Distracted students
Over the many years I’ve taught K-8 I’ve noticed a steady increase in students in:
A) middle school music students so easily distracted to the point they cannot play a rhythm if anything else going on.
B) kindergarten students coming through more like three and four year old maturity.
To be more specific about my middle school students, I’ve noticed they don’t have the ability to play or sing their part while another group is singing/playing theirs. Maybe it’s just this group, but I haven’t run into this in previous years.
And no, don’t say “what do you expect? Middle schoolers are always distracted.” I’m talking about something very very noticeable, more than usual.
Anyone else run into or have seen anything similar over the past three years or so?