Baby Gym Books - set of 2
Our Baby Gym set pairs nursery rhymes with playful prompts, building early language and literacy through bouncing, clapping, and bonding.
$15.95
Quantity:
2026 Tiny Tots Curriculum Kit
Baby Gym Books are interactive board books that pair nursery rhymes with simple movement activities like bouncing, clapping, and gentle touch.
Each page combines a short rhyme with a suggested movement, making it easy to engage your baby with rhythm and physical interaction.
The repetition in the rhymes helps babies begin recognizing sound patterns and cadence, which supports early language development. At the same time, the movements—rocking, jiggling, or lightly massaging—create a physical connection that holds their attention.
The activities are simple and built into the reading. You’re not adding something new—you’re just reading and moving together.
The two titles vary in tone. One focuses more on calm, soothing touch, while the other leans into more active movement, giving you options depending on your baby’s mood.
This format fits easily into short moments throughout the day—on the floor, during playtime, or as part of a wind-down routine.
Over time, those repeated rhymes and movements become familiar, giving your baby something to recognize and respond to before he can understand the words.
How to Use Baby Gym Books
- Start by reading the rhyme aloud while holding or sitting with your baby. The rhythm matters more than how it sounds, and repetition is part of the experience.
- Follow the movement cues as you go—bounce, clap, rock, or gently touch your baby in time with the words. The actions are simple and meant to fit right into the reading.
- Watch how your baby responds. Some will stay still and listen, others will wiggle or react more physically—both are part of how he takes it in.
- Pause occasionally and give your baby space to respond with sounds or movement. Those small back-and-forth moments are where early communication begins.
- Use it in short stretches throughout the day. It works just as well during playtime as it does during a quieter moment before rest.
Touch is a baby's first language… Designed to stimulate the senses, and based on research into the benefits of baby exercise and massage, these books encourage interaction between parent and baby. Devoting time to special activities with your baby plays a crucial part in the bonding process. Touch helps to promote feelings of security and confidence. Massage has been shown to encourage relaxation, enhance sleep, improve circulation and digestion, and aid pain relief. It also allows time to explore new feelings and share new experiences.
Bounce & Jiggle
Touch is a baby's first language… Designed to stimulate the senses, and based on research into the benefits of baby exercise and massage, these books encourage interaction between parent and baby. Devoting time to special activities with your baby plays a crucial part in the bonding process. Singing, accompanied by energetic activities, encourages babies to express their emotions, release tension – and just enjoy being noisy!
Set Includes:
Touch & Tickle
Publisher: Child's Play
Illustrator: Sanja Rešcek
Age Recommendation: 0-2
Grade Recommendation: Tiny Tots
Faith-Based: No
Consumable: No
Pages: 12
Size: 8.25" x 8.25" x .25"
ISBN: 9781846431302
Format: Board book
Copyright: Sep. 1, 2007
Bounce & Jiggle
Publisher: Child's Play
Illustrator: Sanja Rešcek
Age Recommendation: 0-2
Grade Recommendation: Tiny Tots
Faith-Based: No
Consumable: No
Pages: 12
Size: 8.25" x 8.25" x .25"
ISBN: 9781846431319
Format: Board book
Copyright: Sep. 1, 2007
”Each book has different rhymes in it that you sing to your baby. What makes this set of rhyme books so interesting is that each book has instructions on what to do with baby while you sing the rhymes.”
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”Baby Gym books from the Tiny Tot curriculum kit help support a baby’s language development along with early literacy and reading skills.”
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”Structured play — like the guided activities in Baby Gym — can be great way to break out of the rut and bond with your little one.”
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”In today's video we are sharing Baby Gym Touch and Tickle board books.”
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”Of course, the best part of Baby Gym Board Books is all the bouncing and wiggling and jiggling and tickling that went along with the simple verses.”
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Touch & Tickle includes:
- Two Little Eyes
- Round and Round the Garden
- Criss-Cross Apple Sauce
- Slowly, Slowly, Very Slowly
- Shoe a Little Horse
Bounce & Giggle includes:
- This Is the Way the Ladies Ride
- Humpty Dumpty
- Horsey, Horsey
- Here We Go Looby Lou
- Father and Mother
Baby Gym books are usually used with ages 0-2.
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- July 17, 2024
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Sara W.
We still get these out for our youngest of 3 now. He loves board books and these were used a lot as a baby/toddler.
- June 30, 2023
Great books
Brittany G.
Baby loves both of these books/activities.
