“Sing and Dance in Your Polka Dot Pants”
“Sing and Dance in Your Polka Dot Pants” by Eric Litwin
Potential Experience Themes: Relationships with familiar adults, gross motor, engagement & persistence, phonological awareness (rhyming & conversational pattern), and gross motor skills.
Visual and performing art: recreating dance moves, descriptive language visual (polka dot, etc) and directive (following spoken dance move directions).
Health/safety and community: listening & following directions, resilience, family engagement & including others.
Before Reading this Book: This book was written with active engagement in mind! Read the book and practice how to do the dances portrayed throughout the book(they are inspired by real dances!). Prepare to dance and sing as you read. There is even a recording of the author reading and singing the book you can use to free yourself up to dance with the children and ask connection questions!
Sample Read Aloud:
Sample Song Parings:
“Polka Dot Pants Dance” by Eric Litwin
“Read aloud” recording by the author and more resources available on the thenutfamily.com website!
“Run Baby Run” by Caspar Babypants
“Listen and Move” by Greg and Steve
“Space bubble boogie” by Sweet Tunes
Songs About Family:
“My Family” by The Laurie Berkner Band
“Skinnamarink” by Sharon Lois and Bram
“I Love You, You Love Me” by Baby Bus Nursery Rhymes
“:Goodnight” by Sweet Tunes
Songs about engagement and resilience
“ABC Revisited” by Sweet Tunes
“Hooray for the Itsy Bitsy Spider” by Sweet Tunes
Multi Sensory Activity Examples:
