We finally made it to June and we are welcoming students and teachers back to school. It’s been a lot of work to get ready for this  (especially for Mr. Baldin, Ms. Sandberg and Ms. McKay!) and it’s been a little bit nerve-wracking too. And… it’s so great to see people in the school and hear their voices not coming through a computer!

To celebrate, I decided to hold a contest!! The prize will be a musical instrument! – (not a recorder – unless you really want one). You can choose between a baritone ukulele, a guitar or a djembe (drum)!

I think we need a new handwashing song to help kids (and adults) remember the best way to wash their hands.

Criteria – It needs to:

  1. rhyme and have rhythm.
  2. have repetition (but not TOO much repetition) – you know… catchy!
  3. be relatively easy to remember.
  4. be fun and easy to sing (some parts can be just spoken but the chorus has to have a melody).
  5. last for 20 seconds.
  6. list the proper method for washing hands thoroughly to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Up for the challenge? Submit your lyrics and melody to me by Thursday, June 18th and Ms. Kwok and I will decide who is the winner! You don’t need to sing it (but you certainly can if you want to!) just make sure that the rhythm of the lyrics matches the rhythm of the melody! You can choose a song that already exists and just change the lyrics to fit the rhythm of the melody.

The prize will be a musical instrument! – (not a recorder – unless you really want one). You can choose between a baritone ukulele, a guitar, or a djembe (drum)!