Dynamic Play and Creative Movement

Dynamic Play and Creative Movement offers effective and accessible methods to supplement elementary education for young children using dance, movement, and play.

Judith Peck, professor emerita of art, is a sculptor and author with work in eighty collections, including the Yale Gallery of Art, the Ghetto Fighters Museum in Israel, libraries, universities, and cultural and religious institutions here and abroad. Dr. Peck has published 8 non-fiction books and 2 children's books and authored a story collection and screenplay. She holds a doctoral degree from New York University and two masters degrees from Columbia University. She is completing a 4th novel about an art therapist involved in a school shooting. Judith lives in Mahwah, New Jersey.

Part One: Dynamic Play 1. Journey of Discovery 2. Channeling Physical Energy, Imagination and Expression 3. Imagination: Origin of Individuality 4. Getting Started 5. Questions and Answers Part Two: Movement and Brain Connections 6. Brain Plasticity and Exercise 7. The Developing Brain 8. The Brain, Movement and Dance Part Three: The Creative Conquest of Space 9. Taking Off 10. Ground Instruments 11. Flight Patterns Part Four: Improvisations 12. Getting Started 13. Improvisations on Nature 14. Improvisations on the Seasons 15. Improvisations on the Visual Arts 16. Improvisations on the Performing Arts 17. Improvisations on Holidays 18. School Projects 19. Fun and Games Part Five: Creative Movement Plays 20. Dramatic Plays 21. The Stories