are at all Wellington City Libraries
- Are for children, parents and carers to share
Recommended for children aged 2 - 4, but younger children are always welcome
Visit the What's On page for session times.
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