Movement Songs Children Love Book and CD (Ages 4-8)

With young children, movement is an essential part of making music. The 10 songs in this collection will engage and captivate children in active music making. These songs are the finest written by a talented group of children’s performers and teachers. The songs have clever lyrics and goofy sound effects. While movements are suggested for all the songs, there is a lot of room for creativity by the children who perform them. Children love the challenge of remembering the movements while singing and they are fun to perform. The movements aid some children in remembering the lyrics, and enhance their language development. The repetition in the songs in this collection makes them excellent material for teaching emergent readers to read. Chart the words and point to the words as you sing. The movements help children develop patterning and sequencing abilities. Many of these movement songs use movements that cross the midline, engaging both sides of the brain and helping to develop thinking skills. The movements, or simultaneous imitation, are a form of choreography. Many show choir movements use similar movements. When the children’s hands are busy doing moments, they aren’t misbehaving! Students doing movements learn to watch a conductor. By repeating a song many times, children develop the ability to sing in tune. Many of the songs in this collection have simple melodies with many repetitions, so are ideal to develop in tune singing. When students do actions and sing, they are doing two things at the same time. This will help them develop the ability to sing in parts.