Done with or without partner. Swinging Toddler-preschooler and partner stand separately facing each other at least 3 feet apart. Legs far enough apart to maintain balance. Arms begin down at sides and swing together to one side then swing together down in front, knees relax and bend, and then both arms swing up to the other side, knees straightening. Head turns to look at the movement of arms swinging to side, down in front and up to other side.
Joyful movement arises as the partner recites and the child moves.
Dalcroze Eurhythmics is another study in music and movement interaction that I recommend. Cecchetti ballet through Barre VII with Carol Lynn , also at The Peabody, ballet with Helene Breazeale , 1961-1962. Piano instruction and music theory with Patricia McKinsey, a graduate of the Peabody Conservatory of Music, Baltimore, Maryland, 1955-1959. Dance specialist with toddlers, teens, adults and those challenged since 1965.