There are many ways to celebrate diversity and honor a multicultural classroom. Help create a classroom environment that has students explore and appreciate other cultures and diversity. Allow students to break through cultural barriers, so they learn to appreciate different ways of celebrating or communicating, and bring the classroom community closer together.
Check out unusual art around the world, from micro sculptures in pencils to butter carvings, on HGTV.com.
Are you looking for around the world games to play with your kids and as a family. I have some fun ideas! We recetnly went on our local morning show here in Dallas (Good Morning
I love that books can transport us; even without leaving home. In my ideal world, I’d read a different…
A Charlotte Mason Singing Lesson Before we begin A Charlotte Mason Singing Lesson … First, I explain why I’m focusing subject by subject. Also, I include Charlotte Mason quotes because I find her original lectures on education to be awe inspiring and helpful. Next, please keep reading to see the break down of implementing lessons, the schedule, […]
From Richard Rogers to Habitat and Ikea, the influence of the Bauhaus school is everywhere. So why is its charismatic founder, Walter Gropius, still so widely misunderstood?
Experience the vibrant fusion of music and crafts as we share world cultures. Dive into a captivating journey of creativity and global understanding.
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Are you tough enough to mess with them? PODCAST Extra! Extra! Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst vs. the newsboys! Pandemonium in the streets! One hot summer in July 1899, thousands of corner newsboys went on strike against the New York Journal and the New York World. Throngs filled the streets of downtown Manhattan for… Read More
Edelweiss Flower Craft for Kids. Great preschool or kindergarten activity for studying Switzerland, Austria, the Alps, Heidi, or the Sound of Music.
New World Symphony (Largo) | Free Piano Sheet Music (Digital Print) - Visit MakingMusicFun.net for more free and premium sheet music, music lesson plans, great composer resources, and more.
Fair warning: some bawdiness follows. Despite the editors of ancient manuscripts, real people in the ancient world weren’t above off color jokes.
Abstract Music Listening Lesson for Young Students: Niko Draws a Feeling. Organized Chaos. Full lesson plan using the book to help elementary music students represent abstract concepts, moods, and feelings in their art in response to music.
MSNBC is reporting that Australian band Men at Work copied a well-known children’s campfire song for the flute melody in its 1980s hit “Down Under” and owes the owner years of royalties. “Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree” was written more than 70 years ago by Australian teacher Marion Sinclair for a Girl Guides competition. Federal Court Justice Peter Jacobson said, “I have come to the view that the flute riff in “Down Under” ... infringes on the copyright of Kookaburra because it replicates in material form a substantial part of Ms. Sinclair’s 1935 work,”He ordered the parties back in court Feb. 25 to discuss the compensation Larrikin should receive from songwriters Colin Hay and Ron Strykert and Men at Work’s record companies Sony/BMG Entertainment and EMI. Justiced served! In other news, I do still think "Down Under" is a worthy jam.
Valentines Day is commonly called "Singles Awareness Day" among singles. Here are 45 memes that describe how YSA singles feel about Valentines Day!
Try this fun We'll Bring the World His Truth cup stacking singing time idea to give a meaningful representation of the song lyrics for LDS Primary music leaders
I'll never tire of making printable tags for junk journals. I started out to make tags with a St. Patrick's Day theme. However, I ended up making tags that, for the most part, feature greens (not nece
Fun and easy activities for raising global kids! Our site features a large resource of kids activities about the world. Through recipes, art, books and more explore the world with your child in your home.
The Warmest Euphonium in the World!: I made a cosy for my euphonium (a half-size tuba) to help keep it warm. I used exactly 245 meters of worsted weight yarn, and used mainly knitting to cover it, but also did some basic wrapping around some of the smaller slides, as there is not much …
How do people around the world make music? In some really amazing, beautiful, and diverse ways! The instruments used to make music around the globe are also quite diverse and often made from uniqu…
Make mini drums from K-Cups with this adorable kids' craft inspired by Drum Dream Girl! Part of the Family Dinner Book Club online book club for kids and families.
Tanabata 七夕 Tanabata 七夕 is a Japanese holiday that is celebrated on July 7th every year. (Although in some places in Japan it is celebrated in August). This holiday came about because of a romantic story that was created based on the stars Vega and Altair who are closest to each other on the 7th day of the 7th month
Make this viking people craft with paper, crayons, glue and scissors. Then color a map of the Viking raiding and trading routes along with some settlements.
We are now officially halfway through our trip around the world through art. Our artwork today is one I had the pleasure of seeing firsthand on my New York trip over the summer. Our feet
Read our little global citizen summer bucket list and get your free Around the World in 12 Kids' Activities booklet, with crafts, recipes, and games.
Mini-Calliope Organ: Introduction Hello Everyone, First, I would like to thank you for viewing my instructable. And, if you enjoyed it, please give me a vote! Thanks.... Although the project seems complicated, many of the parts and components are identical, so laying…
It's a miracle that any of us survived childhood in the 1960s!
Varo, the star of a new Art Institute of Chicago exhibition, created fantastical scenes that explored mystical realms and higher states of consciousness.
This northern lights art project for kids is so fun and easy as your child learns the science behind why the Aurora Borealis are formed.
Make an easy DIY Girl Scout Thinking Day costume for Scandinavian countries like Iceland, but also Norway, Denmark, Finland or even Switzerland, Germany, and Poland
Music has no language and it binds us all, especially children would love music and would also love to try their hand in musical instruments. Here are