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They’re singing our song! Second-graders sing “Here We Go”

Watch this beautiful chorus of second graders sing “Here We Go” – with costumes, hand motions and exuberance! We are delighted that they chose our sea turtle song for their ocean-themed concert.

Learn more about the life cycle of newly-hatched sea turtles with our interactive lesson in Google Doc format. Includes an editable Google Doc, lyrics, and download of our song, “Here We Go”.

Love sea turtles? Watch our original music video of our song “Here We Go” and sing along with us!

“Spider Song” – Interactive Companion Lesson

Teachers and Parents!

Check out the companion lesson to our “Spider Song” and music video. The video is musically fun, educational, and filled with spider images and footage. Our lesson is interactive, editable, and printable in Google Doc. This lesson includes song lyrics, song download, questions, activities, crafts, coloring pages and resources for additional learning. Lesson is based on Common Core Standards in Science and Language Arts for K-2.
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World Oceans Day! The Dolphins and Sea Turtles have a message for you!

Teachers and Parents: Check out our “Keep the Ocean Clean” companion lesson.

Dear Friends,
June 8 is World Oceans Day and the dolphins and sea turtles have a message! Sing-along to our music video and join us in renewing our “No Plastics” pledge. Then check out the fun resources for kids listed below. Each of us, by doing one thing each day, can help protect our precious oceans for generations to come. #TogetherWeCan! #WorldOceansDay #Protect30X30 #OceanClimateAction

Watch our video, “Poem for Mother Earth”

Download and print lyrics to “Poem for Mother Earth”

My, how far these whales go!

One of our most popular lessons!

Dear Friends,

It’s whale migration time in the Northern Hemisphere!
Each year, the world’s giant whales migrate thousands of miles from their summer feeding grounds to their winter breeding grounds in warmer waters. It is February and, upon writing this, most of the Northern Hemisphere baleen whales are traveling south to their winter homes. Many have already arrived and some have had their babies along the way.
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Watch our New Year Animal Video

Watch our music video featuring “Spider Song”

Dear Arachnid-Loving Friends,

Discover the fascinating world of spiders with me — in our music video,
“Spider Song”. Watch images and live footage of spiders and their webs, learn about their incredible weaving abilities, and sing along with me. After researching spiders and composing “Spider Song”, I feel awe and deep respect for this often misunderstood “carnivorous arachnid”. Now I notice them everywhere!. I wonder if you will too.

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Announcing a new release! “Spider Song”

Dear Friends,
I’m so happy to announce the release of “Spider Song”! Fun, beautiful and slightly spooky, our new song is sure to inspire awe and respect for this carnivorous creature of the night. Listen to the song sample here. I hope you will download “Spider Song” and add it to your collection of animal songs for kids.

“Oxford the Octopus” – Song and Companion lesson

October Sale!
For Teachers and Homeschoolers:

Our theme for October is the amazing Octopus! What do the octopus and the month of October have in common? They both have the root “octo” which means “eight” in Latin. The octopus has eight arms, so its name makes sense. But why does October, the tenth month of the year, have a root of “octo”?
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Keep the Ocean Clean – Music Videos and Companion Lesson

For Teachers and Parents!

Make every day an ocean protection day! Let us help you prepare your children for World Oceans Day and International Coastal Clean-Up Day (and a lifetime of ocean conservation) with our music videos and companion lesson, “Keep the Ocean Clean”. The song is rockin’ and educational. Watch our videos below.