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Spread Kindness (Not Germs): Season 2

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Welcome to Season 2!

The second season of Spread Kindness (Not Germs) features kid-friendly puppets and some very catchy tunes. This series of ten original music videos focuses on social-emotional wellness for elementary students, with topics ranging from self-control and facing your fears to persistence and goal-setting. The videos come complete with age-appropriate lesson plans and a lyric book so students can sing along with the music. The learning management system on our website gives educators direct access to the videos.

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Nouns, Verbs, and Music

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As unstructured as it may sound to the untrained ear, jazz follows several rules and structures. Similarly, the English language has rules and structures that we follow and even bend a little. American Jazz explores nouns, verbs, adjectives and other parts of speech allows us to parallel, compare, and contrast music with language. This exciting program will motivate students to learn literacy tools and techniques with the help of music.

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Carribean Dreaming

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Students will sail the Caribbean seas on the sound waves of steel drums with Gary Garlic as he charts a course in music and cultural awareness via a historical and musical demonstration. Students learn how the outlawing of drums on many Caribbean islands led to people innovating and inventing instruments from steel. As a result, a unique sound and art form was created. Learn how the people of the Caribbean claimed their independence as they developed an art all their own.

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Arabiqa

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In this captivating program, Karim Nagi performs on multiple instruments and does a traditional dance from the Arab world. His goal is to give young audiences an uplifting impression of Arab and Muslim culture, beyond the news headlines of terror and uprising. As an Arab-American, Karim bridges the east-west cultural gap in a most profound yet entertaining way.

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To gain access to this service, please contact School and Community Relationships Coordinator Aisha Noel at 757-961-3737 or Scheduling@Arts4LearningVA.org

Funding for this grant has been provided by Virginia Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) and the NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan (SHARP) initiative.