"Fur, Feathers, Scales....

...Shells or Skin,

What do they wear to keep their insides in?"

Sang that song about 5 times today.

It sticks in your head!

We also sang, "Going to the Zoo", "I'm Being Swallowed By A Boa Constrictor", "If I Were a Little Frog", "Rattlesnake, Rattlesnake", "I Was Sittin' Down to Eat", "Hakuna Matata", "If I Were...", "I Can't Spell Hippopotamus" and "Crocodile."

Do you detect a theme?

If you guessed animal songs - you're right! The 1st and 2nd graders are preparing for a program in a couple weeks. I had 5 classes of primary kids, so I sang most of the songs 5 times! I came home humming the tune of about everyone one in turn.

As for the 3rd, 4th and 5th graders, we played recorders for about half of their music time (I learned last time that was all I could tolerate!) and then I taught them a game that my music-teacher mom taught me. Basically, it's a bean-bag toss game. Two teams try to land their bean bag on a musical staff and name the note it lands on. Higher notes on the staff are harder to land on so they're worth more points. They all seemed to enjoy it - especially the boys in the 3rd grade class because they absolutely creamed their girl opponents.

The 5th grade class was enormous (34 kids!) but they were pretty enjoyable - although any tiny bit of chatter seems super loud with that many of them! Still, I enjoyed the 5th grade more this time than last time.

And, on the plus side, howling boy was not there today!

It was busy and tiring, but a pretty good Friday. I survived despite the "crazy hair day" and intermittent snow. :)