In class this week we experience the tradition of Malian griots, legendary royal musicians who sang the praises of Malian kings. In this video I introduced the concept of griots to kids in my daughter’s elementary school class at the Philadelphia Montessori Charter School and asked them to write their own songs of praise for their friends. As you see they did, delightfully.
We are revising the AllAroundThisWorld.com site — the information you’re seeking may still be here, but a lot of links are broken and details may be out of date. We are currently using a new (better!) site — ExploreEverywhere.com — to tell you all about our class offerings, our “pen pal” program and how to become one of our teachers, and will eventually be moving all the goodies from here over to there. So, GO TO THE NEW SITE!
