My kids are all 2 and under. I've been really lucky with circle and they all sit quite well for it. I tend to do the same books over and over for a long period as they enjoy this. They learn to anticipate what's next, which I guess in the mind of a toddler is pretty cool. I always, always pick books either with lots of repetition and/or actions....I'll even make actions up for the kids to do. This keeps them really enthralled! Then we do about 4-5 songs....same ones over and over till they've got all the actions down, then introduce a couple more. Now we have enough songs that I can go around the circle and let each child pick a song, which the really little ones do by showing me the action. I've found that the kids really like to participate rather than sit and listen. We did some garden circles (circles by the veggie garden) where we'd focus on one veg. We'd look at the plant, touch it, pick a veg off the vine, cut it open to look inside, touch it, smell it, cut pieces off to taste, etc...then used it for a craft. You get the idea....you can incorporate a lot into your circle if you make sure that all of it is participatory for them....at least that's what I've found. We do our circles wherever we happen to be....playroom, garden, under the apple tree.....anything goes