The Music Connection
K
Silver Burdett Ginn copyright 1995
Unit 6 Lesson 6
Pages 62-63
"Nursery Song"
This lesson connects students birthday with
the Taiwan culture
Previously Published
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1. The Millennium
http://www.cbc4kids.ca/
general/time/millennium/
default.html
Description: Kids of all ages will enjoy exploring
this site and learning what a "Millennium"is.
Comments: There are lots of activites and
ideas here to help young children grasp the concept of a millennium.
Resource Type: Compilation of Links
Graphics Content: High
2. Virtual Reality Moon
Phase Pictures
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/
vphase.html
Description: Find out how the Moon looks at
different times of the month. You can also view the phase of the Moon for
any date and time, AD 1800-2199.
Resource Type: Photos or Pictures
Graphics Content: High
3. Holidays and Seasons
http://deil.lang.uiuc.edu/
web.pages/holidays/
Description: See calendars for fall, winter,
spring and summer with hotlinks to major holidays and what they celebrate.
Resource Type: Other
Graphics Content: High
4. Millennium
Predictions
http://celebrate2000.
augustachronicle.com/kids/
Description: Your teacher or parent will have
to help you with some of the reading, but there is a lot to learn here
about what a "millennium" is.
Comments: There is a great deal of valuable
information here that the teacher can use to help explain this concept
to young students.
Resource Type: Compilation of Links
Graphics Content: High
5. Multicultural
Calendar
http://www.kidlink.org/
KIDPROJ/MCC/holiday-
index.html
Description: Multicultural calendar that lists
and describes holidays from around the world.
Resource Type: Compilation of Links
Graphics Content: High
6. Virtual Perpetual Calendars
http://www.mnsinc.com/
utopia/Calendar/
Description: Learn about all types of calendars
and time keeping words like era, century and millenium.
Resource Type: Other
Graphics Content: Low
7. Heavenly Truths
http://www.almanac.com/
cgi-bin/heaven.pl?
mooninput=current
Description: Find out the phases of the moon
and other sky information for the current month.
Resource Type: Secondary Text
Graphics Content: Low
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Display in the classroom
posters of each month that show holiday and seasonal symbols. Use
posters for discussion starters about the months and seasons, and children's
birthdays, etc.
Previously Published
Data
1. Months of the Year
http://www.siec.k12.in.us/
~west/proj/month/index.html
Read the book When This
Box Is Full by Patricia Lillie and illustrated
by Donald Crews. This is a story about
a little boy who places items
in the box for each month of the year. After
reading the story, work in small groups of 5-6 children, brainstorming
what you do each month of
the year. Draw a picture of
that activity.
Author: Tammy Payton
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The Music Connection K
Silver Burdett Ginn copyright 1995
Unit 11 Lesson 10
Page 111
"Winter Wonderland"
This assessment compares and contrasts two winter holidays.
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