This week, I sang some songs with our students that related to love and caring. "You Are My Sunshine" is a song that has been sung within many families throughout the years. In class, I played the melody on the harmonica to see if anybody recognized the song. Invariably, in each class, someone started singing the song and recalled that their parent or other family member sang it to them at one time or another. I recorded the Battleships after they all started singing along - some even adding vibrato:
One exercise that I do from time to time, is to sing a song and have the students dance with each other. But before starting, I let them know that by the time the song is over, they will have taken a turn dancing with every student in the class. They are prepped by letting them know that there will be some students that you prefer to dance with, and others that may not be your first choice - but each turn will be short and you will think about how your approach and reaction affects how other people feel. |
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