Baby Poems

Baby poems, such as classic verses "Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear," "Star Light," and "Hush, Little Baby", are great for reading aloud at baby's bedtime.

Poetry is one of the great ways of human expression, alongside music, science and art.

Reading poetry to your baby is a baby-friendly way to guide your baby towards discovering

• rhytms of poetry
• emphasizing the connection of the words to pictured objects (if the poems have illustrations with them)
• for young children, introduce and explain new vocabulary words in the poems

Baby Poems - Resources

For many, getting books with poems for babies is the best approach. This way, you don't have to print out dozens of pages from online sources, making it also easier to store the poems.

Available books with poetry for babies include:

• Drift Upon a Dream: Poems for Sleepy Babies by John Foster and Melanie Williamson

• Baby Einstein: Poems for Little Ones by Julie Aigner-Clark

• Lullaby and Goodnight: Songs and Poems for Babies by Ilse Plume

• Sleep, Baby, Sleep: Lullabies and Night Poems by Michael Hague