Comments on: Wake Up! It’s time for school! http://blog.newsok.com/educationstation/2008/08/19/wake-up-its-time-for-school/ Keeping you informed on Oklahoma's education system Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:30:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Bill http://blog.newsok.com/educationstation/2008/08/19/wake-up-its-time-for-school/comment-page-1/#comment-26878 Bill Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:43:45 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/educationstation/2008/08/19/wake-up-its-time-for-school/#comment-26878 Post writing is also a excitement, if you know then you can write otherwise it is difficult to write. Post writing is also a excitement, if you know then you can write otherwise it is difficult to write.

]]> By: V.H. http://blog.newsok.com/educationstation/2008/08/19/wake-up-its-time-for-school/comment-page-1/#comment-2107 V.H. Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:18:05 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/educationstation/2008/08/19/wake-up-its-time-for-school/#comment-2107 K.L. you are such a great parent! Wish I would have had that growing up...even now would be nice to be loved and treated so special! That takes a lot of time and effort for you to prepare those CDs! K.L. you are such a great parent! Wish I would have had that growing up…even now would be nice to be loved and treated so special! That takes a lot of time and effort for you to prepare those CDs!

]]> By: K.L. http://blog.newsok.com/educationstation/2008/08/19/wake-up-its-time-for-school/comment-page-1/#comment-479 K.L. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:30:45 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/educationstation/2008/08/19/wake-up-its-time-for-school/#comment-479 Wha....? Alarm clocks "aren't really useful" until they're 12....? Baloney! I use Itunes to make wake-up CDs for the alarm clock. "What a Wonderful World" (by different artists) means 'wake up'. "My Father's House" means 'get out of bed'. And other specific songs mean 'make your breakfast', 'brush your teeth' (a 2 min song), 'get clothes on', 'get in the car'..... In between these cue songs, I put in humor songs, Bible verse songs, educational songs (mulitiplication tables, "The Sun is a mass of incandescant gas", etc.), one-minute science podcasts/Spanish lessons, sounds clips from fav movies, recorded personal messages, and most-excellent music from the past (The Archies, Jackson 5, Paul Simon, Supremes, R&H musicals) and the present (Hanson, U2, TheyMightBeGiants, BNL-their bluegrass songs-and Disney musicals). They don't know when a new CD will come out, so they snap awake to hear if it is a new one. Also....the CDs are usually 60 minutes but I keep some 45 minutes ones (even a 30 minute one) in reserve, in case I am running late. The kids don't even know its less time! Same principle at night. Thirty minutes of sound clips and fun music with cues to brush teeth, wash face, get clothes out, backpack by kitchen chair. Found an old song "Every monkey should go to school"....its a riot. Then someone's version of "Over the Rainbow", followed by 30 minutes of instrumentals (found bluegrass versions of Van Halen, Green Day, Metallica---awesome--and Lullabye versions of the Beatles), meaning time to be in bed "settling down", talking with parents, or reading. The kids even make their own "Saturday morning get ready for Soccer" and "Sunday morning get ready for Church" CDs. It works great for us. We do not have to go in and get them up! "Experts"....? Hmph. Wha….? Alarm clocks “aren’t really useful” until they’re 12….? Baloney!

I use Itunes to make wake-up CDs for the alarm clock. “What a Wonderful World” (by different artists) means ‘wake up’. “My Father’s House” means ‘get out of bed’. And other specific songs mean ‘make your breakfast’, ‘brush your teeth’ (a 2 min song), ‘get clothes on’, ‘get in the car’…..

In between these cue songs, I put in humor songs, Bible verse songs, educational songs (mulitiplication tables, “The Sun is a mass of incandescant gas”, etc.), one-minute science podcasts/Spanish lessons, sounds clips from fav movies, recorded personal messages, and most-excellent music from the past (The Archies, Jackson 5, Paul Simon, Supremes, R&H musicals) and the present (Hanson, U2, TheyMightBeGiants, BNL-their bluegrass songs-and Disney musicals).

They don’t know when a new CD will come out, so they snap awake to hear if it is a new one. Also….the CDs are usually 60 minutes but I keep some 45 minutes ones (even a 30 minute one) in reserve, in case I am running late. The kids don’t even know its less time!

Same principle at night. Thirty minutes of sound clips and fun music with cues to brush teeth, wash face, get clothes out, backpack by kitchen chair. Found an old song “Every monkey should go to school”….its a riot. Then someone’s version of “Over the Rainbow”, followed by 30 minutes of instrumentals (found bluegrass versions of Van Halen, Green Day, Metallica—awesome–and Lullabye versions of the Beatles), meaning time to be in bed “settling down”, talking with parents, or reading.

The kids even make their own “Saturday morning get ready for Soccer” and “Sunday morning get ready for Church” CDs. It works great for us. We do not have to go in and get them up!

“Experts”….? Hmph.

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