UF STUDY: CHILDREN?S KNOWLEDGE GAP OF FOLK SONGS THREATENS HERITAGE

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Study proves that children
do not know their folksongs and that
teachers do not teach them.

April is National Poetry Month.
There is poetry in Song. Remind your
school's teachers and administrators how
poetry promotes literacy and emotional well-being.

UF STUDY: CHILDREN'S KNOWLEDGE GAP
OF FOLK SONGS THREATENS HERITAGE
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/NCFR/opportunity.html

States are Ranked

Children in the United States aren't singing the songs of their heritage, an
omission that puts the nation in jeopardy of losing a long standing and rich
part of its identity.
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/NCFR/NCFR2.html

Find out what you can do to help prevent this
precious resource from slipping away and being lost to us forever.

You Can Keep their Traditions Alive by asking children
to record themselves into  the

NATIONAL CHILDRE'NS FOLKSONG REPOSITORY
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/NCFR/NCFR.html

This would be an excellent activity  to promote from
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/NCFR/participant.html

Watch the Video
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/NCFR/ecprm.html

Please contact me personally - off list
if you have any questions and  would like to
find out more.


thanks,

Karen Ellis

Educational CyberPlayGround
Guavaberry Books
National Children's Folksong Repository

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