47. Paddling, painting, and poetry!

Join us for this sneak peek inside our summer "Four Seasons" Curriculum. We’ll share a song, learn a bit about Monet, imagine a summery sunball fight, and make a hypothesis about objects that will float or sink.

To join is inside our Four Seasons Curriculum go to www.clapforclassics.com/fourseasons.  Get 20% off the curriculum for a limited time by using the code “SUMMER2023" at checkout.

Optional props for this episode.

• Music: grab rhythm sticks and a box or basket that your little one can sit in and pretend it's a boat.
• Poetry: scarf

STEM: a bunch of small objects that are made of different materials to test if they will sink or float. 

Paddling my Canoe, Traditional Iroquois song (found in Sing through the Seasons: ninety-nine songs for children, compiled and edited by the Society of Brothers)

Gay-o way-o wa-ji-ne_ he-ya he,

Paddling my canoe

Gay-o way-o wa-ji-ne_

He-ya he-ya he,

Paddling my canoe,

Paddling my canoe.

(sing twice)

Sunflakes by Frank Asch 

If sunlight fell like snowflakes,

gleaming yellow and so bright,

we could build a sunman,

we could have a sunball fight,

we could watch the sunflakes drifting in the sky.

We could go sleighing in the middle of July

through sundrifts and sunbanks,

we could ride a sunmobile,

and we could touch sunflakes—

I wonder how they'd feel.

To learn even more details about our Summer Four Seasons Curriculum check out this blog post: https://www.clapforclassics.com/blog/summer

Episode 24 of the podcast includes another song from our summer four seasons course: https://www.clapforclassics.com/podcasts/clap-for-classics/episodes/2147767173

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