Using children’s illustration books to inspire movement

A few weeks ago, director, choreographer and dancer Kayuen ran a HKYAF workshop series for teachers and parents named The Body’s Possibilities.

One of the more popular sections was how to use children’s storybooks as stimulus for fun games that encourage creative physical movement and rhythm among 4 – 6 year old children!

Kayuen brought in an array of storybooks that were particularly inspiring and lots of people have since asked us for the list of books. Well, here they are:

• «風是什麼顏色?» 安．艾珀/圖文 «De quelle couleur est le vent? » Anne Herbauts
• «想要不一樣» 童嘉/著
• «我喜歡你» 沃博齊華絲特/著 «I Like You» Sandol Stoddard Warburg
• «媽媽在哪兒» 王春子/圖文
• «聽見了嗎？» 蓜島伸彥/圖文 «きこえ» Nobuhiko Haijima
• «跟著線條走» 羅拉．朗菲斯特 «Follow the line» Laura Ljungkvist
• «愛取名字的老太太» 辛西亞．勞倫特 «The Old Woman Who Named Things» Cynthia Rylant
• «The Book with a Hole» Herve Tullet

And a few reference books for working with children and the importance of nurturing creative movement:

• «你的四歲孩子» «Your Four-Year-Old: Wild and Wonderful» Louise Bates Ames
• «非常愛跳舞：創造性舞蹈的心體驗» 李宗芹
• «大人有時候要聽小孩的話: 兒童哲學教授與女兒的童言故事集 » Listen to your child : a collection of children’s stories with a professor of philosophy for children and his daughter 楊茂秀

• «身體美學：讓你的身心永遠從容自得» 蔣勳

• «為什麼孩子要上學» 大江健三郎

We have since received great positive feedback from participants! To hear about future workshops, sign up to our email list at hkyaf.com.