Day 20 - Thurs Oct 4: An previous P2F post shared the quacking, clucking, and tweeting lunch table. Today there were new developments . . .
Lunch was going very smoothly today so I was able to mingle with each table a little bit. When I reached my onomatopoetic young ladies, I gave them an unofficial assignment. They could make bird noises when I walked by BUT the noises have to be authentic bird songs. They loked at me as if I sprouted another head or a set of wings. I gave them a simple example.
We talked about Carolina Wren which are readily found in the township and right at school. I described the cute little operatic star with a long string of adjectives to help them draw a mental picture. Then, one of them asked, "what sound does it make?"
After hearing the "tea-kettle, tea-kettle, tea-kettle" mnemonic, they were convinced that my mind was gone along with most of their lunch period.
I hope they join us for a morning walk sometime soon so they can hear it for themselves.
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Bird calls on my ipod seem to spark kids interest.
So when I teach I use my ipod to let the kids know I am serious enough about birds to use space on my ipod. Thanks to my trwusty little radio shack speaker for $12.95
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