Princess Naomi Helps a Unicorn: A Dance-It-Out Creative Movement Story for Young Movers -Book for Speech Therapy

Princess Naomi Helps a Unicorn: A Dance-It-Out Creative Movement Story for Young Movers
Once Upon a Dance
Age 4 and up
Size 8.5 X 8.5 inches
Available in Paperback
A must have book that gets kids moving, stretching and learning.

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Unicorns and Horses and Snakes, oh my!
Princess Naomi Helps a Unicorn is a Mom's Choice Gold Award and Family Choice Award Recipient.

Interactive movement wrapped up in a charming story of sibling angst, anger management, compassion, and triumph.

Fed up with her annoying sister, Naomi storms out of the castle, only to discover a unicorn in need of help. With a sense of purpose, she quickly forgets her anger.

Ballerina Konora joins each page with movement suggestions. Kids can act out the story and practice dance fundamentals.

“Cheerful and heartwarming, this movement adventure will inspire creative expression through imagination.
—Mary Lanni, Librarian/Reviewer

Movement, technique, and dance concepts in this story include:
chassé forward
chassé sideways
leaps (grand jetés)
rond de jambe
leg lifts
cobra (back stretch)
twisting
muscle activation – on/off muscles
moving with emotion
concept of open/closed
concept of powerful movement
concept of low/medium/high

Major themes include sibling friendship, managing emotions, empathy, forgiveness, and helping.

The books can be used as a supplement for dance or theater studio classes or camps. Princess Naomi Helps a Unicorn would be pair well with themes such as dance, unicorns, princess tales, horses, mythical animals, flowers, and castles.

The Dance-It-Out! movement journeys are ideal for dance, pre-ballet, creative movement, preschool, daycare, early learning, physical education, homeschool, kindergarten, or first-grade activities. The full collection features male, female, and ungendered diverse characters. Books make a great gift for kids interested in dance, ballet, gymnastics, or yoga, or reluctant readers who enjoy getting up and moving.

With kind characters, subtle life lessons, and a positive role model in Ballerina Konora, teachers love the kid-approved, ready-made, easy additions to curriculum and lesson planning. Children at home adore the stories that “young readers will return to again and again” (—Reedsy).
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