I subbed half a day this week at the elementary school for the music teacher. Although given the option of just showing a video to each class, I chose to try to implement the teacher’s lessons plans. She had left very good notes and I thought it would be good practice for me since I have very little experience in that area. However, I definitely appreciated the opportunity to opt out for a video if I found myself in over my head.
It really wasn’t in the spirit of masochism or martyrdom that I jumped in to try teaching songs that I had never heard before to people with ten-minute attention spans. I think I just felt that trying it with children this young, grades K-3, was a golden opportunity because the material is simple and they are so forgiving if you mess up.
So, with CDs to help us through the songs and students eager to teach me the dances that they were learning with some of the music, we did fine and all felt a sense of accomplishment in the end. It also helped to know at least three quarters of the students now that I have subbed in so many grades. That, and there was always that sanctioned video to bail me out; although, I’m proud to say, I only showed five minutes of it to two different classes because we finished our lesson early.
I must admit, as a post script, that had this been an assignment with older students, I wouldn’t have fared so well. They aren’t nearly as enamored with fifteen rounds of London Bridge Is Falling Down.
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