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So, I'm a teacher, and I loove to teach music, and I love to add some music into almost any class I teach - if I can figure out a way to sneak in some music, I'm there....Oh, and normally I'm a Special Education Teacher, that's my very favourite thing to do, I love it soo much, I just add music in wherever I can, and I started out as a Kindergarten Teacher, and my students just got older and older and older - all the way up to 92 - no kidding! lol! I love them all! Gimme a student, I'll teach them! and happy to do it!  : )

If you are a teacher, and you want another technique for managing your class, especially in the older grades, just use some music - when you are at that stage in your classroom where your students are working quietly (or, are supposed to be working quietly), just turn on some good music - not crap music, that won't work - bah'hahahaha!  But, you know, turn on some good music.

I do this quietly, when the class is 'new-to-me', and don't already know that I'm doing this.

Anyway, when everyone's working nicely, just go and turn the music on.  The kids will notice.  If things get out of hand, or beyond where you want them to be, just go and turn it off. You can explain it, if you want to, but they'll know what's happening with a good look - lol! You must master 'the look'! And it can be a kind look, too, doesn't have to be all stern and mean - sometimes, it does, depending on the class, or what's going down in your classroom, but, generally, when the kids know and respect you, they'll catch on, right away, and get back down to business.

Music is a great reward.

Music Builds Brains!  And Humor Builds Brains!  Build Bigger Brains - lol!

Oh, so here's what I started out wanting to tell you about - lol!

If you are ever teaching The Three Bears, or teaching your students about Speech Fugues, this is a really fun one, and age doesn't mater, everyone loves it - it's funny, you'll all laugh - and I think Laughter in a Classroom is essential - more laughter, more learning. A happy student is a student who wants to be there, who is more open to learning...in any subject.

So here's the Speech Fugue:

The Three Bears

Use your best low-pitched, Papa Bear voice, then your sweet Mama Bear voice, then you're high-pitched, cute, Baby Bear voice - you'll love it! Is hilarious! lol!

Papa Bear: I'm hun-gry. I'm hun-gry. I'm emp-ty - inside. (Repeat)

Baby Bear: Me, too! (Right at the end of Papa Bear's line, Repeat)

Mama Bear (Right after Baby Bear says, "Me, too!"): 

I'm cookin' in the kitchen, I'm cookin' in the kitchen, I'm cookin' in the kitchen for Ba-by Bear,

I'm cookin' in the kitchen, I'm cookin' in the kitchen, I'm cookin' in the kitchen for Pa-pa Bear...  (Repeat)

And you'll now be in a full Round!

Just keep going until everyone breaks down in laughter - you'll have so much fun!

Oh, and here's how I even thought of this, today.. my 15 year old son was in the kitchen, saying, "I'm hungry" - so, of course, me breaks into song, with Papa Bear's, "I'm Hun-gry, I'm hun-gry, I'm emp-ty, inside - Me, too!"...and then I did the entire speech fugue - bah'hahahaah!

Luckily, I've raised a couple of very, very, funny children, so Aidan laughed, and I must've made him something yummy for dinner! hahaha! (Of course, Aidan is very adept in the kitchen - it's soo important for parents to teach their children well - did you like that? A little throwback for you, there, a little Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.... Teach Your Children Well... haha!  Anyway, and, I digress, as always... lol... but it's so important to teach your children to cook and clean for themselves, to manage money, truly understand everything it takes to be a good and successful, healthy adult, and then they can become good parents, too... see how it all comes around, full circle? All that, from one little funny Speech Fugue! lol!  And that all needs to be taught in the schools, too
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To Happy Children (and Happy Everyone!!), Ailsa : )



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 Okay, this just makes me laugh, so there's the laughter part of the program, right there - bah'hahahaha! 

And if you have students who are afraid to sing, or, for some reason, think they can't sing, show them this picture, guaranteed they'll know the song, will immediately 'sing' i, done.  You're on the way, you've broken the ice, and now you can all have lots of fun - and laughs, I hope! : )

Looks cute - the Bears, they're all circumspect! lol! 

 Hahaha!  This just made me laugh! "Again, Goldilocks?? Come on!"

 Well, this is perfect - yum, mah' fave - Porridge! (It really is my fave!!)
I love Porridge!! 

Ooh, just thought, you can make porridge with your whole class, add milk, or brown sugar and cinnamon, or some fruit - teach the kids how to make porridge and how delicious and healthy oatmeal is : )  #GoodPlan! lol!

 Well, this looks hilarious!  I would totally read this to my kids - at school, or at home! lol! 

 Okay, this litte link will take you straight to Goatilocks and the three bears, by Erica S. Perl, and illustrated by Arthur Howard- looks hilarious!

Oh, and as a little aside, I always told my students who the author was, and who was the illustrator - that's valuable information for a child to know : )

 Look how happy the Baby Bear is?  So happy!!

 Well, you know this just makes me laugh!  I love Roald Dahl!! 

 Oh, hmmm, now I can't remember, but pretty sure I just linked this to Goldilocks and the Three Bears - I make it easy fo' you!! lol!

 Looks very cute! 

       The original Goldilocks??  Uh-oh!

 Ruh-roh!  You gotta watch out for those Goldilocks Girls! lol!  

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 Don't we all love coloring??  You'd be surprised how much your students, all the way through High School, will work hard to get to color - it's hilarious, and a lot of fun!  And coloring is a very good way to get a conversation going, if there's something difficult to talk about, or you want to talk gently with your students - and it can be used as a management technique, in any situation, where you want to make people feel at ease, and to talk freely... just a little Art Therapy, right there! : )



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Here's something else to do with Bears - Gummy Bears! lol!  I love the Gummy Vitamins, and I have to get the Gummy Vitamins for Children, because they're the only Gummy Vitamins I could find that have real sugar, since I don't eat any fake sugar - yick! Plus, I'm allergic to it - it makes mah' mouff all funny... so, real sugar it is! Anyway, we were buying the Disney Vitamins - we have the Disney Princess Vitamins, right now - don't think my son is thrilled about that, but I loved them because they have the Sour Gummy Vitamins - yum! Deeelish, right? lol!

But now they don't sell the Disney Gummy Vitamins with that delicious Sour Sugar on the outside (where we live, in BC, Canada, anyway... Lucky Americans, I bet they still get delicious sugary Disney Treats! lol!), so here's my oh-so-clever fix... I just add in a handful of our regular Sour Gummy Bears, in with the Gummy Vitamins, give it a good shake, and then just make sure you get one regular Sour Gummy Bear with your one or two Gummy Vitamins - There, no more icky taste! Yahoo!  Problem solved!

 I just linked this ad to our fave Disney Gummy Vitamins - yum!

Blackboard Wars - very disturbing, on almost every level...

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So I thought I would give Blackboard Wars one more chance, since the first episode I watched was so disturbing, I just couldn't bring myself to watch the whole thing. There are so many problems with the school, it's hard to know where to start, but I think it is a very clear picture on what a Charter School can be.  For one, the school is run by a CEO, not a Principal, but even Principals can now be referred to as the CEO, and that is very disturbing.  A CEO runs a company with employees, not a school with students.  There is a fundamental difference in managing employees, who, for the record, are being paid, and, for the most part, choose to be there.  We are talking about schools, and our students, not employees, and if you've been in a school like this, you'll know how the actual 'employees' (teachers and all of the school staff) are treated - certainly not with respect.

This 'new' idea of getting rid of all the teachers previously in a school, often a Charter School will start 'with all new teachers', and when they say 'all new', they often mean, brand new, so that can mean teachers with no experience. If you've been a teacher, or you've ever been in a school (most people! lol!), you will know that productive schools need to have a good mix of all sorts of teachers, with a wide variety of levels of experience.  A whole school full of 'brand new' teachers is going to struggle.  All teachers need a place to start, but they need the people in place to help them through the tough days, and to support them where they need the support. In Blackboard Wars, these poor young teachers are being hit (yes, hit), and the principal did absolutely nothing.  That's horrible.  It's too hard to watch, let alone live.  I had a situation where I was in another classroom, and a student walked by from the cooking class in the next room, and this boy whipped an egg at the back of my head.  There were a specific number of male students in this class, this kid had an incredible throw, so obviously athletic... and luckily the egg hit my shoulder instead of my head, but it felt like a rock - was so scary.  I reported it to my administrator, and guess what they did?  Nothing.  Absolutely nothing.  He said there was no way they could possibly figure out which student threw the egg.  Thank God he's in administration and not law enforcement.... ugh.  Ridiculous.  But this is what teachers are dealing with on a daily basis, now... kids who can do horrendous things in the classroom, with no consequences. Is not good for anyone involved.

When education is turned into a business, that just scares me.  It's happening more and more, and is very disturbing.  When did this begin to happen?  Was it when the standardized testing began?  When they first started rating schools?  And why are schools rated?  Shouldn't every school be a great school? Was it when some school districts starting paying for students by the day, as a component of their funding? I'm pretty sure Canadian schools are funded by the year... must look into this as a factor... and I can't understand why not study the school systems around the world who are doing really well with their students, try to emulate them?   The normal systems, nothing extreme.  Extreme is rarely a good option! lol!

If you've seen Blackboard Wars, you'll have seen the bit where the principal says he's been given 5 years to turn his school around, or he'll be fired.  Fired??  A Principal???  What they need to do is go back to 'the good old days', and allow Principals to stay in their schools, let the students really get to know their Principal.  How can the principal be your 'pal' if you have no idea who the principal is, and the principal doesn't have time to get to know the kids?  We used to all have such a great relationship with our principals, as kids.  I loved my principals - they were wonderful, generous, kind and caring.  Not really how you would describe a CEO... I just heard the principal say that when he staffed his school, he accounted for 10% of the teachers not to make it... whaaaat???  10%!  I've never, ever, heard of that. You joined a staff, people of all ages, creeds, ethnicities, specialties.. but you were all there for the students, everyone was excited to be a teacher. What happened to that expectation?

I think things must have taken a serious turn for the worse when discipline that used to be in the classroom went out the window.  I really love my students, and they know how much I care about them, and it's usually a mutual respect, so I have a lovely classroom, but I've gone into classrooms where the kids didn't know me, or had a reaction to what I look like, what my expectations are (high).  It's not often, but when you have a difficult situation like that, you have to be supported by your administration.  I was lucky enough to have a fantastic administrator, and that situation was quickly remedied, but it sure looks like teacher support has diminished to such an extent, often the kids think (or know) they are in charge.

The whole thing is so upsetting.  On Blackboards Wars, it looks like all the staff is worried about losing their jobs, including the principal.  How can anyone do a really good job, and plan to stay for life (like the old days! lol!), if you never know what's going to happen to your job?

Oh, just realized that none of the teachers went to their union leader to help them get some more support... so is it a new system of a Charter School coming in, and the union going out?  There's a good reason why the Teacher's Union exists - it's just necessary to protect the teachers, and in turn, that protects the students.

Oh, man, this poor young teacher - just so upsetting.

I don't know if  can keep watching Blackboard Wars - it's too disturbing.

Okay, they got me at the end of the show... I'll watch it, again... I need to see that they can fix this school, make it work, help the kids : )






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