Northeast Texas Children's Museum

We were blessed this week to have the opportunity to visit the Northeast Texas Children's Museum in Commerce, Texas. During our stay, we learned about bubbles, solid/liquids/gases, oximeters, and surface tension. Then, we were treated to a plethora of learning stations where we played, explored, and observed our world around us. If you ever get the chance to visit this children's museum, take it...you will be glad you did! :)

Here is a show and some pictures of our fun day! Leave us a comment and let us know what you think! :)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_CGJElEYcj8eGpjdE5xNFZFN0U/view?usp=sharing

Buddy Day :)

Buddy Day Rocks! We had the best day on Friday playing and spending time with our friends. Thank you to Coach Frith, Coach Rivas, and Coach Sanders for such a great day! We will never forget the fun that we had together! Here are some pictures and a show from our day! We hope you like them! Leave us a comment and let us know what you think. Thank you! :)

https://animoto.com/play/0i4LqDuJhgen6QvqPnQSzA

Muffins for Mom

We had so much fun honoring our mothers today during our Muffins for Mom event! We served them a special snack, performed a Mother's Day program for them, and told them why we loved them in our Mother's Day show. Check out our videos from our special day and leave us a comment and let us know what you thought!

Pictures from our special day--

https://animoto.com/play/L90Vsx5LvBtmAQRrpaKojA

"Why We Love Our Moms" video--

https://vimeo.com/165731654

Muffins for Mom program--
https://vimeo.com/165788931

We hope you have a very Happy Mother's Day!

Music Around the World STEAMSchool Day 3--Africa

We had so much fun in our Music Around the World Class today! We began our morning by reviewing our songs from the past two days. Ask your child to sing "It's a Small World" and "Kookaburra" for you! We are really working hard to learn the words for these two songs. We also reviewed the song, "La Raspa" from Latin America. We had a great time working on keeping a steady beat, while shaking our maracas or scraping our guiros. Wow do our kids have rhythm! After a quick review, we jumped into learning all about our new country of the day--Africa!

           https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_CGJElEYcj8QmNMVzBwVzkxblE/view?usp=sharing

We were introduced to some special places from Africa and learned about a day in the life of a child from Africa on our Time for Kids website. Then, we were in for a fabulous treat--a visit from a real musician, Mr. Mark! Mr. Mark taught us about some of Africa's favorite instruments--drums! He played several different types of drums for us. We loved them all! Then, we enjoyed some traditional African music from the African Children's Choir. We were so inspired by these musical experiences that we decided to create our own African instruments--drums and shakers. Finally, we learned an African chant and our own rousing rendition of "This Little Light of Mine" complete with African drums and shakers! Here is a show of our morning together! Check it out and let us know what you think by leaving a comment below. We have also included some pictures from another great day! We hope that you enjoy them! Today was so much fun! We can't wait until next week! :) 

Music Around the World STEAMSchool Day 2--Latin America

What a fun day we had in our second day of Music Around the World! We learned about Latin America and the exciting music that this country has to offer. We were introduced to two of their favorite instruments the guiro and the maracas. We also enjoyed two of their favorite songs, "La Cucaracha" and "De Colores." Check out our video from our fun day and some of our favorite pictures.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_CGJElEYcj8TDM3SEUwMGc2SmM/view?usp=sharing

Music Around the World STEAMSchool Day 1--Australia

Welcome to our Music Around the World Club! I am so very excited that your child is joining me in this journey as we travel around the world exploring different countries and their unique music. I have two loves in life—music and children— so I could not be more thrilled to share this experience together with your child. We are going to learn to play instruments and sing songs from different countries. Then, we will share our music with you all at the end of our STEAMSchool. Thank you again for allowing me the privilege to work with your child. I can not wait to share this experience together!

We began our musical tour around the world today by talking about the universal language of music and how it can touch all hearts and help all people. Then, we enjoyed singing "It's a Small World" together before flying around the world to Australia. 

The land down under had a lot to offer us! We learned about everything from koala bears to kangaroos and spent a "day in the life" of a boy from Australia on the Time for Kids website. We were also introduced to two of Australia's favorite instruments--bilmas and digeridoos. After listening to one of Australia's traditional songs featuring these instruments, we made our very own bilmas and digeridoos. Boy were they cool too! Finally, we began learning the Australian song that we are going to perform, Kookaburra. It is a silly song that will make you giggle and laugh, while allowing you to soak up the unique sounds of the digeridoos and the bilmas. Here is a show of our first day together. Leave us a comment and let us know what you think about our first week in Music Around the World!

https://vimeo.com/165086512