Yesterday I accompanied Mary Rachel on her class's field trip to the
Clark County Heritage Museum. The whole class walked. It was about a mile each way, and boy, were some of the kids whiny. LOL Mary had a good attitude the whole way and I enjoyed talking to her classmates. She and a few girls have a "club" where they do cheers that are very girly and, frankly, hard to listen to over and over. On the field trip the girls were pretty focused on finding wildlife like jack rabbits and lizards and all the kids were interested in the museum exhibits, particularly the "heritage street" where they toured homes from the early 1900's.
Her teacher, Mr. Lavender, likes music. In the classroom, as a reward for good behavior, they sing Beatles and Monkees songs. They read the lyrics and follow along. I asked, "Oh, do you do this so you can practice reading?" She said that no, it's just a priviledge. I don't know. Either way, she knows pretty much all the popular Beatles and Monkees songs now.
(Conversation: Mom, what does "day tripper" mean? Why did it take him so long to find out?
Ummmm . . . I don't know.
Well, I could ask one of them, becauses there are still two Beatles alive. But they're really, really old. Like 100 by now.)
1 comment:
what a fun field trip! fun idea for the singing. i do the same thing with my esl adults, but never thought about it with kids. (sounds like it requires more discrimination).
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