You know how we all learned the months of the year, 30 days has September, April... and so on. Although this is nothing new I found an interesting web site that uses song to teach grammar and other literary devices. . http://www.suzyred.com/music.html
It is a bit elementary, but those of us in secondary ed have learned much from our elementary ed colleagues.
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16 years ago
i was raised in a musical family, so music has always been a part of my life. to this day, my dad plays gigs (he's 87) with a band at clubs in Naples, Florida. He is in great health and very sharp still. I attribute that to the music in his life. There's certainly a calming effect when you're "in the monent".
ReplyDeletePersonally, I play flute, saxophone, limited piano, and some percussion instruments. AFter being inundated with music as a child, I couldn't wait to take a break from it after leaving home. As fate would have it, the need and desire reached my inner soul again and at 35, I resumed playing/singing with a Praise Band at church. I'm still doing that today, and look forward to opening a hospitality/coffee house someday where I can share my love of music with others.
Looks like another case of "The apple doesn't fall too far from the tree".
Yes, I heard that it can help cancer patients and even kids with ADHD. I know that it does relaxes me as I make my way home from work. Truly music just heals!
ReplyDeleteOh my Rebecca! This is my thing...Teaching through music. As a matter of fact, this is about half of my book! I'm so impressed that you "big kids" are doing this now. YEAH!!
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