tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post98123627586295557..comments2024-03-26T07:07:14.304-07:00Comments on Teacher Tom: Emotions Are HardTeacher Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14606781724784785338noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-84563797115676498482011-09-11T02:02:34.343-07:002011-09-11T02:02:34.343-07:00Another great post!
Is it just an Australian thin...Another great post!<br /><br />Is it just an Australian thing, or has anybody noticed that "If you're happy and you know it", a song about understanding real emotions and expressing them appropriately has started to be subverted by the "little children should be happy all the time" emotion deniers?<br /><br />I'm increasingly finding that people are only singing the "if you're happy" verse and ignoring the other verses altogether. Or worse yet, they are singing <i>all</i> the verses without the corresponding emotion; they are singing "if you're happy and you know it stamp your feet" and so on.<br /><br />As you so rightly say, emotions are hard. Denying emotions doesn't make them go away; it just buries them where they fester. Let's follow Teacher Tom's lead and help children learn about their own emotions by treating them (the emotions) with the respect they deserve.<br /><br />http://www.facebook.com/ChildsPlayMusicPerthAlec Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08406796000332832472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-76165779671730954002010-09-18T20:51:54.981-07:002010-09-18T20:51:54.981-07:00What kind of tune has the Orca Whale song got? I f...What kind of tune has the Orca Whale song got? I found the words in one of your old entries, but I can't make a tune fit. I found Jump Jim Joe on you tube - ain't technology wonderful?<br /><br />The songs for sitting are really great! We've gotten into the habit of chanting what we do. I ask, what are the three things we do on the mat, and hold up 3 fingers. The children call back to me 'sit on your bottom so your friends can see!' then all they all scramble to do it. Then two fingers 'Cross your legs so they don't kick your friends' and one finger 'Keep your hands to yourself!'. It works for us...<br /><br />But I am definately stealing the felt faces idea, heheh...Tracynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-27597365469948707812010-09-18T18:18:41.397-07:002010-09-18T18:18:41.397-07:00I am printing all of this out to teach those songs...I am printing all of this out to teach those songs at in my schools:) I love the additional verses to "everybody sit down on the floor" I only knew the first verse.<br /><br />I tried to put one of your good pictures on FB but blogger and FB are not working together well now and I am not allowed to choose the photo I want to share - I am so bummed!!Deborahhttp://www.deborahjstewart.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-5005437490506559032010-09-18T17:54:55.546-07:002010-09-18T17:54:55.546-07:00I love the felt board faces for mat time. My boys ...I love the felt board faces for mat time. My boys would really enjoy this.Aussie Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06395464564114890478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-76817139704765696722010-09-18T16:32:29.873-07:002010-09-18T16:32:29.873-07:00I'm not a certified preschool teacher but I en...I'm not a certified preschool teacher but I enjoy reading about your students and thinking back. I think I've sung the "If You're Happy and You Know It" song a million times in my children's youth. Preschoolers seem to get into that song. It allows them to show so many emotions. <br /><br />Circle time on the rug is also familiar to me, but I don't think I've seen it done as cleverly as you do with your drum. I giggled a bit at your song as well. <br /><br />It sounds like the school year is off to a wonderful start for you and your young charges.SurprisedMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11474705305996978532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-67898637988886298432010-09-18T14:57:17.459-07:002010-09-18T14:57:17.459-07:00It's really nice to learn a bit more about you...It's really nice to learn a bit more about your songs and "circle time" Tom. I really like your sitting song as I have a couple of children in our pre-K groups who would benefit from a song to remind them how to sit on the mat. As for keeping the expressions off your face while singing 'If you're happy and you know it' ... forget it! It's impossible not to act out the expressions during that song ... or when you read it in a post for that matter!<br />As for Eliza and Lily what sweet girls they are. Our children think it's hysterical when we sing with sad faces or cry during songs lik "5 jellyfish' when we sing ... "NO jelly fish, No jellyfish, No jellyfi-i-i-ish sitting on a log ... boooohoooohooohooohoooo!<br />Donna :) :)Play for Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08475920387209134195noreply@blogger.com