Our first Toddler Dance Party was this morning and it WAS AWESOME! Everything I read before doing this program seemed as though the party should not last longer than 25 minutes. I think the kids could have danced for waaaaay longer than that. Altogether, with book and music it was 35 minutes long, but I will shoot for 45 next time. How it went: Set up- I created the playlist days ahead of time. Narrowing down the songs was easy, pacing them (fast, medium, slow) was MUCH harder. I didn't want to tire everyone out or make them bored. I went for balance. We began with rules and a book. Now, I hate rules, but I wanted to stress that this was a party and not a class- so if Little Suzie wandered out of the rectangle, no big deal. If Little Steve refused to hand in his egg shaker-no problem. Also, I expected the parents to help collect and distribute props (and they did!) and participate (about half did, some were too busy filming). The book I read was Hop, Hop, Jump by...