Black History - childrens

Subject: Black History - childrens
From: GUEST,MAG at work
Date: 21 Feb 03 - 12:15 PM

I'm putting together my post-Valentine's storytimes, featuring Black History Month. I was kind of surprised to not-see "Brown Girl in the Ring" in the database (here are the words, Dick), and I have a few I've picked up from Ella Jenkins' workshops and recordings over the years, such as Did you Feed my Cow? (yes maam).

Anyone else have any child-friendly favorites?

(Taj Mahal's Shakin' a Tailfeather ransk high.)

MA at work (Library)


There's a brown girl in the ring

Tra la la la la

There's a brown girl in the ring

Tra la la la la la

There's a brown girl in the ring

Tra la la la la

And she looks like sugar and a plum plum plum

Let me see you make a motion

Tra la la la la et. al.

Single child in center of ring does a motion, then chooses a partner, zipper song, make new verses and actions.

roughly adapted from the Rounder re-release

Subject: RE: Black History - childrens
From: GUEST,JTT
Date: 21 Feb 03 - 02:18 PM

Did a quick Google on African-American children's rhymes and found a couple of things:

http://www.crt.state.la.us/folklife/creole_art_african_am_oral.html

http://www.temple.edu/tempress/titles/1453_reg_print.html

(a list of links): http://creativefolk.com/toolkit/lang.html

Subject: RE: Black History - childrens MUSIC
From: MAG
Date: 22 Feb 03 - 07:27 PM

Thanks for refreshing, Sinsull. thought I'd clarify the title. I used, Feed my Cow, Head and shoulders, Baby, Miss Mary Mack, and of course Brown Girl in the ring yesterday, and will dig out more for all of next week. Today I am home sick with a massive case of the heaves ...

Subject: RE: Black History - childrens
From: Tinker
Date: 22 Feb 03 - 08:12 PM

i see the rhythm by michele wood and toyomi igus is a wonderful picture book and poetic review of black music in America from African roots through slave songs, blues, ragtime, jazz and on and on. It actually has history and identifies songs and artists .... check it out.

Shake It To The One That You Love The Best collected and adapted by Cheryl Warren Mattox doesn't seem to be in print anymore. When my kids were a tad younger I got a copy as a set with a cassette. Unfortunately the tape plum wore out. Great songs and games.

Tinker

Subject: RE: Black History - childrens
From: GUEST,eavesdropper
Date: 23 Feb 03 - 07:49 AM

Joel Chandler Harris has some great books
1...Song of the South
2...Tales of Uncle Remus
and much more...