Love, Move, Play: The Power of Creative Dance in Early Childhood (paperback)

$36.75

by Patricia Reedy

This book was written for teaching artists, early childhood educators, parents, and caregivers. It offers a framework of child development through the theoretical lenses of attachment theory, basic neurocellular movement patterns, Vygotsky and Piaget, and Universal Design for Learning, as well as the dance contributions of H’Doubler and Laban. It serves as a textbook for workshops offered at Luna Dance & Creativity and contains observation, reflection, and movement activities to guide adult learning about how children innately use relationships, movement, and play to develop their bodies, minds, and emotions.

Designed to accompany Luna’s Love, Move, Play: Dance in Early Childhood course. See below for course details.

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“The author’s deep understanding of young children and dance/movement arising within their lived experience at Luna—together with evidence-based research—offers a different way of knowing that most teachers of young children have been exposed to. This is a bok to return to again and again.”

– Susan Stinson, Professor Emeritus, University of North Carolina – Greensboro

 

“For every adult who has watched a child spin across the room and wondered how to nurture that instinct, this book is your guide.”

– Tanya Taylor, ECE Project Director, Marin County Office of Education

 

“With in-depth understandings of human development alongside choreography and creative inquiry, this bok offers a framework that is both rigorous and responsive, placing children at the center of their learning.”

– Dr. Chell Parkins, Arnhold Director of Dance Education, University of Wisconsin – Madison