IDEAL AGE: 2+

Join the Dinosaur March with Laurie Berkner!

Let's all be dinosaurs and march together! Along the way, we can stop and eat our food and stop and take a rest! ROAR!

Get moving with music! Songs with instructions to pause and listen for the next step challenge children to pay attention and help them practice controlling their bodies.

IDEAL AGE: 3+

Dance your Feelings with American Ballet Theatre

Try a virtual ballet class with American Ballet Theatre, listen to a story, and scribble dance your feelings.

Helping children understand and label strong emotions helps them learn to manage their feelings and actions.

IDEAL AGE: 3+

Words in Action with 92Y Dance Education Laboratory

Turn movement into a game by pulling action words from a jar. Get the whole family involved to create a dance and see who has the most elaborate and unique moves!

Children build coordination and observational skills as they experience the power of dance to communicate actions, thoughts, and feelings.

IDEAL AGE: 2+

Jump like a Chipmunk with Laurie Berkner

Laurie Berkner meets a very special chipmunk while stopping for gas. A jumping song with an environmental twist!

Acting out a song encourages children to actively engage with the lyrics, which builds listening skills. Using different action words requires cognitive flexibility—an important school and life skill!

IDEAL AGE: 3+

Laurie Berkner Sings with CMOM!

Join Laurie Berkner on a wacky elevator ride with this playful, catchy song that builds with each verse. Don’t be surprised if you find yourself singing it the next time you are waiting for an elevator!

Singing with your child is a great way to bond, and helps children develop important communication and language skills from a very early age.

IDEAL AGE: 3+

A Storytime with Angelina Ballerina by Author Katharine Holabird

All Angelina wants to do is dance! Listen to this reading of Angelina Ballerina by author Katharine Holabird and be inspired to make a mouse-sized costume of your own!

By encouraging your child’s artistic choices you are helping them develop the confidence and self–esteem needed to express themselves creatively.

IDEAL AGE: 5+

Dance and Community with Camille A. Brown Dancers

Join CMOM partner Camille A. Brown & Dancers from the exhibition Let’s Dance! to learn about Social Dances.

Social dance is about community, connection, and cultural traditions. By creating and practicing movement, children better understand the universal language of dance.

IDEAL AGE: 3+

Mudras: A Dance Language from India

Learn a dance sign language from India called mudras, meaning “gestures”, with CMOM partner The Culture Tree and storyteller Akruti Babaria.

Through dance and movement children develop an awareness and understanding of other cultures and of the world outside themselves.

IDEAL AGE: 2+

Mi Body/Mi Cuerpo

Sing along with CMOM educators to learn movements that help keep us healthy everyday!

Weight-bearing activities like walking or marching are great for building strong bones, while physical activities like jumping improves lung capacity, bone density, muscle and heart strength. Physical activity habits established in childhood last a lifetime!