Tykes for Bikes: 2018 update.
We are working on educating kids and youth about bicycle safety. This is a new field from which we have received lots of positive feedback. In the Spring-Summer of 2016, we ran a pilot program with kids in daycare from 5-12 years of age and our findings about their use of bikes have surprised us; of the 12 or so kids present, ALL of them raised their hands when we asked the question, "Who has a bicycle?" We are still working on iterative development of our Tykes for Bikes kids' program and creating our Tanuki music video. You can read more about Part I of the recording process in a previous blog post here.
We are now fixing up our website and cleaning up the Tykes for Bikes kids page!
Meanwhile, Ye and Carmel (co-directors) also worked out new lyrics a few years ago for "What Does the Tanuki Say?" (A cover for "What Does the Fox Say", but PN2K style). The tanuki was Phyo's spirit animal. We decided to turn the lyrics into a bike-safety rendition. Listen to the full song sung by Chu Chu: https://soundcloud.com/user-176455284/what-does-the-tanuki-say-by-chu-chu
Also, a glimpse of our Kids Bike Safety Video, created by Yaoming for the first half of the song:
Thanks to Yaoming for allowing us to make this recording happen. Thanks to Northeastern University for the use of space and equipment!