Programs and Descriptions:
Music
Injected Learning with Dave Kinnoin
Go with gusto on a journey
through language arts, math, social studies and science with
this acclaimed Disney, Nickelodeon, Henson and Sesame Street
songwriter whose hundreds of songs have filled schools and
homes for two decades. This program features positive modeling
for using songs to enhance the learning of all core
curriculums
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Family Music Concert
A DAVE KINNOIN concert begins with a
bang and keeps on poppin’. Switching from guitar to
piano to a cappella to music tracks, Dave pours boundless
energy, thirty years of experience, and a sparkling love
for kids into every song. The children and Dave boldly dance
in a world filled with gorillas and butterflies, jackhammers
and teddy bears, flowers and stinky toes, parents and siblings,
and lots more, while learning a few things along the way,
like when it’s okay to burp and ways to be kind and
generous. The kids are constantly and happily encouraged
to join in.
His songwriting is legendary and every
concert has a surprise in the middle: Dave and the kids make
up a brand-new song! Sometimes poignant, often hilarious,
these spontaneous creations help instill the notion that
there is something new under the sun, that we can create
more of our worlds than we might have thought. At a DAVE
KINNOIN concert, kids have a rousing good time and get fired
up to express themselves—not a bad way to spend an
hour…or a lifetime. Concerts are available with Dave
by himself, with a bass player, or with a full band.
GORILLA FEET-- Dave Kinnoin Goes Wild!
Putting on “Gorilla Feet” (title
of song on Dave’s much-celebrated Fun-A-Rooey CD)
is more than learning what this amazing ape eats and does.
It’s all about believing you can swing from one incredible
creative adventure to another with a banana in one hand and
your imagination in the other. Dave has written hundreds
of songs for the Muppets, Disney, and others, and he can’t
wait to write brand-new
songs with his fellow library jungle creatures!
These songs will not only educate about the rainforest and
other habitats, but also help instill the notion that we
can create more of our worlds than we might have thought!
Earth’s Birthday – An
environmental
Awareness Program
Dave Kinnoin “…makes environmental
education come to life for children in a way that is engaging,
magical, and meaningful”, according to Mary Hofstedt
of The Earth’s Birthday Project. He does this
by singing and discussing songs from his award-winning album, The
Earth’s Birthday Sing-Along. These songs can be
silly (“look in your bellybutton—do you see a
bug?” from Insect), touching (“…Gotta
save the endangered species. There’s no time to hesitate.
Gotta save the endangered species before it gets too late…” from Endangered
Species), and wild (“…kids one and all
know how to boogie, how to have a ball” from Looks
Like A Party). Kids are encouraged and empowered to
enjoy and protect our planet as they sing, “…No
job is too big, no action too small, for the care of the
Earth is the task of us all…”(from The Care
of the Earth). Dave’s program teaches while leaving
plenty of time to smell the flowers and chuckle.
Sing Out about American Heroes
This program will have audiences singing-along
to inspiring original songs about Johnny Appleseed, the
remarkably kind and generous planter of apple trees from
Pennsylvania to the edge of the frontier; Bill Pickett, the
African-American rodeo star who invented bulldogging and
amazed people all over the world with his incredible cowboy
skills; and Helen Keller, who overcame deafness and blindness
and taught millions of people to “keep your face to
the sunshine… you won’t see the shadows fall.”
Create – A – Song
During this program, children and Dave
will make up a brand-new song! They will use their own personal
rhythms, rhymes, melodies and stories. Sometimes poignant,
often hilarious, these spontaneous creations help instill
the notion that we can create4 more with our words than we
might have thought.
Preschool Fun
This is a program specially designed for very young children
to participate with Dave in a wonderful musical adventure.
