Monday, October 11, 2004
Story Time
Back in the day (about 6 months ago), when I taught at The Little Academy I had a couple of songs that the kids LOVED.
One of which was a Billy Jonas tune called "Old St. Helen"
(Note to all general music and elementary classroom teachers - YOU MUST pick up this Billy Jonas CD - lots of good songs that will be more helpful than you can imagine!)
"Old St. Helen" is a great song for two reasons
1. It is easy to learn (every other line is "Old St. Helen")
2. After every verse there is a wild and racuous section where kids can yell "RUMBLE" and clap (or pound on drums) until they wear themsleves out!
It's a great song
Once upond a time, I had one particularily pious child who decided it was a sin to sing "HELLen" and began changing the lyrics to "Old St. Heaven." Her classmates caught on and by the third verse the entire class was sining her way.
After steping out in the hallway to laugh with the second grade teacher, I gently explained to my kid-os that "Helen" was a girl's name and had nothing to do with a naughty word. 90% of the class accecpted this, but the rest continued to sing "St. Heaven."
So now . . . everytime Mout St. Helen is mentioned on the news, that song pops into my head (and then I start to giggle).
Billy Jonas has put an mp3 of the song on the front page of his website -- just so you can download it and experience the fun!
Back in the day (about 6 months ago), when I taught at The Little Academy I had a couple of songs that the kids LOVED.
One of which was a Billy Jonas tune called "Old St. Helen"
(Note to all general music and elementary classroom teachers - YOU MUST pick up this Billy Jonas CD - lots of good songs that will be more helpful than you can imagine!)
"Old St. Helen" is a great song for two reasons
1. It is easy to learn (every other line is "Old St. Helen")
2. After every verse there is a wild and racuous section where kids can yell "RUMBLE" and clap (or pound on drums) until they wear themsleves out!
It's a great song
Once upond a time, I had one particularily pious child who decided it was a sin to sing "HELLen" and began changing the lyrics to "Old St. Heaven." Her classmates caught on and by the third verse the entire class was sining her way.
After steping out in the hallway to laugh with the second grade teacher, I gently explained to my kid-os that "Helen" was a girl's name and had nothing to do with a naughty word. 90% of the class accecpted this, but the rest continued to sing "St. Heaven."
So now . . . everytime Mout St. Helen is mentioned on the news, that song pops into my head (and then I start to giggle).
Billy Jonas has put an mp3 of the song on the front page of his website -- just so you can download it and experience the fun!