Sort the Shapes Lesson Plan

Objective: Learn different shapes.  Materials:  Shape Sorting Handout  Scissors   Markers/Crayons/Colored Pencils   Step 1: Download and print the Shape Sorting Handout   Step 2: Color the shapes different colors  Step 3: Cut the shapes out  Step 4: Scatter the shapes around you   Step 5: Begin sorting the shapes into categories, or by colors   Senses Engaged:   Sight   Touch Share …

Hazel Scott: Piano Prodigy and Civil Rights Activist

  Hazel Scott was a child prodigy classically trained on the piano. She was known as the “Darling of Café Society,” which was an integrated nightclub in Greenwich Village, New York. Hazel was born on June 11, 1920 in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Her father, R. Thomas Scott, was a West African Scholar and her mother, Alma …

Introduction to Margaret Bonds

Margaret Bonds was born on March 3, 1913 in Chicago, Illinois. Her father was a physician, and her mother was a piano teacher and church choral director. Margaret’s mother started teaching her piano at a very young age. When Margaret was 8 years old, she started studying at the Coleridge-Taylor Music School. (Remember Samuel …

George Bridgetower: Violin Virtuoso

Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons George Bridgetower was a violin virtuoso who lived from 1778 – 1860. He is most well-known for his friendship with Beethoven, but George himself was a highly accomplish prodigy who even earned the recognition of King George IV.   George was half Eastern European and half West Indian. His …

Making a Sensory Bottle

Caption *This project requires parental supervision   Objectives: Create a calming, colorful object  Materials:   Sealed Water Bottle   Hot Glue   Piece of printer paper  Accessories   Glitter   Googly Eyes   Colored Rubber Bands   Food Coloring  Directions: Step 1: Break the Seal on the Water Bottle  Step 2: Pour about half of the water bottle out  Step 3: Cut the …

Leontyne Price: An International Opera Star

Leontyne Price is a remarkable, highly decorated singer who broke many color barriers in the world of opera. She was born Mary Violent Leontyne Price on February 10, 1928 in Laurel, Mississippi. Her mother played a huge role in fostering her musical talents as she herself was a soprano, though she worked …