castanets, percussion instrument of the clapper family, consisting of two hollowed-out pear-shaped pieces of hardwood, ivory, or other substance hinged together by a cord. Castanets are usually held in the hand and struck together. They are played in differently pitched pairs by dancers primarily in Spain, the Balearic Islands, and southern Italy. In Spain castanets may be used to accompany classical or folkloric dances. Typically, in the classical playing style, pairs of castanets are attached to each thumb; a simple rhythm is performed on the left-hand pair, while the higher-pitched right-hand pair plays a more complicated rhythm. In the folkloric
During the month of April, I’ll be participating in the Blogging From A to Z Challenge. My theme for the month is Storytime Plans From A to Z. Each plan will have eight stories as well as four songs, fingerplays or rhymes to match the theme! As you can see, I’ll try and attribute where I found all of this fun (and often you can find it in multiple places). My goal is to make storytime planning a little easier on myself in the future and to make storytime planning for other librarians easy as well! Book List: Songs & Rhymes: “Zoom, Zoom, Zoom“Zoom, zoom, zoomWe’re going to the moon.Zoom, zoom, zoomWe’re going to the moon.If you want to take a tripclimb aboard my rocket ship.Zoom, zoom, zoomWe’re going to the moon.In 5, 4, 3, 2, 1Blast off! “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes“Head, shoulders, knees and toes,Knees and toes.Head, shoulders, knees and toes,Knees and toes.And eyes, and ears, and mouth,And nose.Head, shoulders, knees and toes,Knees and toes. “Bananas Unite“Bananas unite!Peel bananas, peel, peel bananasChop bananas, chop chop bananasMash bananas, mash mash bananasEat bananas, eat, eat bananasGo Bananas! “The Elevator Song“Oh the city is great and the city is grandThere’s a whole lot of peopleon a little piece of landAnd we live way up on the 57th floorand this is what we do when we go out the door.We take the elevator up and the elevator down,take the elevator up, take the elevator downTake the elevator up and the elevator downand we turn around.
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developmentally appropriate early learning
Beautiful Balance
Classroom library with book characters. Readers are leaders!
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Hi friends! I am so overwhelmed getting my room ready! Each year it gets harder because my list of things to do differently gets longer! My first year, I had all these brilliant ideas that I just knew would work! Now I have a list of things that HAVEN'T worked, hahaha! I am really excited
Classroom library rules
The Box browser is available in any colour that you would like, painted in a very resistant lacquer suitable for intensive use. With clean lines and a solid colour, the Box Browser is a functional yet modern browser that presents and stores books in an uncomplicated and visual manner. The browser is available in 3 models: Box 0, 1 and 2.Box 0 consists of only four low compartments. Box 1 consists of four top compartments and four lower compartments – two on each side of the browser. Box 2 consists of four top compartments and eight lower compartments – four on each side of the browser. Drawers for the lower compartments of the browser are available. A rubber mat is placed in each top compartment to ensure that even a small number of books will stay upright. The 3 models of Box are all equipped with castors with brake for mobility and safety. See technical specifications under Downloads for more details.
Your children can read favorite books, be librarians at storytime, and check out books in the "Library Dramatic Play" center.
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