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Subject: RE: [MK8] 'tis the season?

From: Alison Rohrbach

Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 15:23:31 -0500

Mine are completely WHACKO right now. �There has been quite a lot of ISS =
in the last few weeks, too. �In my case, many of our students get ver=
y apprehensive about the thought of school getting out. �Things like bein=
g home alone, no lunch, neighborhood violence, etc, etc, etc, c=
reep into their little minds. �They only way they know how to deal with i=
t in some cases is to act out. �Not sure if that is what your little "dar=
ling" was doing, however. �
Good luck. �
Alison in IL

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> From: pinserra@suddenlink.net
> To: mk8list@musick8.com
> Subject: [MK8] 'tis the season?
> Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 16:13:52 -0400
>
> Apparently, the children have lost their little minds. I guess 'tis the
> season to.... go crazy, huh? I have been practicing up and down, sing=
ing
> sol-mi-la with hand signs, following icons, etc. for the past several=
weeks
> in 1st grade. So today I set up the xylos with the three notes and let th=
em
> explore playing a simple song they knew on these notes. It was a challeng=
e.
> I showed them how to play it, how the up and down with our hand signs
> matched the notes on the xylo, we discovered which notes repeated, wh=
ich
> note sounded on only one word, etc. Then I put them in groups to take t=
urns
> trying it. I went from group to group helping them. While one child was
> trying to help another child play the notes, the child holding the mall=
et
> HIT the other child with her mallet AND with her hand. The child trying t=
o
> help was in tears! OMG! I sent her immediately to the corner. At the end
> of class I sent the two girls to my porch so the hitter could apologize.
> The teacher assistant who picked up the class told me the hitter has a
> reputation for her mean streak. I have seen her be unkind, but I had ne=
ver
> seen the child HIT anybody before.
>
> What has gotten into these kids? Hitting with a mallet has NEVER ever
> happened in my class before! Is anyone else seeing this kind of spring
> craziness?
> Meredith
>
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