We had our spring concert earlier this week, and today in 5th grade I asked my students what their favorite part of the concert was other than their piece. We went down the rows, each student taking a turn until one earnest young man claimed that the “Rabbit Song” was his favorite. The rest of [...]
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Overheard in Fifth Grade:
Posted in Kids Being Cute, Music, tagged bunny, loch lomond, misheard lyrics on May 13, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Music Funnies: Life in K-3 Music Classes
Posted in Kids Being Cute, Music, tagged music, teaching on June 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The school year is officially over. This year was fun for me, it was my second year teaching, so I am still learning a lot, but I had one year under my belt and knew a little better what to expect and what to do. It’s all too easy for me to become frustrated or [...]
Has it really come to this?
Posted in Kids Being Cute, Music, tagged Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Ogden Nash, Rossini on May 21, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Today in First Grade, I showed the kids a fun little Bugs Bunny cartoon of the Carnival of the Animals (it features a live orchestra and the poems of Ogden Nash… so it counts as educational in my book). Instead of saying “Yay! Bugs Bunny!” one of the children looked at me quite calmly and [...]
Overheard in Third Grade…
Posted in Kids Being Cute, Music, tagged Mozart, The Beach Boys on May 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
“I love the Beach Boys! I mean… in a singing contest, the Beach Boys would totally beat Mozart!” Hm… maybe I’m not doing my job properly. Although, to be fair, I don’t know anything about Mr. Mozart’s singing capabilities.
Kindergarten
Posted in Kids Being Cute on April 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Today in Kindergarten: Little girl raises hand, and with a pained look on her face informs me that she just can’t draw a treble clef. Little boy (without raising hand): “AND THAT’S WHY THEY CALL IT THE TROUBLE CLEF! Haha.”
