One of my favourite ways of getting to know students (or anyone, really) is to ask them about their favourite song…but this year we started by discussing favourite sounds. (I’ve also changed our 3x a year “Sharing Music from Home” to “Sharing Sounds from Home” and student performances are creative and brilliant.)

Some answers on this bulletin board: the sound of fries sizzling, the sound of my Grandfather snoring, the sound of a boiling kettle, the sound of my dog’s footsteps, the sound of laughter, the sound of a basketball swooshing. I have 300 student answers and wish I could share them all!