One of my favorite days of the year is Book Character Day at Ethridge. The staff and students dress up as their favorite book characters. There is a parade where students walk the halls to show their costumes. Students are always excited throughout the day.
Yesterday our fine arts team dressed up as the Pinkilicious series with each of us taking a color - Pink, Gold, Purple and Silver. It is great fun to work with such fabulous teachers!
In class, students participated in a few activities. We learned a dance to the song "Monster Mash" and I performed a song on my guitar for students. The students smiles were contagious and it was fun to take three minutes out of class away from the theory, rhythm reading and focused musicianship to do a fun dance with the students.
Kindergarten students learned a movement activity where they acted out various characters as well as a poem with rhyming words. They also learned a poem:
With my little broom I sweep,sweep, sweep
With my little toes I creep, creep, creep
With my little eyes I peep, peep, peep
In my little bed I sleep, sleep, sleep
We act out the motions, talk about the rhyming words and experiment with what the words mean.
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