Where Have You Been, Little Cat?: A Sunday Times Children's Book of the Week

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Or arrange for a class visit to another school or a video-link communication with another class, so students can ask and answer questions and share music making with others.

Margaret Wise Brown wrote hundreds of books and stories during her life, but she is best known for Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny. Even though she died nearly 70 years ago, her books still sell very well. The cat’s owner had done some detective work too. After searching everywhere for the cat, he suddenly remembered the furniture van which had made a delivery to a neighbor. Fortunately he remembered the name of the company. He called their office and in a short time Bo was returned safely. I am always captivated by Jones’ illustrations and gentle storytelling style. Both Perdu and Little Bear celebrate themes of empathy within rich and imaginative settings, and this latest addition to his picturebook collection beautifully echoes these cherished themes. recording software or video. Sound files can be posted to a shared workspace (see above) or online using podcasting software such asMinistry of Education (2000) Fatuga F'asamoa I Aotearoa: Samoan Songs. Wellington: Learning Media (book and CD) Sometimes people learn the same nursery rhyme but to different tunes. Pussycat Pussycat is well known to many but the tune used in the Digistore recording is not the only known tune. Some people may be more familiar with the traditional Mother Goose Melody by J.W. Elliot. Word 212KB) with the picture of a cat chasing a mouse under the queen's chair and locate each of the characters in the picture (appendix). Use their voices to create and recreate simple chants and melodies (PK, DI) Achievement Objectives: Music Level 1

The illustrations are really quite clever. For instance, the frog says that he's been sitting on a log. Sounds boring, right? Not so. Instead we see him perched on a vertical log as fairies standing in boats cut it down with a huge saw. It's a logging operation! Simple melodies can be created using just 2 notes. The notes G-E are pitched well for young children's voices. The pitch interval of the notes G-E is a Minor 3rd and is commonly used in playground chants.Fudge! I tell you that all their batterings can't deface my beauties, nor their wise prattlings equal my wiser prattlings; and all imitators of my refreshing songs might as well write another Billy Shakespeare as another Mother Goose—we two great poets were born together, and shall go out of the world together.