I meant to write this on May 9, but I never got around to it. I was sorry to read that Maurice Wild Thing Sendak died the day before, since he was a part of my teaching career. I rarely cry when a celebrity passes, and didn't at this news either. The tears came when I saw this cartoon in the newspaper the next morning.
One of my M.S. memories was having a group of gifted students (4th grade, I think) act out Where the Wild Things Are and create accompanying "music" with rhythm instruments. The image I remember was of Hannah Kunkle (could have been a different Kunkle- that I remember at all is amazing) wearing a fur coat and fedora-type hat and stomping around. I had a picture of that for many years, but cleaned out my pictures recently. Drat!
Chicken Soup with Rice used to be popular with kindergarten teachers.
Maurice once, Maurice twice
Reminds me of chicken soup with rice.
May
In May I think it truly best
to be a robin lightly dressed
concocting soup inside my nest
Mix it once, mix it twice,
mix that Chicken soup with rice.
