NewsJuly 8, 2019
Scenes from the Movin' and Groovin' dance program Monday, July 8, 2019, at the Cape Girardeau Public Library. Youth Services Coordinator Sharon Anderson said singing and rhyming are early literacy skills for kids to learn. "Rhyming they learn to, you know, hear those little parts of words and put them together and take them apart," Anderson said. She said at least 60 kids were in attendance at the annual event.
Myka Long, 1, of Cape Girardeau, dances with the assistance of her mother Shauna Long next to Katie Blattel of Cape Girardeau and her son Harrison Blattel, 3, during a Movin' and Groovin' dance program Monday, July 8, 2019, at the Cape Girardeau Public Library. 
Myka Long, 1, of Cape Girardeau, dances with the assistance of her mother Shauna Long next to Katie Blattel of Cape Girardeau and her son Harrison Blattel, 3, during a Movin' and Groovin' dance program Monday, July 8, 2019, at the Cape Girardeau Public Library. 
Whitney Vines of Cape Girardeau and her son Gavin Vines, 8 months, take part in a Movin' and Groovin' dance program Monday, July 8, 2019, at the Cape Girardeau Public Library.
Whitney Vines of Cape Girardeau and her son Gavin Vines, 8 months, take part in a Movin' and Groovin' dance program Monday, July 8, 2019, at the Cape Girardeau Public Library.
Charlotte Ross, 2, of Jackson, dances during a Movin' and Groovin' dance program Monday, July 8, 2019, at the Cape Girardeau Public Library. 
Charlotte Ross, 2, of Jackson, dances during a Movin' and Groovin' dance program Monday, July 8, 2019, at the Cape Girardeau Public Library. 
Danielle Schremp of Jackson with her son Cullen Turner, 1, both on left, and Whitney Vines of Cape Girardeau with her son Gavin Vines, 8 months, take part in a Movin' and Groovin' dance program Monday, July 8, 2019, at the Cape Girardeau Public Library. 
Danielle Schremp of Jackson with her son Cullen Turner, 1, both on left, and Whitney Vines of Cape Girardeau with her son Gavin Vines, 8 months, take part in a Movin' and Groovin' dance program Monday, July 8, 2019, at the Cape Girardeau Public Library. 
Children gather under a "parachute" during a Movin' and Groovin' dance program Monday, July 8, 2019, at the Cape Girardeau Public Library. 
Children gather under a "parachute" during a Movin' and Groovin' dance program Monday, July 8, 2019, at the Cape Girardeau Public Library. 
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Scenes from the Movin' and Groovin' dance program Monday, July 8, 2019, at the Cape Girardeau Public Library. Youth Services Coordinator Sharon Anderson said singing and rhyming are early literacy skills for kids to learn. "Rhyming they learn to, you know, hear those little parts of words and put them together and take them apart," Anderson said. She said at least 60 kids were in attendance at the annual event.

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