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In All Kinds of Weather, Kids Make Music!
September 18th, 2009
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US $.01
If you are looking for a book to teach children music then this is a great and fun book. It is called In All Kinds of Weather, Kids Make Music! Sunny, Stormy, and Always Fun Music Activities for You and Your Child with CD (Audio). It is in the Kids Make Music Series and it is perfect for children ages 3-8.
This book features:
- 21 Easy-to-follow music activities that kids love!
- Activities include coloring pictures to enjoy the music!
- Delightful music for you and your child on the enclosed CD
- Adorable photographs
- Appealing patterns for puppet making and felt board visuals
- Engaging ideas for movement and instrument playing
- Special instrument-making sections
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You’re On!: Seven Plays in English and Spanish
September 17th, 2009
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You're On!: Seven Plays in English and Spanish is great for children in grade 4-10. These short plays, Spanish Edition, vary in length from 2 to 10 pages and range from fairly straightforward to complex to several very brief, poetic works that have an experimental-theater flavor. Difficulty of staging varies.
Gary Soto's "These Shoes of Mine/Estos zapatos mios," in which a boy gives his new shoes to his uncle and grows in understanding of his mother, could be mounted easily in most school venues. Denise Ruiz's "Jump In/Saltando" in which a young girl out jumps the unpleasant neighborhood double Dutch champion and earns a place for herself, requires both space sufficient for jumping and actors who can skip rope well.
Textual difficulty also varies: Oscar Hijuelos's elaborate "Christmas Fantasy/Fantasia de Navidad," about Santa's lost son, reads easily, while the text for Federico Garcia Lorca's "The Girl Who Waters Basil and the Very Inquisitive Prince/La nina que riega la albahaca y el principe pregunton," which rhymes in Spanish, is rendered a trifle incomprehensible in the English translation. Several of the shorter plays have elements of magical realism, and may be confusing to young audiences.
Nonetheless, these selections, especially if done bilingually, would be an intriguing presentation. While Barbara Winther's Plays from Hispanic Tales (Plays, Inc., 1998) gives an English-only rendition of one-act plays from both Spanish and Latin American sources, directors and students interested in more challenging scripts might want to consider You're On!-Ann Welton, Terminal Park Elementary School, Auburn, WA
About You're On!: Seven Plays in English and Spanish
Seven plays by noted Hispanic authors have been selected by Carlson, who also compiled Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Latino in the U.S. (1994). Each play is presented in both English and Spanish. Although the selections are short (anywhere from 3 to 10 pages), they vary greatly in complexity and style. Some feature contemporary scenes and straightforward dialogue like Gary Soto's "These Shoes of Mine."
Others, such as Pura Belpre's "Tropical Memories" and Alfonsina Storni's "A Dream in the Road," a play in mime, are more mood pieces. Both Denise Ruiz's "Jump In," featuring a double-Dutch jump rope contest, and Elena Castedo's allegorical "Luck," in which cast members climb up and down on chairs, provide plenty of opportunities for movement. Federico Garcia Lorica's folkloric piece is actually a reconstruction of a lost play that was first presented in the Spanish poet's home in 1923.
Finally, Oscar Hijuelos contributes a zany play featuring bumbling elves and Santa's lost son "Rico," which is sure to be a hit in grade-school Christmas pageants. This unique resource will enrich any library's performing arts collection and be especially useful for those libraries serving Latino communities. Annie Ayres
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