Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! We'll send you regular emails filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now   ACTIVITY Body Boogies By Julie Joy From sitting up to crawling to walking - babies are constantly mastering the movements of their own bodies. Songs and rhythms appeal to infants and they will focus on your voice as you help them move. Before You Start Choose a position for baby to sit in so he can see you. Younger babies can lie down on their backs, while older babies can sit or stand facing you. Let's Begin 1. Turn on the music. Watch to see if the baby reacts or moves to the rhythms. 2. Start with the hands and "dance" with baby. Grasp her hands and her shake back and forth, gently. 3. Increase the pace if baby seems to like the movements. 4. Move on to the upper arms and shoulders. 5. Repeat with feet and legs. Older babies will want to stand and jump up and down while you support them. 6. Talk to baby while you dance. Tell him what body parts he is wiggling as you move together. Furthermore You do not need a prerecorded music to sing with babies. Choose songs that encourage movement and body recognition, such as Pat-a-Cake or Head and Shoulders. Rock the baby back and forth as you sing Row Your Boat or play Pop Goes the Weasel.   tape or CD of music Articles and activities listed on this website may be printed for single use. No article or activity may be duplicated or distributed in any form, in whole or in part, without permission from the publisher, Excelligence Learning Corporation. Contact Permissions Department.

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