Developing literacy through interactive music, song and dance.This collection of engaging songs, dances and activities are designed to motivate children to read, and foster a lifelong love for reading. By far, the most effective way to encourage children to love reading is to read aloud to them. Music and movement provides the integration of body and mind, and promotes reading readiness; comprehension, vocabulary and memory skills. Combine reading aloud with songs that enhance the total experience and watch your children blossom with a joy of reading!
Each song ties to the book in parentheses.
1. Wild Things (Where The Wild Things Are)
2. I Had A Little Overcoat (Joseph Had A Little Overcoat)
3. Head To Toe Dance (From Head To Toe)
4. Eyebrows Touch The Moon (Rain Makes Applesauce)
5. The Giving Song (The Giving Tree)
6. Tappy Tappy (Tikki Tikki Tembo)
7. Want To Whistle (Whistle For Willie)
8. Swahili Counting Song (Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book)
9. Clickety Clack Click (Rap A Tap Tap Here’s Bojangles -- Think Of That)
10 No, No, No, No (No, David!)
11. Hungry Caterpillar (The Very Hungry Caterpillar)
12. Green Eggs And Ham (Green Eggs And Ham)
13. Sad, Bad, Terrible Day (Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day)
14. Goldilocks & The 3 Bears (Goldilocks And The Three Bears)
15. I Know An Old Lady (There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly)
16. Five Little Monkeys (Five Little Monkeys Jumping On The Bed)
17. Old McDonald (Old McDonald)
18. Angry (When Sophie Gets Angry-- Really, Really Angry)
19. Special Friends (Yo! Yes?)
20. Kwanzaa (Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book)
