Musical Cicadas!

This afternoon I was preparing for my Little Notes music class that I am offering this summer (theme: Nature's Music). There will be activities such as: different animal noises and movements, dances, fingerplays, and of course singing! I was making lesson plans and singing about "Wiggley Woo", the worm. As I am working on the songs and activities the Cicadas were drowning out my practicing with their own music. At first this really frustrated me! Later, I thought about my lesson plans and the different sounds in nature. Every bird, frog, cicada, worm, etc. has it's own song and movement. Each one is part of the eco-system and each one is important in its own special way. The cicadas will be with us for a few more weeks and then their songs will stop, but the music of nature will always be with us.