November 23, 2009

I was re-reading Pink's chapter on Play. During the week of November 23rd, I tried to incorporate this idea of having more fun while doing the work aspect into my classes. I made it a point to include more jokes, do weird stuff the kids would think was funny, and basically tried to back off "gettin git right all of the time". When you work in environments like mine you have to be flexible no doubt. This time of year though it is espcially hard to be an itinerent teacher and having to prepare for multiple holiday programs. Time is always a factor for us this time of year and I think that sometimes I get too into getting it right: the notes, rhythms, etc. that I forget that this is supposed to be fun. I'm not saying that its dull town coming to my class, but I just focused on getting it right in a little more of a fun way. It turns out that I was just as successful cracking jokes as getting it right all the time. The kids were perceptive and more on task, so it was a successful chapter for me.