Listening to audiobooks and music is one of our favorite quiet time activities, for both my kindergartener, and my preschooler.
We set up this listening station in one corner of our playroom, and they use it probably every day.
Take a look!
Note: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This post contains affiliate links, meaning that if you choose to click through and make a purchase, I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you.
What we keep in our listening station
A CD player
Call us old-fashioned, but our kids use a CD player to listen to their audiobooks!
This is the easiest option for us: the kids don’t need us to help them like they sometimes do with the iPad, and our local library has tons of audio CD books to check out, which makes it super easy.
You could easily set up your listening station with an iPad or mp3 player, though, if you wanted to.
Books on CD
We regularly check out audiobooks on CD from our library. Emma, our kindergartener, will listen to chapter books while she plays. (Her favorites are The Magic Tree House and the Fudge series.)
Our preschooler likes the CDs that come with picture books where you can follow along. (She’s a big fan of everything Disney!)
We’ve also recorded ourselves reading a number of books out loud, which the kids can play while they read along.
(You can find out more about that in this post, on our original listening library.)
Headphones and a CD case
The next basket in our listening center holds headphones and a CD case. The kids really like to listen to our old music CDs, so we have a few in there, along with several kids music CDs. (Our favorite is Slugs and Bugs!)
The CD case also holds some of the audio book CDs, when they’re not able to be stored inside the book covers.
Musical instruments, scarves, and shaker eggs
The last basket holds dancing scarves, instruments, shaker eggs, etc. for dancing!
This basket is a favorite of my one year old. You can see all of our favorite movement songs for toddlers here.
That’s it!
All that’s left is to check out some great audiobooks from your library, and your kids will have a great quiet time activity that they can do all my themselves. 🙂
What do you think?
Hopefully I’ve given you at least a few ideas that you can use in your own home listening station.
Enjoy!
-Laura
Make your own listening station:
Pin A Listening Station for Kids:
Easy preschool lesson plans: 3 weeks of activities
I’ve created 3 weeks of preschool “camps” that you can do at home with your preschooler. These easy preschool lesson plans include 3 fun themes: dinosaurs, construction, and vehicles. Each weekly lesson plan includes our favorite songs, stories, books, art and craft projects, etc. for the week’s theme. Download the free PDFs below, then scroll…
Continue Reading Easy preschool lesson plans: 3 weeks of activities
Vehicle activities for preschoolers- printable
Vehicle camp: A free printable PDF full of transportation and vehicle activities for preschoolers to do at home every day for a week. Here are our favorite songs, stories, books, art and craft projects, etc. divided up into days so that you can have a super fun camp at home with your little vehicle lover!…
Continue Reading Vehicle activities for preschoolers- printable
Construction activities for preschoolers- printable
Construction camp: A free printable PDF full of construction and building activities for preschoolers to do at home each day. Here are our favorite songs, stories, books, art and craft projects, etc. divided up into days so that you can have a super fun camp at home with your little construction lover! Download the free…
Continue Reading Construction activities for preschoolers- printable
Dinosaur activities for preschoolers – printable
Dinosaur camp: A free printable PDF full of dinosaur activities for preschoolers to do at home each day. Here are our favorite songs, stories, books, art and craft projects, science activities, etc. divided up into days so that you can have a super fun camp at home with your little dino lover! Download the free…
Continue Reading Dinosaur activities for preschoolers – printable
Eric Carle: Preschool activity ideas you can do at home
5 days of Eric Carle preschool activity ideas that you can do with your kids at home: My son is 4 years old, and the days can be long. BUT it always makes a huge difference when we have a small activity or two already planned to look forward to each day. Which is why…
Continue Reading Eric Carle: Preschool activity ideas you can do at home
Gift ideas for kids that they will actually use all year long
I have four kids, and I’ve noticed a difference between toys and gifts that kids play with over and over all year round, and the ones that lie forgotten in a closet once the holidays are over. The best type of gifts encourage creativity and imagination. These gifts can be used over and over in…
Continue Reading Gift ideas for kids that they will actually use all year long
Leave a Reply