(Traditional Tune)
School days,
school days, (Sway
from side to side with
Time for back to
school days. hands
behind your back.)
Backpacks, and
pencils,
And paper, too. (Hold
up fingers as you name items.)
You’ll need
crayons and scissors and sticky glue.
Shopping for new
shoes and clothes (Point
to shoes and clothes.)
Who will be my
teacher I want to know. (Hold
up palms.)
New friends and
lots of good times (Clasp
hands as if excited.)
I can’t wait to go
back to school. (Fist
in the air.)
Sure, I know that
for many of your summer break just started. However, before you know it and before you’re ready the new
school year will begin.
I’m going to be
busy doing workshops and conferences this coming month, so I’ve prepared some
back to school “vitamins” that will, hopefully, energize you and get you
pumped! Every day you’ll get a
song, classroom management tip, book, or great activity to start your
year. Several years ago at a
workshop a teacher corrected me when I made a comment about teachers stealing
ideas. She said, “Teachers don’t
steal ideas. They HARVEST
ideas!” So, you just go right
ahead and harvest my blogs and make them your own!
Monthly Music
Mix
This is the type
of project that you can’t get to during the school year, but work on it this
summer and you’ll be glad you did.
Get out all of your CDs, downloads, etc. and create a play list for each
month of the year. You can choose
a good morning song, seasonal songs, and math and reading songs that will
reinforce standards. If you’ll go
to my June/July, 2009, website you’ll get some ideas on how to do this.
CD for the
Substitute
How about creating
a special CD just for the substitute teacher when you are absent? Include a good morning song, familiar
songs where children can wiggle, as well as learning songs. Worse case scenario is that the sub
sings with your class all day!!
This is a cookie
jar my sweet mother and father gave me for
my birthday over 40 years ago! I still LOVE it!