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Sora the cricket searches for inspiration and finds beauty and imagination. Will it be enough to awaken a song?
Readers are invited to stretch, balance, jump, and move along with all the creatures in this delightful story of perseverance and celebrating your own unique voice. An enchanting resource for kindergarten and first-grade classroom and dance teachers.
Sora Searches for a Song is ideal for ages 5-8. It features Sora the cricket (no pronouns), birds, fish, frogs, dragonflies, turtles, snakes and more. As students move along with the characters and Ballerina Konora, they experience head/tail connection, tall/dynamic posture, vestibular action, balance, sharp versus smooth movements, partnering, and following the leader.
Sora Searches for a Song: Little Cricket’s Imagination Journey teaches children to believe in themselves despite what others say about them. It also shows children the power of imagination.
This is a story about a little cricket named Sora who is unable to sing like all the other crickets. Sora really wants to sing and searches for a song deep inside, but fails. "You've got no imagination," is what all the other crickets tell Sora. And Sora believes them.
But something happens - when waking up from sleep, Sora transforms into a bird, then a fish, then a tree. And through this transformation, Sora finds a beautiful, original, melodious song!
As with her previous books, the author not only tells a story with a great lesson, but incorporates dance steps. The dance steps relate to the words on each page. As you read, you can dance. If you are a dancer, you will enjoy this aspect. (You can also just read the story and dance later!)
The story address two topics - belief in oneself and the power of imagination!
Young children will be surrounded by people who blossom at different times in life and it's important for them to know and be reminded their time will come. It's also important to teach them be confident, know their strengths, and not to let anyone take that away from them. We should teach children to ignore those who bring them down; who don't encourage them. Most importantly, children should love and accept themselves.
Young readers also learn how their imagination can transform them into anything they want to be!
The story teaches these lessons not only through the words, but through the illustrations and dance forms as well.
The story has a great flow from beginning to end. You keep reading until the end. Nice work!
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Synopsis
Sora the cricket searches for inspiration and finds beauty and imagination. Will it be enough to awaken a song?
Readers are invited to stretch, balance, jump, and move along with all the creatures in this delightful story of perseverance and celebrating your own unique voice. An enchanting resource for kindergarten and first-grade classroom and dance teachers.
Sora Searches for a Song is ideal for ages 5-8. It features Sora the cricket (no pronouns), birds, fish, frogs, dragonflies, turtles, snakes and more. As students move along with the characters and Ballerina Konora, they experience head/tail connection, tall/dynamic posture, vestibular action, balance, sharp versus smooth movements, partnering, and following the leader.
About the author
—> 28 books to spark imagination and inspire children to MOVE, breathe, and connect —> Created by a mom-daughter team passionate about books and dance, who donate royalties —> Visit DanceStories.com for details/local sellers. Also available via your local bookstore, library, Amazon, or Bookshop.org. view profile
Published on May 01, 2023
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Genre: Children's
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