Put on Your Dancing Shoes

For Parents & Caregivers: Silly songs, rhymes, and chants in storytime help children hear and play with language. They build phonemic awareness and vocabulary.
Article: Learning with Music

Storytime Books
Kitchen Dance
Dancin' in the Kitchen
Twist with a Burger, Jitter with a Bug
Chicken Dance
Do Donkeys Dance?

Rhyme:
(twist) Oliver Twist, Twist, Twist can't do this, this, this.
(do actions as indicated)
Touch his hair, hair, hair
Touch his toes, toes, toes,
Touch his back, back, back
Touch his nose, nose, nose
(twist) Oliver Twist, Twist, Twist can't do this, this, this.
BUT YOU CAN!

"Dancing" Music:  "All Around the Kitchen" American Folk, Game, and Activity Songs for Children; "Can You Point Your Fingers and Do the Twist?" Dance Party; and "Chicken Dance" Dance Along

Movement Storytime Booklist

Get a Move On!

For Parents & Caregivers: Being comfortable with printed language helps children feel comfortable with books and understand that print is useful. Reading to your child everyday develops print awareness!
Article: “Print Awareness: An Introduction”

Storytime Books:
Little Yoga
From Head to Toe
Wave Goodbye
If You’re Happy and You Know It: Jungle Edition
Someone Says
Don’t Laugh, Joe!

Rhymes

Music CDs:
“Reach for the Sky” and “Walking, Walking” Wee Sing Children’s Songs and Fingerplays
“Can You Point Your Fingers and Do the Twist?” Dance Party
“Freeze” Kids in Motion