Stories on the Move : Integrating Literature and Movement with Children, From Infants to Age 14

Energize your story programs by infusing them with the power of movement! This guide offers you dozens of interactive, ready-to-use, age-appropriate and story-based activities that get children actively involved in learning. Designed to expand the child's self-awareness, range of expression, and aesthetic sensibility at particular stages of development, from infancy to puberty, these literature-based programs are simple enough to be used by any educator, even if you have little or no dance experience. Included for each program are learning goals/skill development, a literature-story connection, and detailed instructions for movement and vocal improvisation and creative dramatics. A great resource for after school programs, home schools, and daycare centers. Ages Infant-14 Stories on the Move develops a child's emergent, cultural, and interpretative literacy skills. The first three chapters for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers are based on nationally recognized standards and methods for tapping emergent literacy skills. The fourth chapter takes children on StoryTrips to other countries and includes language, stories, dances, and customs of those countries. The fifth and sixth chapters for older children show them how to interpret story structure and the elements of character, setting, mood, plot, and theme. Included for each program are learning goals/skill development, a literature-story connection, and detailed instructions for movement and vocal improvisation and creative dramatics. A great resource for after school programs, home schools, and daycare centers. Ages Infant-14. Contents......Page 8 Illustrations......Page 12 Preface......Page 14 Acknowledgments......Page 16 Introduction......Page 18 Introduction......Page 22 Program Preparation......Page 24 Program......Page 26 Program Preparation......Page 34 Program......Page 35 Introduction......Page 44 Program Preparation......Page 46 Program......Page 51 Program Preparation......Page 60 Program......Page 62 Introduction......Page 72 Summary......Page 74 Program Preparation......Page 75 Program......Page 76 Program Preparation......Page 83 Figure 3.1. Elephant Ear Pattern......Page 85 Program Preparation......Page 87 Program......Page 90 Program Preparation......Page 92 Program......Page 94 Program Preparation......Page 96 Program......Page 97 Introduction......Page 104 Table 4.1. Readiness to Learn (6- to 8-Year-Olds)......Page 105 Program......Page 107 Program Preparation......Page 114 Program......Page 118 Program Preparation......Page 123 Program......Page 125 Program Preparation......Page 130 Program......Page 132 Introduction......Page 140 Table 5.1. Readiness to Learn (9- to 11-Year-Olds)......Page 141 Program......Page 143 Program Preparation......Page 152 Program......Page 153 Program Preparation......Page 160 Program......Page 161 Program Preparation......Page 168 Program......Page 169 Program Preparation......Page 173 Program......Page 174 Program Preparation......Page 176 Program......Page 177 Introduction......Page 184 Table 6.1. Readiness to Learn (12- to 14-Year-Olds)......Page 185 Program......Page 187 Program Preparation......Page 198 Program......Page 199 Program Preparation......Page 211 Program......Page 212 Program Preparation......Page 219 Program......Page 220 Program Preparation......Page 226 Program......Page 227 Appendix A: Dancing Parts of Speech......Page 232 Appendix B: Glossary of Dance Methods......Page 234 References and Suggested Readings......Page 236 Index......Page 240 Table 1.1. Readiness to Learn (Babies/Non-Walkers)......Page 23 Table 2.1. Readiness to Learn (Toddlers/Walkers)......Page 45 Table 3.1. Readiness to Learn (Preschoolers)......Page 73 Figure 2.1. Rain Stick Puppet......Page 49 Figure 2.2. Sunflower Stick Puppet......Page 50 Figure 3.2. Snorkel Mask Pattern......Page 89 Figure 4.1. Anansi the Spider’s Hat Pattern—Top......Page 116 Figure 4.2. Anansi the Spider’s Hat Pattern—Side Strip......Page 117 Drawing I Am a Swan......Page 29 Drawing I Am a Sunflower......Page 53 Drawing I Am a Swinging Pendulum......Page 63 Drawing I Am a Dolphin......Page 91 Drawing Señor Coyote and Borreguita Line Up......Page 110 Drawing Mexican Hat Dance......Page 111 Drawing My Kinesphere......Page 145 Drawing Tree Perspectives......Page 179 Drawing Composite Tree......Page 180 Drawing Gliding a Hand over a Smooth Surface......Page 191 Drawing The Floating Head—Three Directions......Page 214 Drawing Gliding, Floating, and Exploding Arm......Page 215 "Energize your story programs by infusing them with the power of movement! Involve babies in bathtub ballet, take children on story trips to Mexico and Africa, and have older learners participate in moving stories and fables. This guide offers you dozens of interactive, ready-to-use, age-appropriate and story-based activities that get children actively involved in learning. The programs are designed to expand the child's self-awareness, range of expression, and aesthetic sensibility at particular stages of development, from infancy to puberty and are simple enough to be used by any educator, even if you have little or no dance experience Included for each program are learning goals/skill development, a literature-story connection, and detailed instructions for movement and vocal improvisation and creative dramatics. A great resource for after school programs, home schools, and daycare centers."--Jacket