Fostering a Lifelong Love of Reading: Through Interactive Music & Movement Activities 
More and more researchers are finding a valuable connection between music and early learning. Research has confirmed that music plays a vital role in the development of reading and writing skills. By combining story time with music and movement, even the most reluctant reader’s interest in books will be awakened. Also, by simply adding action songs to story time it helps children anchor new information and enhances the entire reading experience.
This collection of engaging songs, dances and activities are designed to motivate children to read, and foster a lifelong love for reading. By far, the most effective way to encourage children to love reading is to read aloud to them. Music and movement provides the integration of body and mind, and promotes reading readiness; comprehension, vocabulary and memory skills. Combine reading aloud with songs that enhance the total experience and watch your children blossom with a joy of reading!
Click on each song title to view the activity video. In parenthesis is the book each song correlates with. These popular children’s books are available at your local library or can be purchased online either on the authors website or Amazon.com.
“Green Eggs and Ham” (Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss)
“Tony Chestnut” (The Book About Tony Chestnut by Laurie Monopoli)
“Fill Your Bucket” (Have You Filled a Bucket Today? by Carol McCloud)
“Wheels on the Bus” (Wheels on the Bus by Paul O. Zelinsky )
“I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly” (There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback )
“Herman the Worm” (The Life and Tails of Herman the Worm by Charlene Oliver)
“My Aunt Came Back” (My Aunt Came Back by Pat Cummings)
“Old McDonald” (Old McDonald Had a Farm by Anne Kennedy)
“Hungry Caterpillar” (The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle)
“Five Little Monkeys“ (Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow)
“ABC Song” & “ABC Phonics Song” (Dr. Seuss’s ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book! by Dr. Seuss)
“Going on a Bear Hunt” (We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Helen Oxenbury & Michael Rosen)
“Icky Sticky Bubble Gum” (Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum by Lisa Wheeler)
“Make New Friends”, “The More We Get Together” & “Special Friends” (How to Be a Friend: A Guide to Making Friends and Keeping Them by Laurie Krasny Brown)
“Animal Sounds” (Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. & Eric Carle)
“Boom Chicka Boom” (Chicka Chicka Boom Boom – Classic Board Books by Bill Martin Jr. & John Archambault)
“Opposites Song” (Opposites by Sandra Boynton)
“Kwanzaa Song” (Jambo Mean Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book by Muriel Feelings )
“Wishy Washy Washer Woman” (Mrs. Wishy-Washy Book Collection by Joy Cowley)
“Nursery Rhyme Dance”, “Nursery Rhyme Medley” & “Baa Baa Black Sheep” (Favorite Nursery Rhymes from Mother Goose by Scott Gustafson)
Visit The Learning Station online where you can listen to song samples from our entire collection of award-winning CD’s!
