Can Anyone Help with a Song with the Line, “Like a Tree, We Would Grow”?

Alicia wrote: Dear all, I have had a friend at home that goes to a Canadian school in Cuba. He sings a song: Like a tree We would grow We're a family Don´t you know We were planted a long time ago Like a tree we would try Branches reaching Towards the sky… Or something like that. He sang it very quickly and I [...]

Making Vibrant Easter Eggs, with Photos

This year we didn't have a lot of time for egg dying.  So we used a PAAS egg dye kit.  By the end we wanted to add a little extra pizzazz to the colors, so we put in about 5 drops of McCormack's Neon food dyes to the different colors of PAAS dye.  The colors [...]

In April's Sweet Month: A Nursery Rhyme

Here's a sweet little nursery rhyme about April, that can be found in The Only True Mother Goose Melodies (c. 1843)… In April's Sweet Month Nursery Rhyme In April's sweet month, When the leaves ‘gin* to spring, Little lambs skip like fairies And birds build and sing. *begin Enjoy the delights of Springtime! Mama Lisa Share on Facebook and other services:

April Fools Day

“The first day of April you may send a fool whither you will.” There are two tricks that have been customarily done on April Fool's Day around the world. One of the oldest tricks was to pin something to the back of the unsuspecting person. Sometimes it was a cardboard fish, sometimes a note [...]

“Where the Wild Things Are” Trailer

Check out the trailer for the upcoming movie adaptation of Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are. (Coming out on October 16, 2009.) It looks awesome! Thanks to Troy McDonald at PeekaBookaZoo for pointing this out! Share on Facebook and other services:

Broken Rhymes

Kids love this stuff. Come to think of it, so do I! BROKEN RHYMES. Scold, cold, old. Skate, Kate, ate. Brink, rink, ink. Trice, rice, ice. Crash, rash, ash. Sledge, ledge, edge. It's from 1880… Harper's Young People, March 9, 1880 . If you, your kids, grandkids or students think of any others, feel free to share them in the comments below! Enjoy! Mama Lisa Share on [...]

Fun Sweet “Sushi” to Make for Kids

Yuta, Yoji and Miki made this awesome “sushi” for a school birthday party. It's made out of homemade rice crispy treats, gummy fish and fruit roll-ups. How cute and cool! The one question everyone's asking is: How did they get the rice crispy treats to be soooo pure white? Any ideas? [...]

The #1 Song on This Date in History

  At ThisDayInMusic.com you can find out the #1 song on different dates in time… when you were born, when someone you know was born, on an anniversary, etc.  You can check for the top songs on different dates in the US, UK and Australia. The #1 song today, March 13th 2009, is Right Round by Flo [...]

Walter de la Mare Poem “SOME ONE”

Nancy wrote to me looking for: “the complete poem by Walter de la Mare which starts with: ‘Someone came a-knocking on my wee small door….'” Here is Walter de la Mare's poem called SOME ONE: SOME ONE Some one came knocking At my wee, small door; Some one came knocking, I'm sure – sure – sure; I listened, I opened, I looked to [...]

2 French Tongue Twisters with a YouTube Video with Translations

These tongue twisters were recited by François Martini, who gives the instructions: “À dire très vite” (To say very quickly). Below the video, you'll find the tongue twisters written in French with their English translations… “Un chasseur sachant chasser sait chasser sans son chien.” (A hunter knowing how to hunt knows how to hunt without [...]