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Books in Motion : Connecting Preschoolers with Books Through Art, Games, Movement, Music, Playacting, and Props by Julie Dietzel-Glair; Rosemary Holderby; Kimberly Thornton is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Librarians and educators can shake up storytimes, help children stay healthy, and encourage a lifelong love of reading with Dietzel-Glair’s easy-to-use resource. 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. Presenting hundreds of ideas, this all-in-one book is divided into six sections: “Art” spotlights titles that are natural hooks for art or craft activities alongside ideas on how to create art just like the character in the story, while an appendix includes art patterns that can be used as coloring sheets; “Games” includes searching games, follow-the-leader games, and guessing games to enhance the books in this section; “Movement” features books that kids can jump, stomp, clap, chomp, waddle, parade, wiggle, and stretch with; “Music” chooses books perfect for activities like shaking a maraca, singing, dancing between the pages, and creating new sound effects; “Playacting” lets kids pretend along with the characters in these books, whether it’s washing their

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Author

Julie Dietzel-Glair; Rosemary Holderby; Kimberly Thornton

Publisher

ALA Neal-Schuman

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781555708566

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Reference

Rating

3.71 / 5 (17 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14