Get ready for another full episode of Ear Snacks with Andrew & Polly. August is all about HATS! Big thanks to our friends Ainsley, Devin, Westley, Gavin, Palmer & Sadie for sharing what they know about hats. (Also thanks to their parents!) We also interview Polly's dad, Amos, Dr. Cory Hills and share with you a brand new song we wrote while in the mountains of Colorado, featuring Gabe Feenberg on slide guitar and Eddie Berman playing a super-special guitar part.
Ear Snacks Extra: Fruit Facts
We dug up some fun facts for this week's Ear Snacks Extra! How many seeds do you think are in a pomegranate? SPOILER ALERT: We'll tell you.
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Ear Snacks for Parents: Fruit Activities
If you've subscribed to Ear Snacks, you may have seen this week's installment is a double-dose - an Ear Snacks Extra (some music to listen to while you read "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle) as well as the very first Ear Snacks for Parents!
Ear Snacks for Parents is our chance to let you tall people know what we're thinking, give some recommendations and invite other people in to talk about parent-relevant stuff. This month listen in for the companion to Season 1, Episode 1: Fruit!
As promised, here are some FRUIT ACTIVITIES!!!
Easy Fruit Crafts
Make a fruit fan or shaker!
Summer = watermelon, right? Idea #1 - make a paper plate watermelon fan - OR - make a watermelon shaker. Follow these instructions to make a paper plate shaker but then have the kids paint it all watermelon-y.
DIY Apple Stamps
This is a great tutorial on how to make greeting cards with an apple and non-toxic paint. You can also make a custom stamp by cutting a "heel" off an apple and carving a simple image (heart, letter or a pattern like stripes or polka-dots). You can make lime or lemon prints, as well.
The list on this website is awesome. Some of these ideas are more for the classroom than for the home, but lots of great ideas here of ways to spend time together doing activities centered around fruit. Best recommendations...
(1) Fingerprint Fruit Craft! Make watermelon, blueberries, grapes, cherries - anything - with non-toxic stamps and your tiny person's fingerprints.
(2) Seed Sort - save up some seeds from different fruits and then have your kid sort them into pill bottles. Can they guess what kind of seed each one is? If they shake the bottles, can you guess the seed (without seeing it)?
(3) Guess how many seeds are in a fruit. Before you break open a piece of fruit, everyone guesses how many seeds are in it. Open it up and count while you eat! Write your answer on a piece of paper on the wall. Do the same thing on another day and take another guess - were there the same number of seeds?
Pinterest Stuff I'm Not Ever Going To Do
You are probably better people than we are, but there's a ton of adorable stuff on Pinterest that we are just not ever going to do. But if you are amazing and can use the internet, it's a really exciting day for Fruit out there!
EAR SNACKS
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Can't believe it, but we even made it to "Top Podcasts" in Kids & Family on July 3!!!
The People Have Spoken and They Want GRAPES!
LA LA LA LA GRAPES, LA LA LA LA GRAPES. Fair warning, this song has been called "kid crack." A true summer song - get it while it's hot! It's on iTunes, Amazon, Google Play & streaming on YouTube!
Summer Fun with Andrew & Polly
Swimsuits, hats and sandals - oh my! What are you doing this summer? Here's what we're up to.
Are you going anywhere exciting this summer? We are hitting the road. Ojai, San Francisco, Denver and DC - here we come! Let us know if you know anyone who'd like to have us over for a sing-a-long - we love to play at summer camps and pre-schools, in living rooms, book stores, farmer's markets, at synagogues and churches.
Whether you're adventuring out or staying put, we hope you have a great summer.
Come sing with us and bring a friend!
6/6/2015 - 10:30am: Music in the Garden at Ecole Claire Fontaine
6/8/2015 - TBD: Living Room concert, Ojai
6/13/2015 - 10:30am: Children's Book World
6/14/2015 - 3:00pm: Zimmer Children's Museum
6/21/2015-6/23: Denver TBD***
7/18/15 or 7/25/15: Bay Area? TBD***
7/27/15 - 3:30pm: Wilshire Branch Library
7/29-8/4: DC-area TBD***
8/1/2015: 10:30am - Jammin' Java (Vienna, Virginia)
8/1/2015: Willowsford (Loudon County, Virginia) - with the Okee Dokee Brothers! (Wow)
8/6/2015 - 6:30pm: UCLA Family Show & Picnic
*** We'd love to play a show and make some new friends - do you know anyone in Denver, the Bay Area or the DC-area who would host or come to a sing-a-long? E-mail and introduce us!
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