One of my favorite things to do is play music games with my students. Building relationships is so important as a teacher, maybe even the most important thing that we do. You might be the only adult in their life that cares enough to play a game with them.
Today I was playing with group and I was sliced! I ran around the circle and tied with the girl I was racing. In my class, we do "rock, paper, scissors" in case of a tie. We faced each other. Rock-Paper-Scissors ---- ROCK! Tie. Rock-Paper-Scissors ---- ROCK! Tie again! 5 "rock" ties later, I snuck in a paper and the class went wild when I won! The girl was a very good sport and we shared a hug. It was a great day with a normally argumentative group.
There are so many things you can teach through simple music games: good sportsmanship, working together, kindness, supporting each other. I love teaching music, but more than teaching music, I teach life.
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