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Music enhances early literacy skills by:
•Creating a positive attitude towards learning.
•Music teaches a variety of language skills. http://www.singingsavvy.com/
•Music improves memory and attention.
• Music- creating it, listening to it, or performing it- creates unique
brain connections that contribute to the understanding of math concepts,
spatial reasoning, and other complex ideas.
• Music encourages self expression through movement and play.
Welcome Song
Hey, Hey, How do you do?Hey, Hey, How do you do?Hey, Hey, How do you do?Welcome to the library!
Hey there singers, how do you do?
Hey there dancers, how do you do?
Hey there dreamers, how do you do?
Welcome to the library!
Hey, Hey, How do you do?
Hey, Hey, How do you do?
Hey, Hey, How do you do?
Welcome to the library!
Action Based Learning- http://abllab.com/Brain science strongly supports the link of movement to learning. Exercise builds brain cells Movement activates the brain.•Keeping energy levels up provides the brain with oxygen- rich blood.
• Studies show that ABL improves memory retention, reinforce academic concepts, balance brain chemicals while experiencing whole-brain, whole-body learning.
Increases academic performance.
Research Supporting Movement & Brain Science
BRAIN AFTER SITTING QUIETLY
BRAIN AFTER 20 MINUTE WALK
Research/scan compliments of Dr. Chuck Hillman University of Illinois
Get in the ZONE
YO DJ pump this party! Be excited about your playlist. Enthusiasm ignites greatness!Know your music and modify your movements.Keep it fresh! Mix it up- variety of genre/manipulatives/instrumentsGive Shout Outs- keep the participants motivated Keep the class moving (mix it up)- Back to Front, Party Line, Rhythm Circle, Dance Battle (split the room), Limbo, Follow the Leader
“Facilitators of joy”. -Playground Theatre “Healthy music for a child’s heart, body, and mind.”- The Learning Station
“It’s all good.”- Pete the Cat
Playlists to use in the classroom Learning Through MusicSuperheroes of Knowledge- Stephen Fite
Put your Hands In the Air (Spanish)Superhero Workout (brain break)
Count By Fives (math)
RhymezwellHip Hop ABC
Good Morning/Good Bye
I Can Do It Myself
Making Music with Imagination!Turn It Down- Lisa LoebClap Your Hands- They Might
Be GiantsHands Are For Clapping- Jim
GillClapping Machine- Jack
HartmanBiz’s Beat of the Day- Biz
Markie Bluegrass Jamboree- Hap
Palmer
Just Dance!
The Monkey Dance- WigglesThe Mack Chicken Dance- Greg and SteveI Can Dance- RonnoRockin’ My Hips- The Learning StationPeppermint Twist- Oldie but GOODYToo Hot- Hip Hop Zumba FitnessDinosaur Dance- UnFROGettableEveryone Loves to Dance- Aaron Nigel Smith
Fun Early Literacy Parent/Child ActivitiesAction Cube Dance CardsParent Helpers
Wild About Themes with Community Partners
Campout Sing along HPLD L.A. Guitarist- Ian Rouge
Disney Karaoke Party Homemade MICSOpera Opera Singer- Mandy HeastonKids Fit Club WOW Insanity InstructorBelly Dancing Tribe SydyssanBugs Bug antennae's M&M’s Greatest HITS CP’s Favorite JamsMarching Band UNC Students/ Co. Early Literacy
GrantFiesta Grupo de Trullo
Summer Themes Special Performers
TribeTribeSidysaanSidysaan
Belly Belly DancersDancers
Theme:Marching
Band
Let It Go- F
rozenTheme: Disney Karaoke
Opera Opera DayDay
Kids Fit Kids Fit ClubClub
10 min circuits: marching, MB press, bear crawls, lunges, squats, triceps dips, bicep curl w/ tubing, incline push ups + small talk on why exercise is important/ healthy food choices, Q and A
Fiesta!
Orgullo Orgullo Dance Dance TroupeTroupe
“Let’s Move!” CampaignCreating Community Partnerships
DID YOU KNOW- Over the past three decades, childhood obesity rates in America have tripled, and today, nearly one in
three children in America are overweight or obese.
30 minutes of activity daily.
Community Partnership-
CP’s Kids Fit Club
Be open to learn from others. Work Out West Insanity Instructor- Jeremy Gregory
“Popcorn”- Insanity InstructorRefo
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Don’t you agree?
Andrea Cleland, MLIS, RYT-200, RCYT candidate
“Y” yoga for kids? Improves coordination
Crosses the midlineRelieves tension, stress, and anxietyBuilds confidencePromotes respect for self and othersDevelops mind/body connectionAllows for more restful sleep
Stress relieving Restless kiddos?
Try forward folds!
Greet the moon.
Modified Eagle
Kashyapa (tortoise) mudra
Books!Actual yoga books
Oral storytelling
Books with a yoga theme:Gratitude
Nature/ Animals
Growth
Breath
Emotions
Namaste Breath
Savasana
Mandalas
Preschool Dance Party
OverviewMusic and movement
program for preschoolers and toddlers (ages 2-5)
Popular!Fun!30-45 minutes dancing
Breakdown of the Party
• Movement book and/or story to start• Games• Dancing!• Parachute to end
Making an Awesome Playlist:• Pick a mix (old favorites, new
kids songs, pop/R&B/oldies)• The sillier, the better• Consider how you will dance
to it beforehand • Think about energy levels
when building your playlist• Use some of the same songs
every time
Don’t forget props!
Dance Party BenefitsEncourages imaginationGood parent/child
interactionsPopularWorkout for everyoneEarly literacy skills and
practicesFUN!