Sunday, November 25, 2007

Teaching: Weekend #12

My students like to sing, and their favorite music teacher Mr. Don has taught them "This Old Man." Only one of them has figured out how to rhyme, and they like to sing on the swings in front of the rest of the school, who I should mention are private school rich kid preps who knew calculus when they were roughly 3.
Recess last week:

"This old man, his name was.... ELMO...
he played nick nack on my........ hip!
with a nick nack patty wack, give a dog a bone,
this old man came rolling home."

Good singing guys, do you remember when we talked about a rhyme? Can you think of a name that rhymes with something on your body?

"This old man, his name was............ PENIS.............
he played nick nack on my......... fingerrrrrrrrr
with a nick nack patty wack, give a dog a bone,
this old man came rolling home."

I like that you're trying! Let's start with a name first, and then we'll think of something that rhymes with it.

"This old man, his name was....... CHUCK....
he played nick nack on my...... FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!
with a nick nack, patty wack... give a dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home."


...Who wants to Steven the Pirate instead?