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Repost: Wind in the Willows
A holiday weekend favorite, Wind in the Willows was originally posted on 7/8/09. Kids are pretty resourceful when it comes to crafting something out of nothing. A stick transforms into a sword, a horse, a wand, a baton and the list goes on. Today ...
Ode to the Pumpkin: Day 1
This week we’re honoring the picturesque pumpkin. This is a fruit of legend and lore, found in fairy tales and nursery rhymes, both celebration decoration and autumnal feast. Today, we’ll start at the beginning…in the pumpkin pat...
Ode to the Alphabet: Song
“The A.B.C., a German air with variations for the flute with an easy accompaniment for the piano forte” - this was the original title of what we now refer to simply as “the alphabet song.” The song was first copyrighted in 18...
Well Don’t You Look Pretty
Illustration: Contes, Rondes et Fables pour les petits, published by Louis Bellenand Fontenay-aux-Roses, circa 1935 I was excited to stumble upon The Visual Telling of Stories, an educational site “dedicated to the understanding of the Visual N...
Pump Up the Volume
One of the funniest, albeit unintentionally so, vintage books I have in my library is a little tome entitled A Treasury of Play Ideas for Tiny Tots by Caroline Horowitz. Perhaps in 1947 activities like ‘Button in My Box’ (Place a button i...
Just Can’t Beat It
In memoriam. Here’s to happier days. A psychedelic animated performance of the Jackson 5ive’s hit song ABC on their Saturday morning cartoon show that ran from 1971-73. And the folks at Threadless have just re-released their Beat It T-...
Wind in the Willows
Kids are pretty resourceful when it comes to crafting something out of nothing. A stick transforms into a sword, a horse, a wand, a baton and the list goes on. Today let’s look at transforming that stick into a whistle. I have three wood whi...
Rattle and Hum
A little holiday withdrawal got you down? Valentine’s Day is still a couple weeks off but have no fear my friends, this Wednesday, January 28, 2009 is National Kazoo Day. The kazoo, that most egalitarian of all instruments, where no experienc...
With Sprinkles on Top
A heads-up for Junior Society readers in the NYC area, one of my favorite ‘kindie rock’ bands, The Jimmies, will be giving a FREE (the magic word) concert this Saturday, June 21st at Washington Irving High School. These guys (and one ga...
