1st Grader: "Can we sing The Star Strangled Banner today?" A kindergarten boy stated "I like girls, but not so much." I showed a picture of a trombone to Kindergarten and asked if anyone already knew what it was called. A lot guessed trumpet or tuba. There were a few who knew it was a trombone. My favorite answer was "Trombamba." A class of 2nd Graders were time-traveling to the Medieval Period. When asked if they remembered who started notation 1,000 years ago, the first answer given was "Dr. Bennett." The second answer given was "Guido Dorito." (The correct answer was Guido D'Arezzo.)
First Graders can sign up to sing or play a solo. I had a 1st Grader sing part of "I Love Rock-n-Roll." His version went like this: I Love Rock-n-Roll muhduhduhduh in the juice box baby! From a Kindergartener (with hands over his ears) after I demonstrated the French Horn: "I don't know how French people can stand it!" 2nd Grader after getting a drink from the water fountain on his way to music: "I love this city's water supply!" As a Kindergarten class was coming in and getting settled, I overheard one student singing "On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me a partridge in a pear tree." This was followed by a fellow student remarking "I didn't know you had a true love?!" Kindergartener: "Mrs. Kodat, are you Mr. Quigley's mom?" (that one hurt) Kindergartener: "Mrs. Kodat! My cousin, Uncle Joe, plays the bongos!" When pointing to eighth notes and asking what they are called, response from Kindergartener "egg" notes. Close. It is difficult to learn all these teacher names, so it is not uncommon for Kindergarten students to call me "music" for the first half of the school year or so. It was out of the ordinary when one student recently called me "instrument." Years ago my nephew was in my class. His parents teased him that if he didn't call me Mrs. Kodat he would get in trouble. The poor kid just didn't call me anything at school and was always on his best behavior during music class...until one winter day, I was demonstrating the guiro and he bursts out with "Auntie Ann, will you buy me one of those for my birthday?!?!?" I think I ordered one for him that night. |
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