Mrs. Keddington started out Technique class with the "How Come?" game. She reminded the kids all the reasons we need to have bent thumb, round pinky, and flat knuckles- a good bow hold. She played them some examples of how songs sound when you have a bad bow hold, and a good bow hold. Then she went around the circle and asked each child, "Why is it important to have a good bow hold?" And each child that answered (all of them), got a Skittle as a reward. We were taught "Rosalie's Rule: Never play a note until you're ready!" Take your time to set up and make sure everything is correct before you start.
We had a race with violin hold and heavy heads- each child had a gummy bear placed on their violin, and they had to give the bears a boat ride across the room without tipping and letting it fall off. The kids all did well. Then Swiper from Dora tried to steal their violins... "Swiper, No Swiping!", and if Mrs. K. couldn't get the violin away, she'd say "Aw, Man!" Seth's mom and I got to be the posture police and look for secret things while the kids played, and if they were doing what we were looking for, they got a sticker. It was extra hard, because they didn't know what we were looking for. So they had to do everything correctly! The last game was differentiating between Staccato and Legato. Mrs. K. had a picture with dots on it, and a picture of a wave. The kids had to stomp, clap, jump for staccato, and twirl a scarf for legato. 
I missed the Rep class, cause I took Elise to get her hair done. I did see a few bits and pieces as I walked back and forth every 10 minutes or so while we waited for Elise's turn.
Once, James Hutchins' class was visiting Macy's class, on a "World Tour" and they were playing together. And I think they were mostly reviewing the same type of stuff they did on Friday. I took Macy out 5 minutes early to go get her hair done before the final concert.
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