McKay has a little buddy named Ben who he just loves to play with, but doesn't love to share toys with. Ben comes over and they play (fight) while I teach Ben's big sister a piano lesson. Well this last week, the day after the piano lesson, McKay got to go to Ben's house to play. That morning, I was helping McKay say his prayers. It went something like this:
Me: "Please help me..."
McKay: "Peese hep me"
Me: "Be nice to Ben..."
McKay: "Nice a Ben"
Me: "In the name..."
McKay: "Maybe"
I really can't remember, but I don't think we finished the prayer.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Recorder Concert
Tonight was Tanner's recorder concert. The first time I heard about the recorder program at the elementary school I decided that the music teacher was nuts. Who on earth wants to listen to children play the recorder, let alone 125 of them? Well, when you get 125 of them together, they actually sound really good. (I'm sorry the video is so jiggly; I was holding McKay on my lap.)
The entire 4th grade learns several songs and for each song they pass off, they earn a different color bead. Mrs. Lemmon (pronounced Luh - mawn) uses an incentive called "recorder karate" with the kids and the goal is to work up to black belt. Tanner made it all the way to the brown belt (one step below black) and he did it all on his own. He was motivated to practice the recorder, which is more than I can say for piano.
As the program continued, more and more kids were sitting while the few who played continued to dwindle as we passed the black belts, then the silver, and finally the gold. Tanner was getting very tired.
But he persevered and I managed to get a picture of him with his amazing music teacher, Mrs. Lemmon. It amazes me how much she motivates these kids. She must be a saint to teach them how to play the recorder. I am grateful because Tanner is excited about the piano again. And this year, I actually looked forward to the recorder concert.
The entire 4th grade learns several songs and for each song they pass off, they earn a different color bead. Mrs. Lemmon (pronounced Luh - mawn) uses an incentive called "recorder karate" with the kids and the goal is to work up to black belt. Tanner made it all the way to the brown belt (one step below black) and he did it all on his own. He was motivated to practice the recorder, which is more than I can say for piano.As the program continued, more and more kids were sitting while the few who played continued to dwindle as we passed the black belts, then the silver, and finally the gold. Tanner was getting very tired.But he persevered and I managed to get a picture of him with his amazing music teacher, Mrs. Lemmon. It amazes me how much she motivates these kids. She must be a saint to teach them how to play the recorder. I am grateful because Tanner is excited about the piano again. And this year, I actually looked forward to the recorder concert.
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