Some reflections from Kim

Kim Turbin comments on her time spent teaching the kindergardeners in the Music and Motion room:

I just wanted to pass along that the time with the 16 kindergardeners
was really awesome. Asking them about experiences and stories in the
other rooms, with a prompt or 2 they were telling me the stories of
this month, last month and even the previous month....making the
connections. The kids really got into determining the emotions Peter
was feeling, even though their vocab was limited. I would act out
and use voice fluctuation to see if it drew out some variety but
scary was still scary or became very scary and sad was very sad and
happy became really, really happy. Cute. I could see on their faces
they were getting it and even the quiet/shy kids were saying the
feelings, especially when the music played. Some thought they were
supposed to guess the emotion of the music so it was cool that they
did pick up on emotions/feeling from the music. Showing them how it
tied together with the story and how they picked the music, they
acted out the stories with the music and they were so into it. Then
talking about the ups and downs...we throughout the story and praying
for the guidance and forgiveness at the end, it was just a really
neat time. I felt out of sorts last week I guess and this week
almost felt like I was going to have to leave before the service
started, so it was really cool. And people wonder why I do it.
Seeing those faces, seeing them enjoy it, seeing them think about it
and seeing them get that glimmer even for a second...I love it!

Just thought I'd pass that along.