![fyi_g02_u03_music_link A boy plays the trumpet with a lot of energy.](https://hmhfyi.com/k-2/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/fyi_g02_u03_music_link.jpg)
Making Music
Source: Time for Kids
Tape on a trumpet? Discover how musicians educated their community by performing with broken instruments.
![fyi_g02_u03_gail_link Stacks of books piled close together.](https://hmhfyi.com/k-2/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/fyi_g02_u03_gail_link.jpg)
Meet Gail Gibbons
Source: Time for Kids
Gail Gibbons is an author and illustrator who helps kids explore the world through her books!
![fyi_g01_u02_play_link A girl reads from a script while acting in a play.](https://hmhfyi.com/k-2/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/fyi_g01_u02_play_link.jpg)
![fyi_g01_u02_me_link smiling girl at front of class talking with teacher](https://hmhfyi.com/k-2/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/fyi_g01_u02_me_link.jpg)
![Holding Palette Woman artist painting outside and holding a palette of colorful paints in her hand.](https://hmhfyi.com/k-2/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/fyi_g01_u01_beautiful_link.jpg)
Maybe Something Beautiful
Source: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
How can a splash of color change a community?
![fyi_g01_u01_silly_link Portrait of happy, joyful laughing boy](https://hmhfyi.com/k-2/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/fyi_g01_u01_silly_link.jpg)
Silly at School
Source: Highlights Kids
Are you ready to get silly? These jokes are sure to give you the giggles!
![fyi_gK_u06_me_link.jpg A group of energetic elementary school kids leaving school.](https://hmhfyi.com/k-2/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/388630522.jpg)
![fyi_gK_u02_house_link.jpg three multi-colored small houses on the lawn](https://hmhfyi.com/k-2/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/429754738.jpg)
![fyi_gK_u02_horn_link.jpg a boy playing the trumpet](https://hmhfyi.com/k-2/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/271298252.jpg)
Make a Horn
Source: #metkids
Make your own horn! All you need is a garden hose, a funnel, some tape, and some imagination.
![A boy with pliers works on a part of a robot, while a boy and a girl look at a laptop screen in the background. A boy with pliers works on a part of a robot, while a boy and a girl look at a laptop screen in the background.](https://hmhfyi.com/k-2/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/fyi_g02_u06_younginventors_2_174x116@2x1-320x190.jpg)
New Inventions
Source: Time for Kids
Inventors come up with ways to make our life better by creating new things.
![A group of lion dancers marching in a street, dressed in colorful Kei Lun dance costumes. A group of lion dancers marching in a street, dressed in colorful Kei Lun dance costumes.](https://hmhfyi.com/k-2/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/fyi_g02_u03_liondancers_3_174x116@2x1-320x190.jpg)
Kei Lun Lion Dancers Find New Meaning in Ancient Steps
Source: PBS Learning Media
How can a dance tell a story? Watch this video and find out!
![fyi_g02_u03_handshakes_link.jpg A group of children with their hands together](https://hmhfyi.com/k-2/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/473416668.jpg)
Teacher Creates Personalized Handshakes for All His Students
Source: The Kids Should See This
This teacher greets each of his students with a special handshake just for them!
![fyi_g02_u03_instrumentgarden_1_174x116@2x1-320x190 A conductor conducting an orchestra of musicians.](https://hmhfyi.com/k-2/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/fyi_g02_u03_instrumentgarden_1_174x116@2x1-320x1901.jpg)
Carnival of the Animals!
Source: Go Classical for Kids
Grab some paper and crayons and explore how music can create pictures in your mind.
![fyi_g02_u01_kitten_link cute gray tabby kitten](https://hmhfyi.com/k-2/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/fyi_g02_u01_kitten_link.jpg)
Music Loving Kittens Make Malaysian Street Artist’s Day
Source: DOGO News
This musician is used to entertaining the people in his community. One night, his audience is full of surprises!
![A smiling girl looking at herself in a small hand mirror. A smiling girl looking at herself in a small hand mirror.](https://hmhfyi.com/k-2/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/fyi_g01_u06_whoamI_3_174x116@2x-320x190.jpg)
![A NASA rocket blasting off from a launchpad with huge clouds of fire and smoke. A NASA rocket blasting off from a launchpad with huge clouds of fire and smoke.](https://hmhfyi.com/k-2/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/fyi_g01_u04_rocketengineer_3_174x116@2x1-320x190.jpg)
How to Build a Rocket and Think Like an Engineer
Source: PBS Learning Media
Watch these children discover what it means to think like engineers.
![A boy singing into a microphone. A boy singing into a microphone.](https://hmhfyi.com/k-2/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/fyi_g01_u02_writersspeak_3_174x116@2x-320x190.jpg)
Writers Speak to Kids: Mo Willems
Source: NBC Learn
Find out how Mo Willems gets ideas for his books and creates his wonderfully silly illustrations.
![boy girl insect spring grass look point finger sun boy and girl sit on the grass and looking for insects](https://hmhfyi.com/k-2/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/fyi_gK_u04_five-senses_link.jpg)
![Colorful wooden triangles and rectangle, with a cube and a cylinder. Colorful wooden triangles and rectangle, with a cube and a cylinder.](https://hmhfyi.com/k-2/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/fyi_g0k_u02_shapesgeometry_link_2_174x116@2x2-320x190.jpg)
![fyi_gK_u02_wheat_link view of a field of wheat on a sunny day](https://hmhfyi.com/k-2/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/fyi_gK_u02_wheat_link.jpg)
Wheat Harvest
Source: Highlights Kids
There are some very silly things going on at this farm. Can you spot them?