Singing is Contagious!

Today to help the kids practice the songs we're singing for Christmas really well, I let them give me the Singing Measles!

Image from here
I didn't redecorate myself at home to get a picture of it.

Materials: Round label stickers

Instructions: Tell the kids that good singing is contagious! Ask what the chicken pox looks like (lots of spots) and say we're going to play a game: If they are singing really well, they will become contagious. Their teachers will give the good singers each a sticker that they can use to decorate/infect me. After each song, tell the teachers to give stickers only to kids who were really singing. Then give them a chance to cover you with stickers :)

Pros: I got some very nice, loud singing out of them, the best I've heard in a month :)

Cons: It wasn't until I was sitting on a chair, letting myself be decorated by swarms of kids that I began to think about other contagions this time of year, ones that could really make me ill. When I got home, I immediately showered and dropped all my clothes in the wash.
No, this con won't stop me from doing it again, but maybe next time I'll bring hand sanitizer for everyone to use prior to starting :)