Creative dance is a great way to stimulate children's minds and muscles. With more than one hundred activities and two accompanying CDs of music by Debbie Clement, One, Two, What Can I Do? makes it easy to incorporate lively movement into your day. Each activity is an enjoyable way for children to engage in physical activity and establish lifelong healthy habits, which is especially important with children's increasingly sedentary lifestyles and rising childhood obesity rates. This collection of movement activities, all reflecting common early childhood curriculum themes, enhances children's physical, social and emotional, kinesthetic, and cognitive learning during greetings, transitions, circle time, large-motor skill development, and quiet-down and good-byes. There are even ideas for dance and music presentations for families and friends. No previous dance experience is needed—each age-appropriate movement activity includes step-by-step directions, sample script to help you guide children, modifications for children with special needs, and tips to maximize learning. All you need to do is start moving! Dowload the Song Lyrics.
I am so excited to let you know about a fantastic resource. If you’re an Early Childhood Educator, Family Child Care Provider, Homeschooler, or Early Elementary Teacher, you’ll love how this book complements your music and movement programs. Complete with a two-CD set, you’ll find amazing activities that will have children jumping and moving in no time. My favorite section is Group Movement Explorations, as it incorporates four learning areas: language and literacy; numbers, shapes and patterns; science; and social studies. The book is LOADED with fun, easy-to-implement activities. All the details you need are included, as well as modification ideas -- perfect if you have children with special needs or a mixed age group. The songs on the CDs are cute, catchy, and easy to learn -- you can even download the lyrics! If you work with 3- to 6-year-olds and are looking for a fun resource to add to your music and movement curriculum, I highly recommend this book!
Dowload the Song Lyrics Keep the day moving with 109 playful dance activities, each providing children with opportunities to exercise, practice and improve age-appropriate large motor skills, and develop body awareness and control. Enhance children's physical, social and emotional, and kinesthetic learning with movement activities while creating structure throughout your day, including greetings and goodbyes, group time, transitions, and quiet time. Accessible and adaptable for all children, including those with special needs or different learning styles, each dance-and-music pairing is irresistibly fun. An accompanying music CD is included with 42 tracks written and performed by Debbie Clement.