Today’s episode is a sneak peek into our Four Seasons: Music and More Spring Curriculum! We share 4 different audio clips from our music, art, poetry, and STEM sections. We know you'll love these nature-themed activities.

To find out more about our Four Seasons Curriculum for kids ages 8 and under, go to www.clapforclassics.com/fourseasons

Music: Maytime Magic by Mabel Watts, melody by Kathryn Lieppman.

Can you make up some simple actions while you listen to this sweet springtime song?

A little seed for me to sow

A little earth to make it grow

A little hole

A little pat

A little wish

And that is that.

A little sun, a little shower,

A little while, and then... a flower.

Poetry: Spring by Karla Kuskin.

Grab a scarf and enjoy listening and experiencing this poem with Leslie Thomas and Ruby, our poetry educators.

I’m shouting

I’m singing

I’m swinging through trees

I’m winging sky-high

With the buzzing black bees.

I’m the sun

I’m the moon

I’m the dew on the rose.

I’m a rabbit

Whose habit Is twitching his nose.

I’m lively

I’m lovely

I’m kicking my heels.

I’m crying “Come dance” to the freshwater eels.

I’m racing through meadows

Without any coat

I’m a gamboling lamb

I’m a light leaping goat

I’m a bud

I’m a bloom

I’m a dove on the wing.

I’m running on rooftops

And welcoming spring!

Art: Yayoi Kusama. Grab this butterfly printable for today’s painting activity with Krisanne Knudsen, our art educator: www.clapforclassics.com/episode16

Here is the image of Yayoi Kusama that Krisanne referenced: https://hirshhorn.si.edu/kusama/yayoi-kusama/

Here you can see the Butterfly painting by Yayoi Kusama: https://www.wikiart.org/en/yayoi-kusama/butterfly-1988

STEM: fruit dissection. You will need a fruit with seeds for this STEM lab. (Dr. Rojas uses a bell pepper) Dr. Eugenia Rojas will guide us through this lab and help us explore and be inquisitive scientists.

Classical music used on this and all our podcast episodes is licensed to us by Classical.com

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