Movement Resources & Props

compiled by Denise Gagne.  4 books/CDs + Digital Downloads, each with a wide variety of singing games to listen and sing and do for PreK-Gr.6.

Stretch, strengthen and shimmy your way to fitness with LeAnn Haggard!   And keep the beat, too!

25 Therapist-Created Musical Activiites for Improving Fine & Gross-Motor Skills, Muscle Strength and Rhythmicity by Aubrey Lande, Bob Wiz, Lois Hickman.

Seasonal Activities for the K-3 Music Classroom

Heavy-duty 14-inch square poly spot markers.

Heavy-duty 9-inch vinyl spot markers. Place the spots throughout the room for scarf activities, games, dance & dramatic movement

Games, Plays, Songs & Stories from the Afro-Amercian Heritage. by Bessie Jones and B.L. Hawes.

Rhythms and Rhymes to Get Kids Moving by Kate Kuper.

Stomp, Rap, and Romp! Rhythm Fun for Everyone!  by John Jacobson.

Flashcards with 6 different poses  in 3 levels; 32 stepping stones; and a Teacher’s Guide. 

10 activities with folk and soul music to use with ribbon streamers. 

A Sequential Approach to Rhythmic Movement, 6th Ed. by Phyllis Weikart.

Phyllis Weikart's standard book on Teaching Movement and Dance is here paired with the 9-CD set of music from around the world for movement and dance activities used in the book.

Jim Solomon.   12 body percussion rondos to help teach rhythms and independence.

Let's Make a Circle. comp. by John Feierabend. Provides a great variety of music, movement, and language experiences for children.

Stories in Song compiled by John M. Feierabend.  Encourage a child's imagination to grow through storytelling combined with music.

Let's Pretend  comp. by John Feierabend.  A great variety of movement, action, and languge experiences for young children. 

Can You Move Like This?  comp. by John Feierabend.  Children move with music or without, solo or in a group, quickly or slowly to express feelings, ideas, story, music concepts, body language and control, and much more

compl. by John Feierabend.  Song dances have been enjoyed by all ages for hundreds of years. Synchronize body, mind, spirit, voice with these addictive dances organized by type,  with complete directions.