Now it's Time to Go

Yesterday was my last day of music for this school year with many of my classes.  We sang and played some of our favorite songs and games and it was such a great day of music making where students jumped right in.

Among many activities, here were my favorites

Kindergarten

It was actually their final concert going along with their spring integration, which included:
Los Pollitos (with chick shakers made from paper mache lightbulbs in art integration)
From the Seed in the Ground with Mr. Luke Robison on the Guitar (my favorite)
How Does a Garden Grow? (MK8 one of the kids favorite's)
Each of us is a Flower (with flower faces made in art integration)
I'm Growing Up - Amidons with Mr. Luke Robison on the guitar
All I Really Need - Raffi
It was a lovely ending of the year and after their picnic, the students who remained, got to play parachute games with me and Mr. Robison.

First Grade

The theme for the day was dogs!
Knick Knack Paddy Wack
Bow Wow Wow
Doggie Doggie Where's your Bone
Then the students each got to play one of our newest instruments and describe the sound.
We ended with "Now its Time To Go" by the Amidons.  I played recorder while they made up scarf movement.  Then we "arranged" the song into a form.  It was a touching moment where every student was so focused that I wished I had a photo. Perhaps we will bring it back next year.

Now It's Time to Go

by Peter Amidon

Now it's time to go,

We've been singing and playing all the day,

Until tomorrow we must say...