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EPL Great Stuff Preschool: Kindergarten Readiness - Movement

Movement is key to a child's healthy development. It improves everything from their physical and mental health to school success and quality of life. Integrating movement into daily routines and activities can help improve concentration and behaviour. Storytime doesn't have to be stationary - check out these great books to get moving with your little one and get inspired to incorporate more movement into your day!

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  • How many different ways can you wiggle throughout your day? Find out with these rhymes! If you enjoy this book, checkout "Wiggle" and "Bounce" by the Doreen Cronin featuring the same active pup!
    BookNew York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2005] — E CRO
  • Feel the Beat

    Dance Poems That Zing From Salsa to Swing

    Singer, Marilyn
    All over the world, dancing is joy! Find out why with this beautiful collection of poems that mimic the rhythms of social dances from cha-cha to two-step. A fantastic read aloud that will be sure to get you moving.
    BookNew York, NY : Dial Books for Young Readers, [2017] — J 811.54 SIN
  • Can you touch the sky like a tree, or sore among the clouds with the birds? Follow along as a young girl tries different yoga poses, and calms her body and mind along the way.
    BookNew York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2015. — E VER
  • Can you touch the sky like a tree, or sore among the clouds with the birds? Follow along as a young girl tries different yoga poses, and calms her body and mind along the way.
    eBookABRAMS, 2015
  • Can you touch the sky like a tree, or sore among the clouds with the birds? Follow along as a young girl tries different yoga poses, and calms her body and mind along the way.
    eBook[Place of publication not identified] : Abrams / Vearsa Limited, [2015] — Internet Access
  • Celebrate the history of Ojibwe song and dance in this bilingual book. After attending a powwow, a little girl dreams of a powwow with her favourite four-legged friend, and comes to better understand this important part of her culture.
    BookSt. Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society Press, [2018] — E Ojibwa CHI
  • Boyton's musical books are always a good bet for getting moving and grooving with your little one, and this title is no exception! Put your dancing shoes on your feet, and get ready to dance to the Pookie-Pookie beat!
    BookNew York, N.Y. : Robin Corey Books, [2008] — Board books B BDBK
  • Turn storytime into a dance party with another delightfully rhythmic tale from Boyton.
    BookNew York : Workman Pub., [1993] — Board books B BDBK
  • A sister and brother are woken up by the joyous sounds of their parents dancing their way through the kitchen clean up, and suddenly a family dance party erupts! Let the vivid illustrations inspire you to incorporate more movement into…
    BookNew York : Clarion Books, [2008] — E MAN
  • Join in on the dancing fun with stompity elephants, slappity ducks, creepity caterpillars, thumpity bears and clickety lizards!
    BookNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. — Board books C BDBK
  • Join in on the dancing fun with stompity elephants, slappity ducks, creepity caterpillars, thumpity bears and clickety lizards!
    eBookRandom House Children's Books, 2011
  • There are so many different ways to dance! Explore where, how, and why different people dance, and try out some hilarious new moves like "The Scribble" and "The Windy" along the way.
    BookNew York, NY : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2019. — E HED
  • There are so many different ways to dance! Explore where, how, and why different people dance, and try out some hilarious new moves like "The Scribble" and "The Windy" along the way.
    eBookABRAMS, 2019
  • You Are a Lion!

    and Other Fun Yoga Poses

    Yoo, Taeeun
    Have fun exploring different shapes with your body as you mimic animals like a lion, butterfly, and snake!
    BookNew York : Nancy Paulsen Books, [2012] — E YOO
  • What does dancing look like for someone in a wheelchair? Find out in this beautifully illustrated book that celebrates dancing for all bodies. Based on the true story of a young girl named Eva.
    BookNew York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2020] — E FLO
  • What does dancing look like for someone in a wheelchair? Find out in this beautifully illustrated book that celebrates dancing for all bodies. Based on the true story of a young girl named Eva.
    eBookAtheneum Books for Young Readers, 2020
  • This simple story with beautiful illustrations will have you kicking like a donkey and clapping like a seal. Can you do it?
    Book[New York] : HarperCollins, [1997] — E CAR
  • Join a young Métis girl as she learns the Red River Jig from her grandmother, and competes in her first jigging contest.
    BookPenticton, BC : Theytus Books, [2008] — E DEN
  • Follow a determined young dancer as she teaches five furry monsters how to dance, and conquers her stage fright along the way.
    BookNew York : Greenwillow Books, [2013] — E BIR