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From The National Dance Education Organization Resource Review Division:

• Presents the scope of dance in early childhood to meet the children’s physical and academic needs

• Provides an excellent resource for new teachers and activities that can be adapted by experienced teachers

• Advocates for dance in early childhood and how dance enhances all learning

• Meets the needs of dance in early childhood pedagogy courses &community and studio teachers very well

• Organized to make it easy and inviting to use.

Two DVDs with music complete the package, June 20, 2011 Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
One, Two, What Can I Do is for any early childhood education teacher interested in developing movement and dance activities for kids. It offers a spiral bound workbook packed with movement activities based on early childhood curriculum themes, and provides ideas for dance and music presentations for families and friends. No previous dance experience is needed to teach these age-appropriate movements, which come with step-by-step directions and keys to help readers guide kids. Two DVDs with music complete the package.

Great Resource For Music and Movement Time, August 10, 2011 Shirley Rempel
I am so excited to let you know about a fantastic resource from my friends at Redleaf Press. If you are an Early Childhood Educator, Family Child Care Provider, Homeschooler or Early Elementary Teacher you will love this book, to complement your music and movement programs.

Complete with a two CD set, featuring all the songs in the book, you will find some amazing activities that will have your children jumping and moving in no time flat. One, Two, What Can I Do? is set up into seven, color coded sections, each with at least ten activities.

1. Start The Day With Dance and Music (Purple)
2. Around The Circle (Light Blue)
3. Transitions - Going From Here To There (Light Green)
4. Group Movement Explorations (Red)
5. Locomotion - Large Motor Skill Activities (Dark Green)
6. Quiet Down and Say Good-bye (Dark Blue)
7. Dance and Music Presentation Jump-Starts (Orange)

My favorite section was Group Movement Explorations as it incorporates four learning areas - language and literacy; numbers, shapes and patterns; science and social studies. The book is LOADED with fun and easy to implement activities for all children. Each activity is two pages long and gives you all the details you need to get your children moving and having fun! Each activity also gives you ideas for modification, perfect if you have children with special needs or a mixed age group. The songs on the two CD's are super cute, very catchy and easy to learn, especially because you can go here, and find a download of the lyrics!

Again, if you work with children ages 3-6, and are looking for a fun resource to add to your music and movement curriculum, I highly recommend One, Two, What Can I Do? by Connie Bergstein Dow!

I give this product a huge thumbs up!

DANCE, TURN, HOP, LEARN!  

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"Meets Head Start early childhood learning standards"  Neat Solutions 

Thirty-eight creative movement lessons built around curriculum themes, such as animals, seasons, colors, and shapes, fill these pages as a way to build large and fine motor skills, social skills (listening, following directions), and cognitive skills (reasoning, persistence). With little more than music and space, these exercises can be implemented into any curriculum as a way to encourage children to learn with their bodies! Includes introductory lessons on teaching basic movement skills

"Fun, effective, thoroughly 'kid friendly'", May 9, 2007  Midwest Book Review

Drawing upon her more than thirty years of professional experience in performing and teaching dance to young children, Connie Bergstein Dow presents "Dance, Turn, Hop, Learn!", a compendium of thirty-eight creative and fun movement lessons that will help kindergarten-aged children build their large and fine motor skills while supporting emergent skill development that includes their social skills, physical abilities, cognitive skills, and readiness for introductions to literacy, math and science within a classroom setting. Fun, effective, thoroughly 'kid friendly', and a welcome addition to preschool, early childhood, and kindergarten programs, "Dance, Turn, Hop, Learn!" highly recommended for parents, daycare workers, classroom teachers, and home schoolers.

"A favorite resource for preschool musical activities"   Musical Tapestry
The Early Childhood Music & Movement Association- a professional organization that supports the field of early childhood music and movement through education, advocacy, and networking-  recommended Dance, Turn, Hop, Learn! as an important movement and music resource for teachers.

"New resource materials to help strengthen children's physical health" January 2008  eccdc.org
"Dance, Turn, Hop, Learn: Enriching Movement Activities for Preschoolers" With childhood obesity rates rising, there is an increasing interest and need to weave a greater number of movement activities into preschool curriculum. Dance, Turn, Hop, Learn is arranged to provide early learning and child care providers with an easy, accessible way to use children's natural love of movement in planning enriching movement activities."   from the Early Childhood Community Development Centre.

Featured book.  Parentbooks
Listed as a featured book on their website in the category of Preschool and Early Childhood Education.  Parentbooks has been serving families and professionals in Canada and around the world since 1986.

"Develop your own skills in leading creative movement" August 2007  Lady Gowrie Resource Centre
"No one has to tell early childhood professionals how much children love and need to move... this is a resource that will help you capture this interest, develop your own skills in leading creative movement experiences and enrich your program. There are 38 creative movement sessions included in this text, themed around children's common interests such as animals, seasons, colours, and shapes. Directions for music and props and background information in teaching basic movement skills are included"
 

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