Hi Martha,
hmmm... that's a LOT of managing! lol

at the Orff level 1 workshop this summer it was
mentioned it is wise to keep all recorders at school
until the students know the first five songs. After
that when they take them home, their parents are
impressed. Before that the parents might wonder
what the heck is going on with all that screeching. lol

Juanita

On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 8:13 PM, M Stanley wrote:
> I'd like to hear how you all manage recorders when the kids are NOT playing
> them.
> Example:
> --- while they're in the case and the kids are waiting to play them during
> class
> --- while they're in the hallway
> --- before and after school NOT in the music room
> --- on the bus, etc.
> --- when someone finds one in the bathroom
>
> Since recorders are present all year long at my school, I finally had to
> create some management procedures and while they're not great, at least they
> help some. I really would like better ideas from you all.
>
> First of all, you should know that they are required to bring them to class
> every time.
>
> My kids use Peripole soprano and the cases have a ring on the zipper which
> the kids use to swing the recorder around and around, absentmindedly - I'd
> probably do it too - and WHAP ----- someone gets whacked. I had to make a
> rule about no carrying the recorder with the ring. I ask them to actually
> carry the case. Some kids like to put the neckstrap around their necks and
> zip up the recorder still in the case. I've told them not to do this, but
> I'm changing my mind on that. As long as it's in the case, they can't
> toot. And if it's around their necks, the case is not very likely to swirl
> around and whack someone.
>
> They toot all the way to class and back - where IS their teacher's brain?-
> so I had to institute a school rule that says you may not play anywhere
> anytime at school - that means the whole campus 24-7 - except in the music
> room or if you're waaaaay in the back of the playground during supervised
> play AND with your teacher's permission.
>
> Any adult that hears you play in the wrong place has the right to confiscate
> your recorder and put it in my box or in the see-through box (like a shoe
> box) that lives on my piano. All collected recorders live there till they
> go back to their rightful owners the next day. This is also where lost and
> found recorders live.
>
> I try to tell the bus drivers about the no-playing rule but I can't always
> get to them because they are at the wrong end of campus for me to get to
> them, but I try.
>
>
> And how do you persuade kids not to irritate the pure heck out of their
> parents when they're just beginning and the sound is absolutely killing the
> cats?!?
>
> --
> Martha Stanley, NBCT
> www.marthabeesmusic.com
> The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas first!
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