I always loved to sing. I would have tried harder with my singing if it wasn't for my horrific stage fright. It wasn't until I started teaching preschool that I allowed myself to open up with my singing. When you are in front of kids it doesn't matter if you are singing flat, through your nose or off key, what matters is you are singing.
It is proven that singing increases endorphin's, a feel good hormone, in your brain. Having a sad day, just belt out a song.
I love to teach my love for music and songs to my students. What I love even more is when it carries over into their home life.
One of my students mom's talked to me today about a song that her son started singing at home. Spring time in Utah brings what that locals call pop corn balls, a tree that when it flowers looks like popcorn balls. The other day this child we will call Jack (name changed for privacy reasons) called to his mom to come quick. She ran into the room thinking there was an emergency only to find Jack staring out of the window. "Mom look! We have pop corn trees!" He then sang her the song.
Earlier this evening I was talking to a past students mother. We where talking about a possible babysitting job and how much I missed her two children. I expressed my sadness that most of my students forget a out me within a few months of me leaving. She told me they still sing all the song I taught them.
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