I love origin stories - where did something start, how did it start, how has it changed over time. Etymology is the study of the origins o...

 See the Dragon Come has long been a favorite song and I finally got around to making two different sets of simple 2-beat building bricks fo...

 Most of you know my family is Chinese American- my daughter was born in China and adopted into our family when she was 18 months.  We celeb...

 This is a favorite dance and I love using it to introduce syncopation!  There are (at least) 2 versions although I think Version 2 is proba...

 My sweet friend Melanie K. shared this with me and my students loved it. It is shared here with her permission.

 I love this song at this time of year as there is SO much that can be done with it- add an ostinato with pie flavors, perform the dance, ta...

  From September 15-October 15 Hispanic and Latinx/Latine Heritage Month is celebrated in the US.  The dates coincide with  national indepen...

The Chinese Folk Song Project is a collection of popular Chinese children's songs, nursery rhymes, games, and folk songs formatted for E...