Kathy Z. Price
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Teachers, Museum Specialists, and Librarians. Recipes & Resources: A Link to Literacy The Bourbon Street Musicians is on accelerated reading lists around the country. It is listed as Chicago Public School recommended reading for third grade and California’s Early Literacy recommended reading for third grade, as well as Best Books of the year 2003 Bank Street College. This award-winning picture book can inspire and supplement as a wonderful resources for your units on or for Black Heritage Month, Jazz, Poetry, Southern Culture, History, Social Science, Music, and much more. Here you can visit this page as a preparation for Kathy's Author Visit to your classroom or enjoy the activities below as a great follow-up! Keep checking back for new curricula ideas as this web page is updated. Enjoy! Activity...KRAWDAD KAZOOZ Kazooz are instruments where the primary sound is humming or a buzzing sound through the nose. It’s a mouth organ very similar to a harmonica. Many bands in the south use both! You can make a kazoo with just about anything! From a sheet of wax paper over a comb or even with a single blade of grass, slit in the middle. Crawdads are little shellfish that look like tiny lobsters. They live in the waters of Louisiana and are fun to catch and eat. My dad used to dangle string with a piece of beef tied to it and wait for a crawdad to snap it up. Kazooz are easy to make! You need:
Crayon a color design over the oak tag. Use the entire paper. Roll it up carefully in the shape of a tube and tape where the ends meet to secure the shape of your instrument. Cover one end of the tube with a square of colored cellophane large enough to cover the opening. Tape cellophane securely in place. Twist a bright colored pipe cleaner around the end and leave the two ends sticking straight up. Just like feelers! Attach wiggly eyes with glue. Now! Hum into the other end of your Kazoo! Everybody Step Back! |
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