As part of my Music Ed application, I was required to make a video of myself teaching a group of elementary schoolers. I'm not gonna lie, I was pretty scared. I've never really taught before, and I was worried the whole thing would be a complete and utter failure. Then I realized that this is what I want to do with my life, so I have to start somewhere. A ten minute lesson to a group of second graders seemed like a pretty good place to start! So today, I went to my mom's cousin Mindy's second grade class to teach a short lesson about rhythm. The second I walked in, I was greeted by adorable smiles and waves from the cute kids. The lesson I taught them went really well too! They got so into it, and I'm really glad I chose to do something interactive, because they were loving it! The whole thing made me realize that I really do want to be a Elementary school teacher! These cute kids had such sweet personalities and were just so excited to learn! I can't wait until I get to be a teacher!
It truly feels like just yesterday my grandparents gathered our family in the living room of our rented beach house and told us that they were taking us on a Disney Cruise. In reality, it was a year and a half ago and at the time it seemed like November 2014 would never come. It still almost felt like a dream even as we boarded our plane to Orlando last Saturday after MUCH airport turmoil, i.e. Michael forgetting his carry on at security, Jonathan getting a bloody nose, and me almost losing my debit card. Against all odds, the Shipp cousins made it to Orlando in one piece. I always get teary-eyed when I see my family after a few months away, and this time was no exception! Just as we were getting settled into our hotel room, we found out that our toilet was broken, so we had to move rooms! Once we were finally settled, Uncle Dave was kind enough to take as many cousins as could pile into his van for a McDonald's run. We spent Sunday in Downtown Disney, visiti...
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