Monday, February 8, 2010

Primary Singing Motivation

It's pretty funny what will motivate children.

Yesterday, after we taught our lesson, we headed to Primary and during "Singing Time" the teacher had a silly hat she made out of an ice cream bucket. My first thought was it looked like a cake and I wasn't sure what she was going to do with it. Then she tells all the kids that if they sang really well (and loud) their teacher would have to wear the hat. Our class really tried to sing as loud as they could. The first couple times it went to different teachers because their classes were singing every word as loud as they could. Song 3 came around and Doug, being the only male teacher, was out of luck - our class wasn't the best, but the song leader was determined to put the hat on him.
I think the kids sang better and louder than we've ever heard them. I found it funny that a silly ice cream bucket could motivate them so much.

4 comments:

Jamie and Preston said...

That's a nice look for Doug! Super cute idea, I might have to use something like that for my sharing times. Hey did you ever get that stain out of your carpet?

Anonymous said...

Pretty snazy hat Doug!

Rhoda said...

Haa Ha ha! I love it! When I was Primary chorister I had a large sombrero that I glued flowers, ribbons, bugs, and trucks on to and did the same thing.The kids LOVED it, the teachers would sigh as they saw me pull it out...but, hey it works!

kaysi van dyke fox said...

hahahaha! i love it!!! that is an awesome hat!!!!! :)