Sometimes, you just have to wing it. Or go for it. Even if it’s a wacky idea. Like, a couple weeks ago, when our local weather person was going to be out of school & we didn’t have a quick replacement – what to do? Another #MHTVNews crew member was at home with a broken wrist & we were facetiming her in the studio before the show when the 7th grader Payton who started the facetime call, had the wild idea to put Kasey (our injured wing friend) on the TV show on using the phone! Brilliant! But would it work? Payton took a picture of the weather script & sent it to her — I was busily trying to share it with her via GSuite – Payton won. And we tested the volume. The rest of the school wasn’t so happy about that! (the morning bell hadn’t rung yet, simmer down folks!) LOL But here’s how it came out It wasn’t perfect, we wish we had used the set up as pictured above, just putting the tripod down on the weather desk – but it was a hoot and the feedback from our audience (the kids in the classrooms) was that the other kids really perked up and took notice! I’m getting older, going to retire in 3 or 4 years, I’m not crotchety quite yet, but I hope I never get too old to try a last minute wacky fun idea that a kid has with all in and wild abandon.

More TV Studio cuteness from Instagram. Follow me & the awesome that goes on every day at our school on Instagram at @TheDaringLibrarian

 

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“Of all the flavors out there you had to choose salty!” —- Best lols quote of the day from our weatherman Mr. M! +Our holiday lights are up on our TV set! #MHTVNews

A post shared by @GwynethJones (@thedaringlibrarian) on Dec 4, 2019 at 5:57am PST

 

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Are national news talent Ms. A Love the holiday lights on art #MHTVNews set! The studio is flashing glowing and sparkling! Our kids set this up yesterday!

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Thanksgiving Headband Cuteness

 

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Happy #GobbleGobble Day from Miss N and Miss E! #thanksgiving #celebratehcpss

A post shared by @GwynethJones (@thedaringlibrarian) on Nov 26, 2019 at 7:13am PST

 

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Our Friday crew on #MHTVNews is pretty spectacular!

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So proud of our new #MHTVNewsCrew Today! Miss A was killing her @flocabulary #WeekInRap script! The other Miss A was killing her weather script and Miss D slayed the local news! Really proud of how this Monday crew is coming together! Notice on the last picture, Miss S. was hiding under the table avoiding my camera LOL But she gave me permission to post it!

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Our new #MHTVTVNews crews started last week! And they’ve been awesome! Ps. If you don’t have time to post the pictures you take during the day or that week it’s OK, just post them later! No one’s wondering why didn’t you post that already!?

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And finally, another cool idea that Payton had, do an ASMR show.

 

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Today on #MHTVNews we did an #ASMR show. We encouraged the audience to turn down the lights, turn up the volume, and close their eyes as we brought them a relaxing & mindfull Friday show. #mindfulness

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 Your turn! What wild & wacky ideas have you tried in your TV Studio, School Library, or Classroom? Do you ever try things with kiddos and say “this might now work, but let’s try it anyway?” Having that kind of (dare I say Daring?) chutzpah or embracing the fail attitude in front of the kiddos is a good thing! It’s OK to fail! Cheers dears!