by Debbie Mondale | Oct 23, 2011 | 5 - 7 years, For Your Enjoyment, Foundations of Learning, Young Child: Ages 5-7
In the Appalachian Mountains – a strong part of our American heritage was wrapped up in songs and music that were birthed on the porches and back yards and shared only from person to person. These front porch musicians played a variety of percussion instruments and...
by Debbie Mondale | Oct 24, 2008 | 5 - 7 years, Cultural Excursions, For Your Enjoyment, Young Child: Ages 5-7
MUCH of our American music was shaped by the African American people. With their roots in the polyrhythmic beats, and strong emphasis on vocals, and their strong sense of self, music flowed from them wherever they went. From the fields of slavery, from the depths of...
by Debbie Mondale | Oct 24, 2008 | 5 - 7 years, For Your Enjoyment, Young Child: Ages 5-7
“People keep asking me where the blues started and all I can say is that when I was a boy we always was singing in the fields. Not real singing you know, just hollerin’, but we made up our songs about things that was happening to us at that time, and I think...
