Sensory boxes Objective: Increase the development of fine motor skills Materials: Empty shoe box Sand/Rice/Beans/Pasta Small toys Image, by Alex Kovalchuk, via Pexels Sensory boxes Objective: Increase the development of fine motor skills Materials: Empty shoe box Sand/Rice/Beans/Pasta Small toys Step 1: Find an empty box Step 2: Fill the box with …
Objective: Encourage a love of baking and cooking in children, and familiarity with objects in the kitchen. This is a “counting” project where children are able to learn numbers and amounts. Materials: Set of Measuring Cups Rice or beans Wooden Spoon by Polina Tankilevitch, via Pexels Step 1: Fill a large bowl …
Objective: Encourages a love of baking and allows for freedom of creativity that can be added to the top of baked goods. Rainbow clay, by Alexandar Grey, via Pexels Materials: 1lb bag of Confectioners’ Sugar ½ tsp salt 1/3 cup light corn syrup 1/3 cup butter 1 tsp vanilla …
Robert McFerrin Sr. was the first Black man to sing at the Metropolitan Opera. He won the Met National Auditions in 1953, and his debut was in “Aida” in 1955, in the role of Amonasro. This was 3 weeks after Marian Anderson’s historic debut as the first Black person to sing …
Nina Simone in 1965 , CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Nina Simone was a legendary musician known as the “High Priestess of Soul” because of her hypnotizing voice and ability to make the listener become completely absorbed in her music. Her first hit was “I Loves You Porgy” in 1959, and …
Ragtime is a novel turned into a musical that tells the story of American Americans, immigrants, and wealthy Americans. It touches upon subjects like racism, class distinction, political corruption, and police brutality. One of its most iconic songs is “Make them hear you.” This song is about telling the stories of …
Marian Anderson was a contralto singer who overcame Jim Crow America to become one of the most legendary singers in history. Born in Philadelphia in 1897, Marian started her singing career in the Union Baptist Church youth choir. The conductor, impressed by Marian’s talented voice and ability to sing any part of a hymn, whether it …
Florence Price composed over 300 musical works, and she became the first African-American woman to be recognized as a symphony composer. Price was well aware of the obstacles she would face, as evidenced by her letter to Serge Koussevitzky, a legendary conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, where she said, …
