RE-RELEASE!

This episode is perfect for babies, toddlers up to age 4. Maya Angelou for little ones? Ohh yes we can!
We bring together the dramatic poetry of 💐⁠Maya Angelou read by educator 💐⁠Ashley Causey-Golden, the creator of Afrocentric Montessori and co-founder of Gather Forest School.

⁠Ashley⁠ has been teaching children since she was 18 years old and has appeared on Janet Lansbury's podcast UNRUFFLED. We are delighted to have her join us to read and rhyme along.

Ashley then shares a beautiful song, Who Am I? sung to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle. :)
💐Get on board, Little Children (SPIRITUAL) Join Miss Pam's train!
- Spirituals function as more than religious songs, they have been used by many people for different purposes. "Get on Board" has become a traditional song in folk music. The train could refer to a gospel train, a train of freedom from slavery. It is a train that anyone can ride. 

💐⁠Ella Jenkins⁠ has been called the First Lady of Children’s Music -she’s been performing and writing music for children for more than 50 years. She turned 99 in 2023 and lives in Chicago. She still plays her harmonica and her kazoo.
💐What do you hear?
-CLAVE: Miss Pam is playing the clave rhythm (with 2 of my grandson's wooden blocks) developed in Cuba from the African bell pattern brought to the Americas via the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
"The rhythm is used to lock in the many rhythms of Afro-Cuban music, as well as other Latin music like the bossa nova of Brazil."
💐Light of Mine - TRADITIONAL/GOSPEL Miss Pam gets to singing out loud, singing out proud!
 
This song contains inspirational lyrics and was a favorite song of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) who used the song to inspire Black sharecroppers to register to vote in the 1960s.
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Peekaboo Morning - Rachel Isadora
Please Puppy Please - Spike and Tonya Lee
Baby Dance - Ann Taylor

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