The Ready, Set, Go Show!

Learn the C-Scale song with lyrics and note names one note at a time! You can sing it or play it on the piano - or both. You'll learn a little bit more of the song today, and soon we'll add the next note and the song will start getting a little more challenging. For now enjoy learning the notes C and D!

My guest Victoria Hackett has a passion for outdoor classrooms which began when her own children were small. She tells about the outdoor classroom garden she created at their elementary school and other ways that she helped her own children learn outside when they were younger. Now Victoria hosts the Outdoor Classrooms Podcast where she interviews outdoor educators from around the country about their programs. Even if you don't plan to enroll your child in an outdoor school, you will hear ideas for how to spend more time with your family outside with a focus on learning as well as play. If you teach young children, you will be inspired to take some of your lessons outside. Find out more about how to connect with outdoor educators in an online group called The Circle and The Outdoor Classrooms Teacher Certification Program at www.outdoorclassrooms.com

My guest Maggie has been up for adventure since she was very young, and a wide range of experiences in nature provided what she was looking for. She tells about the impact of going to summer camp and what it was like to have a long break from screens when she was there. Maggie also tells about finding jobs during high school and college that combine her love of working with people and spending time outdoors. Be sure to join us next week when Maggie and her friend Sydney tell about their friendship which evolved over the years as they hung out in neighborhood parks and walked for miles on city streets and sidewalks. They also tell about an amazing road trip which they dreamed about and then planned and paid for on their own.

My guest Chris makes up a Louie the Bear story on the fly just as he often did for his own kids before bed. In this story Louie rides his bike to the store and finds yummy snacks and tea for his chipmunk friend Sam. Chris also explains how to play the basketball game HORSE for the outdoor activity, and I share a fun indoor activity that will help build fine motor skills.

Sing along to the Mix, Mix, Mix song about mixing colors and meet my guest Cheryl who mixes up all kinds of ingredients to make beauty products. Get inspired to mix up your own at home using food you find around the kitchen!

Terry and Darci Craghead of the Fertile Ground Co-op tell us about how everybody in the family, even the youngest kids, can help make a big difference by making compost out of food scraps and recycling! Spend some time rolling around like a worm, singing along to the Dirty Dirty Dirt song, and hearing about fun indoor and outdoor activities to do after the show.

The story is all about two kids who are BORED because they've had too many snow days. Their mom comes up with a great idea that they've never done before - a diy scavenger hunt! My guest Tara leads us through some animal inspired yoga poses and tells us all about making crop art. Check out pictures of her cat and favorite basketball player Naz Reid made out of many kinds of seeds on my Instagram feed @the_ready_set_go_show. What kind of pictures can you make out of things that you find in the kitchen or your backyard?

My guest Sayeda inspires us to spend quality time with our kids though projects in the kitchen and garden.