It’s 4:30 in the afternoon and you have just spent another long day in the classroom. As much as you love your job, adore your students, and feel like teaching is what you were destined to do, by the end of the day you are exhausted. You have spent the last nine hours answering questions,…
Poetry, Language Play and Song Writing
Guest article by Debbie Clement A MONTH of poetry!!! A full month to celebrate the play of words, the lilt of language and consider my roots as a song writer — all at the same time! What is the distance between song writing and poetry? Songs are poems set to a melody!! As a singer-songwriter…
Learning Language Through Song
By now we’ve all heard about the benefits of learning a second language early in life—cultural sensitivity, improved math and abstract thinking skills, authentic accents—and the best one, it’s EASY and FUN! How can you give your darlings some of these advantages even if you’re not fluent yourself? Sing it! But WAIT! If you’re thinking…