{"id":7971,"date":"2017-06-16T13:35:36","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T20:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/?p=7971"},"modified":"2017-06-16T13:35:36","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T20:35:36","slug":"music-and-movement-with-dayita-datta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/2017\/music-and-movement-with-dayita-datta\/","title":{"rendered":"Music and Movement with Dayita Datta"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Earlier this year, Pasadena Unified School District surveyed parents about what their kids need and found a strong need for more music learning opportunities. Well, Pasadena Public Library has traditionally offered all kinds of free musical performances especially during the summertime. But today we really stepped up our music literacy game, by hosting a class with instructor Dayita Datta.<\/p>\n

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Kids learned about rhythm and tempo, they sang and clapped and danced to music, and they sang along to a “music map” from a beautiful book with illustrations that, just like sheet music, tell you how high or low, how short or how long, your notes should be. I was really impressed by the literacy applications of it. The book was called Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree<\/em>.<\/p>\n