and move with a spring in your step. Read one of these children’s books about movement and exercise and be ready to act out the motions with your young listener.• “Twist with a Burger, Jitter with a Bug,” by Linda Lowery, illustrated by Pat Dypold. This rhyming, rhythmic, bouncy book is illustrated in collage with bold shapes and colors. The catchy text gives the message that we can move, dance, and find rhythm in life all the time. This book may introduce some new vocabulary to your child
in these dance names: mambo, jig, polka, jitter, jive, rumba and waltz.
• “Who Bop?” by Jonathan London, illustrated by Henry Cole. A colorful
book with a jazzy beat shows animals with music and moves. Cool Cat plays the sax and bunnies do the sock hop. The text is a tongue-twisting rhyme. “Get down, play that thing! If it’s got that swing it means EVERYthing. Jazz-Bo knows it. Says, ‘Hope I don’t blow it!’ He squeezes them blues right out of his shoes.”• “How Can You Dance?” by Rick Walton, illustrated by Ana Lopez-Escriva. Get ready to move like the animals do when you read this book. “How can you dance as you swim in a pool? Dance like a frog feeling fine, keeping cool. How can you dance when you’re mad as a bee? Dance around, around, around — wildy.”
• “Dancing in My Bones,” by Sylvia Andrews, pictures by Ellen Mueller. Dancing, bouncing, clapping, toe-tapping and singing; the catchy stanzas rhyme and repeat. Illustrations are happy watercolors with big-headed, smiling children
, rainbows and flowers.• “Tumble Bumble” by Felicia Bond
. A zig-zagging and growing parade of animals have mishaps and fun as they tumble, bumble along. The book ends with a quieting down as everyone heads off to bed.• “Get Up and Go!” by Nancy Carlson. The author/illustrator uses Lou Ann Pig, Henry and their animal friends to show why exercise
is important and all the ways to do it.
You can be involved with sports, play at the park, hike, garden, or dance in your living room. Moving is good for a healthy body.(from: http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20130410/NEWS01/304100099/Family-Reading-Corner-Get-ready-spring-active-books)
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