Dance Storytime

Toddler Read Alouds
Baby Danced the Polka by Karen Beaumont
Baby Rock, Baby Roll by Stella Blackstone
Dance With Me by Charles Smith
Dancing Feet by Lindsey Craig
Dancing in My Bones by Sylvia Andrews
Dinosaur Stomp by Paul Stickland
If You're Happy and You Know It by Jane Cabrera
Shake My Sillies Out by Raffi
Ten Go Tango by Arthur Dorros
Toddler Two-Step by Kathi Appelt
Toddlerobics by Zita Newcome
Twinkle Toes by Karen Katz
Wiggle Waggle by Jonathan London

Preschool Read Alouds
Ballerina by Peter Sis
Ballerina Bear by Shana Corey
Barnyard Dance by Sandra Boynton
Big Bear Ball by Joanne Ryder
Brontorina by James Howe
Down By the Cool of the Pool by Tony Mitton
Emily’s Dance Class by Claire Masurel
Farmyard Beat by Lindsey Craig
Frank Was a Monster Who Wanted to Dance by Keith Graves
Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andrae
Got to Dance by M. C. Helldorfer
Harriet Dancing by Ruth Symes
Hilda Must Be Dancing by Karma Wilson
Hokey Pokey by Sheila Hamanaka
How Can You Dance? by Rick Walton
I Am: I Am A Dancer by Eleanor Schick

Kindergarten Read Alouds
Ballerino Nate by Kimberly Bradley
Bats Around the Clock by Kathi Appelt
Belinda the Ballerina by Amy Young
Chicken Dance by Tammi Sauer
Dogs Don't Do Ballet by Anna Kemp
Dream Dancer by Jill Newsome
Fritz Danced the Fandango by Alicia Potter
Hokey Pokey: Another Prickly Love Story by Lisa Wheeler
Naughty Toes by Ann Bonwill
Rock'n'Roll Mole by Carolyn Crimi
Sock Monkeys Do the Monkey Monkey by William Winburn
Twist With A Burger, Jitter With A Bug by Linda Lowery Keep

Flannels, Songs and Story Extensions

Books That Translate Well Into Flannels
Henrietta the Clumsy Hippo by John Greaves
Hilda Must Be Dancing by Karma Wilson

Did You Ever See A Hippo?
(To the tune of: Did You Ever See A Lassie?)
Did you ever see a hippo?
A hippo, a hippo
Did you ever see a hippo dance this way and that?
Dance this way and that way
And this way and that way
Did you ever see a hippo dance this way and that?

... Hop this way and that?
... Twirl this way and that?
... Pose this way and that?

Hippo Hop Hokey Pokey
(To the tune of: Hokey Pokey)
You put your clean foot in
You take your dirty foot out
You put your clean foot in
and you squish all about
You do the Hippo Hop and then you hop down in the mud

Repeat with other body parts...

Tommy Thumbs
Tommy Thumbs up, Tommy Thumbs Down
Tommy thumbs dancing all around the town
Dance them on your shoulders, Dance them on your head
Dance them on your knees, then tuck them into bed