Music, Movement, and Early Literacy: A Best Practices Primer for “Gotta Move!”

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Mcewing, H. (2011). Music, movement, and early literacy a best practices primer for "gotta move!". Children and Libraries, 9(2), 29-35.

Librarian, Hayley McEwing, shares the ins and outs of her library’s “Gotta Move!” program. Her program, a sort of “storytime for the restless” builds on the idea that music and movement provides shared experiences for students and involves multiple intelligences. The article details the various activities implemented by her program, like Nursery/Action Rhymes and Letter-cise.