I Live in a City, Yes I Do

"Black hands, white hands yellow & brown/All together we built this town/Black hands, white hands, yellow & brown/All together make the wheels go round," is the theme of this workshop. Students participate in songs about community helpers, transportation, waterways, neighborhoods, families and where our food comes from. They jump, move, play simple rhythm instruments. They practice the rudiments of songwriting (including rhyme, meter, vocabulary, grammar, and usage) and learn about oral transmission of culture by writing new verses to old songs.