Kids Jingle Bell Boogie (eBook)

Michael Fink (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025 | 1. Auflage
438 Seiten
Publishdrive (Verlag)
978-0-00-110774-8 (ISBN)

Infos

I wrote Kids Jingle Bell Boogie because I wanted to give families more than just another holiday story - I wanted to create a movement of joy.
A story that dances off the page, fills living rooms with laughter, and reminds every child that the magic of Christmas lives in their own heartbeat.

At the North Pole, everything is ready for Santa's big Christmas celebration - the Jingle Bell Boogie, a tradition that brings elves, reindeer, and children together for one unforgettable night of rhythm and fun. But just as the first snowflake lands, something goes wrong: the music disappears. The bells stop ringing. The sleigh won't lift.

That's when a little dancer named Mia (or your child's name, if you wish) finds a single glowing bell in the snow. With every shake and shuffle, its sound grows brighter - and soon the entire North Pole begins to move again.

What follows is a joyful, heartwarming journey through rhythm, courage, and kindness. The elves rediscover their beat, the reindeer remember how to groove, and even Santa learns a few new steps! But most importantly, Mia learns that the true rhythm of Christmas doesn't come from the sky - it comes from the joy we share, the laughter we spread, and the kindness we choose.

Kids Jingle Bell Boogie is more than a Christmas story - it's a holiday celebration of movement, emotion, and connection. It's the perfect read-aloud adventure for families, classrooms, and cozy nights by the fire.

Every page invites you to stomp, clap, and giggle along.
Every word carries the pulse of Christmas magic.
And every reader, young or old, becomes part of the dance.

✨ Why This Book Is Necessary (8 Benefits)

Encourages Active Joy - Combines storytelling with rhythm and gentle movement to keep kids engaged.

Strengthens Family Connection - Perfect for shared reading, dancing, and laughter during the holidays.

Promotes Emotional Expression - Helps children express joy, excitement, and energy in creative ways.

Teaches Kindness Through Action - Shows that joy grows brighter when shared with others.

Supports Classroom Creativity - Ideal for teachers and music educators seeking interactive Christmas activities.

Balances Energy & Calm - Exciting to read, yet ends with peaceful reflection - ideal for bedtime.

Creates Holiday Traditions - Designed to become a beloved family ritual every Christmas season.

Evergreen Appeal - A timeless Christmas story that never goes out of rhythm.

Textauszug

PREFACE

Listen. Do you hear it? That bright silver shimmer threading through the air like sunshine on fresh snow. It starts small, a single jingle bell tapping time in a mittened hand. Then another chimes in, and another, until a soft chorus gathers at the edges of the room. Feet begin to whisper against the floor—shuffle, slide, stomp—and soon the whole space is breathing with rhythm. Light twinkles at the window. A scarf lifts, swirls, floats down like a snowflake. A giggle bubbles up. And somewhere in the middle of it all, a child who woke up shy this morning finds their smile and lets it dance.

Welcome to Kids Jingle Bell Boogie: Dance, Spin, and Shake to the Happiest Christmas Beat in Town! This book is an invitation, a warm cup of cocoa for the body and the imagination. Whether you are a parent, teacher, caregiver, grandparent, or a curious kid turning pages with bright eyes and wiggly toes, you are home here. This is where we make music with our elbows and knees. This is where we practice joy until it becomes a muscle memory. This is where we move together toward the brightest part of the season.

A Warm Welcome to Our Winter Dance

Perhaps you found this book because the holidays approach and you’re longing for a tradition that isn’t just tied up with ribbons and lists. Perhaps you are looking for something you can do together that doesn’t require perfect weather, large budgets, or the elusive “free weekend.” Perhaps you teach a classroom full of excited winter spirits and want to channel all that tinsel energy into something meaningful, something that cultivates cooperation, kindness, imagination, and a sense of belonging.

Take a breath in with me now. Feel it fill your rib cage, down to your belly. Let it out like a sigh that frosts the air. Inside that breath is music. Inside that breath is possibility.

Dance has a way of turning ordinary moments into extraordinary ones. When we dance, we don’t just move. We tell stories without words. We practice listening, to sounds and to ourselves. We learn where we begin and end—and how our edges meet other people’s edges in space with respect and delight. For children, dance is a natural language, a first vocabulary they had before words. And in the holiday season, when everything sparkles a little brighter, dance gives that sparkle a path through the body.

Why This Book, Why Now

We are living in a time of dazzling abundance and persistent disconnection. Screens flicker. Schedules overflow. Adults are tired, and kids are often caught in the current, bouncing from one obligation to another like ornaments in a box. The holidays, in all their beauty, can sometimes amplify this feeling—so many expectations, so many performances, so many comparisons.

In the world of dance and movement, we have a responsibility and an opportunity. We know that the body is more than a vehicle; it is a home. Movement is more than exercise; it is expression. Joy is more than mood; it is knowledge that we carry and use. Dance can be a place where children learn to trust their instincts and collaborate with others, where they practice empathy and learn to regulate their energy, where their creativity is welcomed rather than managed.

Why now? Because kids need safe, structured ways to move their big feelings. Because play connects families and classrooms in ways that lectures cannot. Because rhythm can anchor us when the world feels loud. Because traditions rooted in presence and participation are the ones that last.

Research supports what instinct tells us: movement enhances learning. It strengthens neural pathways, improves focus, supports language acquisition, and nurtures emotional intelligence. It builds strength, balance, coordination, and resilience—all while inviting laughter and wonder. When dance is framed as play, as exploration, as a cultural celebration, it also becomes accessible to children of every background, body, ability, and temperament.

Still, most of us weren’t taught how to translate “wiggle time” into meaningful movement. We might think dance means mirrors and strict routines. We might think confidence comes from getting it right. In truth, for children, confidence grows in the soil of trying, giggling, and trying again; in the feeling of a caregiver’s eyes lighting up with pride; in the thrill of a shared beat. This book exists to guide you, step by delightful step, into that world.

The Challenges You’ve Faced and the Wishes You Hold

If you are holding this book, you probably already know the twin realities of the holiday season: magic and mayhem. Perhaps you see one child who can’t seem to sit still and another who feels overwhelmed by sound. Maybe you are leading a group with a wide range of ages, abilities, and attention spans, and you want an activity that honors every child. You might be thinking, “I am not a dancer,” or “Our space is small,” or “What if they don’t follow along?”

These are some of the challenges we hear most often:

• Our kids are full of energy but don’t have an outlet, especially in colder months.

• Some children feel shy, anxious, or shut down in group activities and need gentle on-ramps to participation.

• We want holiday activities that are meaningful, not just “busy.” We want less sugar rush, more heart.

• We don’t have elaborate equipment or professional training, but we want to feel capable and confident leading movement.

• We need activities that can work in living rooms, classrooms, libraries, community centers, and places of worship.

• Our group includes kids with different sensory preferences and diverse abilities. We want inclusive options and clear modifications.

• We crave a ritual that brings us together—something playful that we can repeat year after year, a strand of memory that will hold long after the season ends.

If you see yourself in any of those, exhale. You are not alone. This book was built with those realities in mind. Every routine, game, and exercise is designed to be flexible, adaptable, and joyful.

And what about the wishes? They are tender and fierce, often the same in every setting:

• You want your child or your students to feel brave, to feel the pride of mastering a sequence, the freedom of improvisation, the safety of being seen.

• You want to create a tradition that doesn’t hinge on perfection or performance, but on process—on being together, laughing together, growing together.

• You want to see kids light up from the inside, to hear the jingle of a bell and watch their shoulders drop because their body recognizes a rhythm that says, “You belong here.”

In these pages, we take those wishes seriously. They are the compass that points us toward the heart of this book.

My Story: Bells on My Wrists

I come to you as a dance educator, a choreographer, a coach, and a longtime believer in the wisdom of play. But before any of those titles, I was a kid who needed to move. I was the child who tapped toes to every song on the radio, who stirred hot cocoa with her hips as much as with a spoon, who draped scarves from the kitchen drawer and turned the hallway into a stage.

The first jingle bells in my life were stitched onto a ribbon by my grandmother. She tucked them into my stocking with a handwritten note: “For your feet and your heart.” They were simple—three small bells, bright silver, tied at the ends with red thread. That winter, my grandmother showed me how to listen to their sound. “You don’t make them jingle by shaking,” she said softly, her hands guiding mine. “You make them jingle by breathing with them.”

I was too little to understand fully, but I felt it. When I moved with intention—in rhythm with the bell, in rhythm with my breath—the sound became more than noise. It became communication. It told me when I was stomping too hard or moving too fast. It told me when to soften and when to leap.

Years later, as I began teaching children, those bells came out of storage and found a second life. I watched as children who struggled to follow a beat suddenly discovered it, not because they were forced to count, but because the bell met them where they were. I saw shy children slip the ribbon onto their wrists and smile at the soft chime as their hands painted arcs in the air. I saw tough days lighten when we let the bells be silly, when we let them be snow and sleigh and stars.

I’ve taught in big studios with mirrored walls and in tiny classrooms where the only available space was a cleared corner near the reading rug. I’ve taught in community centers, church basements, living rooms, libraries, and school gyms. I’ve worked with children who zoom with the momentum of comets and children who move like careful cats, with neurodivergent learners who hear the world intensely and kids who require clear, predictable patterns to feel safe. In every environment, during every December, the sweetest success is the same: that moment when the room shares a beat. It could be a “freeze” that brings us all to stillness at once, or a chorus of soft bells as scarves float down like snow. It could be a spontaneous cheer when a child invents a new step and the group follows.

The holidays taught me another truth: ritual feeds the soul. Predictable movement rituals—Jingle In, Boogie Time,...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.11.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch
• ISBN-10: 0-00-110774-7 / 0001107747
• ISBN-13: 978-0-00-110774-8 / 9780001107748