Audio Project: Song of the Seasons

Purpose:

• To create a fun way for second graders to learn about the seasons. Songs are a great way for younger kids to both be entertained but also memorize different topics. Therefore, by singing about the seasons students will have a fun time but the lyrics will be ingrained into their minds. The tune of the song is "This Old Man," which most younger kids know. Therefore, I thought this would be easier for most students to know and to sing a long to. The lyrics of the song are:
  

  Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
  There are seasons, four in all.

  Weather changes, sun and rain and snow,
  Leaves fall down and flowers grow.

  Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
  There are seasons, four in all.

  Look outside and you will see
  Just what season it will be!

Note:

• I would save my song as "Grace's Song" on the desktop of all my student's computers so that they can open it and listen to a demo of it. Then, I would save a copy of the tune ("This Old Man") to the their desktops, titled as "Grace's Tune". I will already have everything set up for them so all they need to do is press the record button. Also, I would type out a copy of the lyrics onto a word document and also save a copy of it onto all the student's desktops, titled as "Season's Lyrics".
  

Personal Growth:
I have never used Audio Software in the past, especially not something like GarageBand, so it was a new experience for me. At first it was really awkward to hear myself and it felt really weird to be speaking and singing into a computer. I guess it still does feel weird but it got a lot easier. I thought the programs were not as hard to use as I thought they would be. In the beginning I didn't realize that if I messed up I didn't have to start all over again. Therefore, when I kept messing up even towards the end I would delete and try to complete the recording in one attempt. However, I then realized I could cut out the parts I messed up and just record over it which made the process a lot easier. The only real difficulty I had was playing the song on the piano in GarageBand, which took more than a few attempts. Even now it sounds a bit shaky, but for the most part I had a lot of fun.