Resources for Educators
![[album cover]](https://www.heyerlearning.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/TouchTheStrings.jpg)
![[album cover]](http://www.heyerlearning.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/TouchTheStrings.jpg "Touch The Strings")
I included a whole album suggestion because this CD is great for times when students need to work silently. Some pieces may help to keep up a student’s pace during journal writing. Other songs are good for silent reading.
Lyrics: None (instrumental).
Style: Guitarist and Cellist playing modern classical, Celtic, bluegrass, and jazz. Peaceful, positive, energizing, and uplifting.
Recommended Age: Any.
Genre: Strings.
Year: 2003.
Song: “Cupid Shuffle” (mp3) by Cupid on the album, Time for a Change (CD).
Length: 3:51
Lyrics: Safe.
Topic: Safe. Directions on which dance moves to do for this song.
Theme: dancing.
Recommended Age: Any.
Genre: R&B.
Year: 2007.
Video: (MTV | YouTube). Shots many different people dancing to the song in a variety of settings.
Song: “American Honey” (mp3) by Lady Antebellum on the album, Need You Now (CD).
Length: 3:45
Lyrics: Safe.
Topic: Safe. Reminiscing about childhood and longing to have the good times back again.
Theme: sentimentality, comfort, and longing.
Recommended Age: Any.
Genre: Country.
Year: 2010.
Video: (CMT | YouTube). Shots of the band members singing in the countryside intermixed with shots of childhood innocence. A young boy rides a bike, and a young girl walks among laundry drying on clotheslines. A teenage boy and girl hold hands, take a walk, and eventually share a short, tender kiss (so it may get giggles from some elementary students).