The books included in these posts will not necessarily be specifically about how to offer a great storytime. BUT they are extraordinarily useful for suggesting how to teach music, how to add rhythm, how to make your programs interesting. Use the tools in these books to make your storytimes sing!
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Artie Almeida shares some of her most beloved listening and movement-based lessons. Outstanding orchestral tracks, video performances of the lessons, and reproducible visuals and teaching aids are included!
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Unlike traditional storytimes, where children are expected to sit quietly and just watch, music and movement storytimes encourage children to learn by getting inside stories while interacting with others.
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There are selections for marching, dancing, trotting, skipping, jumping, hiding, sleeping, playing instruments, entering class, and saying goodbye. Lots of fun, this book will allow teachers to capture children’s interest in orchestral music for a lifetime.
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Demonstrating exactly how to use children’s books to engage preschool-age children through movement, it’s loaded with storytimes that will have children standing up tall, balancing as they pretend to walk across a bridge, or even flying around the room like an airplane.
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This sheet music book was written to help the beginner, whether child or adult, learn to play music in a simple and easy way that requires no knowledge of reading music.
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Thought Provoking Reads 