Celebrating NAAPID In Ann Arbor Public Schools, we celebrate National African-American Parent Involvement Day (NAAPID). At King, this is an invitation to all parents to join our learning during the day! During our NAAPID window in the music classroom, our Kindergarten students read a book by Mary J. Blige called Mary Can! and practiced speaking things that we can do over a hip hop track to a steady beat. Celebrating Valentine's Day Some of our kiddos celebrated Valentine's Day by learning a dance that sounds like this: Heel, toe, on the line. Will you be my Valentine? Heel, toe, on the line. Maybe 'yah' or maybe 'nein!' Check out some of our kindergarteners dancing below:
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February is Black History Month! In our classroom we purposefully use songs, rhythms, and information from as many cultures as we can throughout the year. However, we do highlight BHM through our activities and in our bookshelf. Check back throughout the month to see our learning as it is happening! You can also see the books that we will be using in our classroom in our bookshelf, pictured below: The titles we are using this month:
Mary Can! by Mary J. Blige and illustrated by Ashleigh Corrin Creating History: Amazing Black Artists a Junior History Series book published by Bendon I Promise by LeBron James and illustrated by Niña Mata Change Sings by Amanda Gorman and illustrated by Loren Long We Shall Overcome: The Story of a Song by Debbie Levy and illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton How Sweet the Sound: African-American Songs for Children by Cheryl Hudson and Wade Hudson, illustrated by Floyd Cooper Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra by Andrea Pinkney and illustrated by Brian Pinkney I Am My History by Brian Keith Harris II, illustrated by C.J. Love I Am Enough by Grace Byers and illustrated by Keturah A. Bobo The Story of Rap by Editors of Caterpillar Books and illustrated by Lindsey Sagar Ella Elephant Scats Like That by Andy Blackman Hurwitz and illustrated by Andrew Cunningham |
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