Soon we are so far off of the topic that even the adults in the room don’t remember what the objective of the lesson was supposed to be! No wonder they want us to post it somewhere. And while those children are telling their stories, more hands go up to tell theirs. And the problem is that as soon as you give any positive reinforcement at all to the child for telling that story, you can count on at least three more hands going up to tell another. It’s that effective.īecause the limbs are narrow, the kids enjoyed using colored pencils more than crayons.įew things drive me crazier in teaching than having a child interrupt a smoothly flowing lesson to tell me a story about something that has absolutely nothing to do with the topic at hand. I have to say that I, personally, would buy the CD for this song alone. Is someone hurt? Tell for sure! (Repeated by kids)Īn emergency? Tell us please! (Sung by soloist)Īn emergency? Tell us please! (Repeated by kids) Is someone hurt? Tell for sure! (Sung by soloist) ![]() Is it dangerous? Do tell us! (Repeated by kids) Is it dangerous? Do tell us! (Sung by soloist) He said, “No, I guess not,” and walked away. And then I asked him if he had something to tell me. Is there any good solution for solving the never ending problem of tattling? Well, my friend Tammi that I teach with told me once that when her children tattle for non-emergency reasons, she would sing out, “Nobody likes a ….” and the kids would fill in the end of the sentence with the word “tattle tale!” So I developed that idea into a full song, and I am finding it EXTREMELY effective! The children absolutely LOVE to sing it, and they actually seem to sometimes use that song as a weapon, I’m afraid! As soon as somebody announces, “I’m telling!” a child will begin the chant, “Nobody likes a tattletale, Nobody likes a tattle tale! If you tattle every day, nobody’s going to want to play!” That usually stops the tattler in his or her tracks! Once a child made it all the way across the room during playtime while this chant when on, and then stood in front of me, ready to tell his story. ![]() Now I am going to tell you about a few of them! We also are working on some visual aids to go with this CD, and we are providing you with some free downloads from it for your kids to color, just for fun! ![]() The list of songs kept on growing and growing throughout the year, as I plowed my way through different situations and tried to solve them by writing songs and teaching the children to sing them. God works in mysterious ways, doesn’t He? I have encountered one classroom management problem after another, and have tried to solve them musically. Well, we finally did it – our new Music for Classroom Management CD is finally here, and it’s posted on the website! I am so excited, because the kids and I are LOVING this CD! And, as fate would have it, I wound up with a very difficult class this year, so having songs to review the rules has really been helpful.
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