If ONLY my kids could afford $10. It's pulling teeth to get every kid one
recorder. I have check outs available for those who simply can't/won't pay
the $5. I have noticed that every year, the number of check-outs decreases
pretty significantly. I reworded my parental letter to include "checked out
recorders have been used and thoroughly cleaned" or words to that effect.
Got that idea from MK8. I believe that played a part in getting some folks
to choke out that $5. Yuck - used?!?

On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 9:52 PM, Barbara Lee wrote:

> My students leave their recorders at school in my classroom. I have
> stackable, plastic baskets for each class. Kids have the option of buying
> two recorders (Peripole), one for school and one to leave at home. Leaving
> the recorders in the classroom eliminated any inappropriate playing out of
> the music room.
>
> When the kids come into the classroom, I have the basket on the counter
> right by the door when they enter. Each student gets a recorder out of the
> basket - doesn't matter whose it is - and the students sit down. Then the
> boys hand their recorder to the owner, and then the girls do the same.
> (These recorders are in the blue Peripole case labeled with the name.)
> Within a minute or so, everyone has their own recorder, cases go under the
> chairs, and we usually move to the floor closer to the front of the
> classroom and the SmartBoard. It works pretty smoothly.
>
> Barbara Lee
> Thomasville, GA
>
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Martha Stanley, NBCT
www.marthabeesmusic.com
The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas first!