Thankfully, the class planted the Bitterroot seeds just in time for the rain, snow and frost passing through Billings last week! Our hope is that we will at least see some seedlings come next May-
The students love listening to the Native music I have been playing during quiet and center times. They are asking for it if I forget to turn it on! It is great to I hear some of them even humming songs with the Native beat they have been hearing or even making the verbal sounds from some of the songs while they are concentrating on their seat work. Maybe they are finding their own song through this!
I have added the Inca Tarka Magic flute to our exploration of Native music. Tradition says it is carved from wild bamboo cane growing by the highest lake in the world, Lake Titicaca. It is used to play Andean tunes passed down since the Inca empire over 4,000 years ago. It is much easier to play than the Native flute yet still gives the sound of the recordings the class has been listening to.
Thanks to this Heartlines class I am finding it is getting easier and easier to incorporate IEFA into not only my lessons but into my classroom's daily routines. Once I visualized the big picture, my focus shifted from specifics dealing with a specific tribe to the diverse cultures and traditions of many tribes. I am finding I have a different perspective on everyday occurrences now. For example, when I added new fish to my home aquarium and was observing their behavior I experienced an "ah-ha" moment. Their reactions to each other led me to draw a connection between allotment and the original fishs' displacement by the new additions. A lesson I will soon have the kindergartners experience when we give a fish friend to our lonely Betta.
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