Have you ever been waiting for your participants to join your zoom session and felt the awkward silence? Have you ever been joining a zoom session in the silence and wondering if you should spark a conversation? Well here is a fun way to eliminate any awkward or uncomfortable moments. At the start of the school year I posted a survey for my students to complete. On the survey I included a question asking their favorite song. I took these songs and created a Spotify playlist. Which fun fact Spotify is free to sign up for!

Each class when girls are entering my zoom session I play one song from the playlist. I personally love watching the girls dance along or bring out the hairbrush microphone. This is not only a great filler to start class but it sets the tone. We start class all on the same positive note. This activity builds on our classroom community as we are sharing our favorite songs. You can see that each student has their own identity through the playlist created. I got a mix of pop, rock, country, reggae, and more. We have our differences and we are celebrating and sharing those each class. You can grab the link to the playlist to share with your students. Maybe they found a new favorite song or love the mood of the playlist and want to listen more. I will be accepting songs through the year to add on the playlist. As we know a favorite song can change!

An extension you can add is have students share why they chose this as their favorite song. You can also ask instead of their favorite song what their walk up song would be if they had one. This is their pump up song that can be easy for students to share and explain. Here is the link to my playlist if you would like to check out what some students picked out! You may even see your favorite song.