how to add paragraph on top of div content
You may use prepend to add the paragraph at the top of the container: // HTML: <div><p>Lorem ipsum</p></div> $(‘div’).prepend(‘<p>Bla bla bla’); Update: Regarding your comment about how to fade in the paragraph – use fadeIn: $(“#pcontainer”).prepend($(‘<p>This paragraph was added by jQuery.</p>’).fadeIn(‘slow’)); A working demo: http://jsbin.com/uneso