Songs for Dancing, a collection of fifteen creative movement song and dance activities was created especially for children in the preschool and early primary grades. Perfect for Early Childhood, Early Start, Head Start, Kindergarten, day care center and home care providers. compact disc comes with instructional guide which provides lyrics, teaching suggestions and activity focus to align the material with other school learning objectives.
Song List Includes:
Down By the Station—train song to enter and leave the
dance space
Welcome Song—sing and move to say
hello!
Everybody Do This—for sequencing,
recalling and warming up
Here We Go Round And Round—A Hokey
Pokey, Looby Loo combination circle dance
The Shape Song—sequence body shapes
using circle, triangle, square and crazy shape ideas
Stick Together Game—models a fun shape-making
activity done alone, in pairs or groups
Walking Song—walk, hop, run and stop
sequence
Skipping—slow, medium and fast pulse
to learn skip
Galloping—pony galloping song
Jumping Beans—jumping on two feet
in different directions
Right and Left Hands—to learn right
from left
Little Birdies—active and restful
creative activity, much loved!
Flea Song—using the whole body, bottom
to top and down again, as a stretch and cool down
Little Arabella Miller—up and down
again, the caterpillar crawls
Goodbye Song—to end the class, the
day, the week, the year!
Songs for Dancing is available directly from the author priced at $17 plus shipping and handling. Please contact Kate via email to purchase.
To order now click the link below:
kate@katekuper.com
Here's a glowing testimonial from 8/07
Hey Kate! I loved this cd. Down by the Station and The Welcome Song were used each week to open my class. The kids loved it! I used a lot of the songs (and your curriculum ideas) over the weeks and it helped my immensely!
---- Stefanie F., Student, Chicago, Illinois
