Latin music activity kit for kids. (Music Marketplace).

Latin music activity kit for kids. (Music Marketplace). Putumayo World Music Putumayo World Music is a New York City based record label, specialising in folk, Latin and Afro-Cuban music, as well as other genres that may be classified as world music. It was established in 1993 to introduce people to the music of the world’s cultures. , 324 Lafayette St., 7th Fl., New York New York, state, United StatesNew York,Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY 10012; (800) 995-9588, ext. 250 or (212) 625-1400, Fax: (212) 460-0095; blenzb@aol.com; www.putumayo.com/ playground. $69. 95 for complete classroom edition or $29. 95 for introductory kit with one passport journal. The Latin Playground English and Spanish Activity Kit, released by Putumayo Kids, allows children of all ages to explore music, language and culture from eight countries. This new bilingual multimedia kit was made available to schools for the first time in the fall. The Latin Playground Activity Kit, the latest release in the World Playground collection, recently won several awards, including honors from Parents' Choice and a gold award from the National Parenting Publications Association. Latin Playground: A Musical Adventure for Kids, released on CD last summer, includes a collection of songs by well-known artists from Cuba, Mexico, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico(pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. , Uruguay and more. The bilingual Spanish and English kit includes the full Latin Playground CD, a sixty-four-page, full-color illustrated guidebook with instructions for more than fifty hands-on activities, sing-a-long song lyrics lyricsnpl [of song] → paroles fpllyricslyric npl [of song] → Text m, puzzles, recipes, Spanish vocabulary-building game and more, along with a child's passport journal. Putumayo's critically acclaimed World Playground series of world music for kids has introduced more than 250,0000 children to music from twenty-four countries. A portion of the proceeds from CD sales will be donated to the newly formed nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive.Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. Putumayo Cross-Cultural Initiative, an international organization that works with children to promote cross-cultural understanding and arts in education Arts in Education is an expanding field of educational research and practice informed by investigations into learning through arts experiences. It is distinguished from art education by being not so much about teaching art, but focused on: experiences. For more information contact Putumayo World Music.