Bruce Krieg

music

Barber’s Adagio for Strings»

Lesson activity for K-5
Set students in activity groups.  Pass out white paper and set a few crayons for group to share.  Tell student to write name on back.  When music begins, students should not talk, but instead take everything they want to say and let flow out in color with no words.  Fill the page [...]

food

Kiwi-ade!!»

Summer is here again!  This drink was inspired by a drink I had at Byblos beach just north of Beirut, Lebanon.  We ate at a wonderful lebanese restaurant called Feniqia.  They had delicious food and we had kiwi-ade to drink.  I had never heard of it.
Here is my version.
(serves 4)

4 lemons squeezed
4 1/2 kiwis, peeled [...]

laughter

Little Mousie…in the music room? Seriously?»

Today, while waiting for kindergartners to come in for music, a girl at the front of the line asks me “Mr. Krieg, why is there a mouse in the music room?”
If you are an elementary teacher, you can imagine what went through my head.  “…these students can come up with more things to blurt out….did [...]