Broadway Blake

Blake told me a story about his day today and I wanted to post it on the blog because it's too cute not to share.
Blake is teaching a variety of levels at his school and this includes some very young kids (gr 1 and 2). While he has developed into an excellent teacher for older grades, the strategy for working with little guys is a lot different and is all new to him. I would love to be a fly on the wall and see him with these little guys!
Blake was attempting to teach the months of the year today and was losing their attention in the discussion. They weren't too interested in learning how to spell the words and were distracted by anything and everything. One of the Korean helpers said to Blake, "They don't understand...you just need to sing!" I can just imagine Blake's response...something along the lines of...'you're kidding right?!'
I guess the Korean teacher assumed she would be waiting a good while before Blake broke out in song so she decided to take over by singing, 'January, February, March, April' and touched a different body part for each word. January- head, February-nose, etc... The kids instantly jerked to attention when they heard singing and mimicked exactly what the teacher was doing and sang along. Blake said he was entirely baffled watching how captivated they were. I think we're going to see some changes this year in my husband! I'll keep you posted :)