Miss Mariah's Music Class!!!!

Helllllllo :) Teaching has begun! We are on week 4 of Junior Music Course at SoCal Pianos and I could NOT. BE HAPPIER! For the protection of my students, all names are changed whenever I blog about them and photos will not be posted without the permission of the parents. Without further ado....

Today in music class, we learned where MI is on the keyboard and identified RE on the staff. We ALSO learned a few new words: decrescendo and glissando. We even got to PERFORM a glissando on our keyboards....low to high AND high to low! This was probably the most exciting part of music class on this sunny Saturday in northern San Diego. Today also happens to be the day after Valentine's Day, so of COURSE Miss Mariah came prepared with some special treats! 

Before class started, I taped Valentine-themed lollipops underneath each keyboard on the right hand side, as securely as I could with scotch tape. I was slightly nervous throughout the lesson that one of them would fall (they were pretty heavy lollipops!) and that the whole ordeal would be ruined. Alas, the music-note clock struck 10:59 AM and no lollis had fallen to the floor.

"Boys and girls, let's wave our right hands in the air. No, Sarah, that's your left hand...there it is...thank you! Now, take your RIGHT hand and reach it underneath the RIGHT hand side of our keyboards. Who will be the first to find their special prize?!" 

It took at least ten seconds for a child to find it, since the right side of the keyboards had some grooves in it and the lolli was a little bit towards the middle. But when that first child discovered what was underneath...oh man. It was like she had discovered a buried treasure! The looks on their faces=PRICELESS. One child later said to me: IT'S BEEN THERE THE WHOLE TIME DURING MUSIC CLASS?!?!? THE CANDY WAS THERE THE WHOOOOOLE TIME?!?! MISS MARIAH, YOU'RE SO SNEAKY!!!" 

Yes, my child. Yes, I am