April 28, 2025 • 15 mins
Have you seen the viral spirit tunnel videos from the @JenniferHudsonShow ? What a great way to prepare her guests for a great interview... and for us to welcome young children as they arrive at their early childhood program! Join Cindy and Alison to consider how you might add this motivational, fun, and engaging moment to your days.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Welcome to How Preschool Teachers Do It.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
This is Alison Kenso's I am an early childhood educator.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
And this is Cindy terror Bush. I am an early
childhood consultant.
Speaker 3 (00:12):
This podcast is for parents and early childhood professionals.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Let our experience and research based knowledge become your guide.
Speaker 4 (00:22):
Welcome back, preschool peepsie. We promised you a kind of upbeat,
fun episode and we're going to deliver. But first a
couple of pieces of business. First one is if you
may have missed our explanation of this in the last episode.
If you missed the last episode, please go back. Yeah,
go back to the last one. But in case you're thinking, yeah,
(00:43):
I'm not going to get back to it right now.
And what's some on YouTube? And what's that thing in
the corner by Allison's head. That's a QR code. If
you hold your camera up to that QR code, it's
going to name either your browser or the high Hello website.
Tap on that and it's going to take you to
a virtual business card. It has links to all of
our stuff in one handy dandy place. Yes, so we
(01:04):
are going to continue, we think on YouTube to use
this sort of background as long as it continues to
work out. You never know, you do, never know, you
never know. But here we are, so you can check
that out. If you are right now listening and you're
not on YouTube, hey we're there. Fine. Today's episode, the
QR code will be in the corner. Allison's going to
move ourhead again to expose the QR code.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Yeah, distracted, Okay.
Speaker 4 (01:27):
We also want to do what we've been doing for
a little while now and shout out the places where
this podcast is being listened to. One of the reasons
I like doing this is because I'm a podcast listener
to and you know, I'm alone in my car listening
to a podcast. I don't know where all this is
being listened to, or even if anyone else is listening.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
So sure, well, but people are listening apparently.
Speaker 4 (01:48):
Yes, and you all are part of our how preschool
Teachers do it preschool peeps community. So here's where some
other people in the community are listening.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Part of a community.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
Now, our community is big because we're shouting out New
Zealand today, which is huge to me, Like that's all
the way on the other side of the world, and
these people know who I am.
Speaker 4 (02:07):
I amazing I'm about to start watching a series from
New Zealand because it's yes, because I watched the UK version,
the Australian version, and now I'm watching the.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Show and I haven't even started the US version yet.
Speaker 4 (02:22):
And if you're all wondering what show is she talking about,
it's called The Traders.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
That's on my list of things to do.
Speaker 4 (02:29):
But start with the UK and then go to Australia.
And now I'm going to New Zealand. And this was
a recommendation of my sister actually, who spends part of
her year in the UK. Yeah, and she usually has
good suggestions. She does trust her suggestions, she does. So anyway,
that's what I'm talking about. So New Zealand, I see you.
I'm about to watch some of your people. There you go,
There you go where?
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Portland, Oregon?
Speaker 4 (02:52):
Portland, Oregon who and I love Portland. I have family
near there who I visited in the past. Loved my
visit to Portland. It's a great city, great stuff. If
you've not been there, highly recommend. Today we're going to
talk about something that we've seen online and it actually
(03:12):
it actually comes from a television show and it's not
the show itself. That's the funny part. It's becoming it's
gone viral. It's the funny part is it's not the
show itself. It's like the preamble to the show. It's
how this show that has guest stars on it welcomes
them and kind of pumps them up for their appearance
on this show. The show is the Jennifer Hudson Show.
(03:33):
We're gonna totally tag the Jennifer Hudson Show because we
are plugging you.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
You rock.
Speaker 4 (03:40):
You are amazing how you get these guests ready to
be on. Also, just by watching these short videos of
before the guests are on, I find out who's on
your show the next day.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
It's a great little gimmick she's got going on.
Speaker 4 (03:55):
It's not a gimmick. It's an awesome thing.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
It really is. It's fantastic propping people up. I mean
these are celebrities. I mean, who.
Speaker 4 (04:02):
Doesn't need a good though, So if you have not
seen The Jennifer Hudson Show Spirit Tunnels, you can look
up online, but I'll briefly describe it here. So there's
a celebrity of some sort who's going to be a
guest on the Jennifer Hudson show, and as they're walking
to the same I would right from the green room
(04:23):
where they wait to the stage, there's a hallway and
in that hallway, her crew, her entire crew lines the hallway.
Somebody or multiple people on this crew have made up
a song about this person, often too the tune of
what they're famous for. Like, for example, Henry Winkler was
(04:46):
a guest. He was on Happy Days. They sang the
welcome to Henry Winkler and to pump him up to
the theme song from that television show.
Speaker 3 (04:56):
Right like, they change the words the theme song of
Happy Days to means something to Henry winks.
Speaker 4 (05:02):
And listen, these are brilliant people on her career.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
Gwen Stefani one where they do the whole ages that
as song.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Yes but with her name is amazing.
Speaker 4 (05:12):
It was You all are amazing. If you're listening to
the you are very very talented. I like to think though,
that as someone who works with young children, we also
have the talent of making up a song on the fly. Listen,
music soothes children. You figure that out pretty quickly when
you work with young children. That music gets them to
pay attention, soothes them and brings them together. So we
(05:34):
make up songs on the fly. Early educators, y'all.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Can do this.
Speaker 4 (05:38):
And I was thinking, wouldn't it be cool to have
a spirit tunnel welcoming the children every day and getting
them pumped up for their school day. I have to
tell you I have a hallway in my home that
leads to the room that I use as an office.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
A spirit. I don't know who she thinks is gonna
sing to her. It's just me here. Oh no, but
I'm gonna have to make up a song mixed.
Speaker 4 (06:00):
I would like to put it on here now. Yeah.
I would like to get up in the morning, have breakfast,
and as I head down the hall to go do work,
have it lined with happy, well meaning people singing a
cheer for me as I walk down the hall. I
would totally dance to it. By the way, this I
would too.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
And I think this is an awesome idea for educators
in general. Like, imagine walking into work at a school
and every day somebody's there singing you a song.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
At the very least do it for teacher Appreciation Week.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
I mean, like it's just awesome, like walking in with
boons overhead or something and people like cheering your name.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
Like, who wouldn't want to go to work like that?
Speaker 4 (06:37):
Don't you think early educators or educators of any type
should be cheered into work every day?
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (06:42):
I do.
Speaker 4 (06:43):
It is a noble profession, like you all should be
cheered into work every day, Yes, every day. I also
think that when I show up for like an observation
visit of an early childhood teacher, I should be cheered in.
I'm helping people get credentials it. Honestly, if you have
not seen these spirit tunnels from Jennifer Hudson's crew, you
(07:05):
must go watch watch them. I was like obsessed with this,
and you know, for me, everything is like, how does
this relate to working with young children? Absolutely does. I
remember when they started to introduce they like the Universal
they I don't know who did it. I don't know
who did it, but the Universal. They started to introduce
(07:25):
these this visual we could put up on our walls
where students get to decide how they want to be
greeted when they enter in the morning. So there were
videos online when this first started to spread of like
young children lined up in a hallway and there was
a picture there and the picture had someone giving a
high five. Someone being hugged, someone shaking hands. It had
(07:47):
other things elbow elbow bumps or just like a wave
or a thumbs up.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (07:54):
And children have the option when they come into school
in the morning, they can point to how they would
like their teacher read them as they come in the room.
I think this sort of spirit tunnel greeting steps that up.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
To the next level.
Speaker 4 (08:07):
I think I think if you said, and maybe some
of you do this already, maybe you've seen it and
you do it, don't.
Speaker 3 (08:14):
Do a spirit tunnel. But I do stand in the hallway,
like so my my hall, my classes at the end
of the hall, and there are like three other classes,
and I will stand in the hallway and I know
the kids from all the classes and they turn the corner.
I'm like, ah, you do it today, like from the corner,
and and people that are like in the other hall.
Speaker 2 (08:32):
They're like, she's so loud. I'm like, I'm like happy
to see you.
Speaker 3 (08:37):
And I'll greet the kids from the other classes too,
And people are like you, you're such a morning person.
I'm like, actually, not really, but I do it for
them and it makes me happy.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
So, but I would love to have like songs wrong
how odds overhead? And like people like chanting their names.
It would be so much fun chanting their names.
Speaker 4 (08:56):
Like can you imagine in some programs where the families
walk their children and into the building, like the whole
family gets the whole you know, it's a Smith family,
the Smith family coming into school. It's a Smith family.
It's a Smith family coming into school. Yeah, and they
dance their way in.
Speaker 3 (09:13):
Yes, And what a happy place to be, right Because Like,
for me, the reason why I always greeted people in
my class like that and other classes do is because
I want them to know, like I'm their first teacher.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
In the public school system, right, so.
Speaker 3 (09:24):
I want them to know this is a happy place
to be, right, Like we're happy here.
Speaker 2 (09:29):
I know it's morning.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
And it's eight thirty in the morning and you just
got up across the hall, teacher.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
But like, hey, fake it till.
Speaker 3 (09:35):
You make it kind of thing because if they say
you happy to be there, then they're going to be
happy to be there.
Speaker 2 (09:40):
You know, see that you're happy that they're there. That's
even better, right, So.
Speaker 4 (09:44):
School should be joyous. Yes, I'll be honest. I've seen
some things online where people are trying to imitate this
and it's just it's it's I feel like early educators,
we got this.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
We we can totally do this.
Speaker 4 (10:00):
Because I've seen other people try and it's not like
your random office building. It's all right, but we come on.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
People should record me in the morning because people come
down that they're like, oh, I heard you giggling. I'm like,
we're having fun down here. We're having fun.
Speaker 2 (10:14):
You know. I am absolutely ridiculous in the morning, and
I can't.
Speaker 4 (10:17):
If people are thinking I can't do that every day,
I get that, like okay, no, or make it like
on your birthday okay, or some other special day. I
know there are children who have birthdays when we're not
all there.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
Do it once a week. Why you can do it
on Friday?
Speaker 4 (10:33):
Do it every Monday is better? Monday is like do
it on a Monday.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
Yeah, you could do it.
Speaker 4 (10:38):
I feel like we're joyous on Friday to anyway, but
Monday isn't a but a spirit tunnel.
Speaker 3 (10:42):
As I'm walking, Hey, you're doing a good time this week.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
Else, if you're doing a great job, thank you. I'll
be back Monday. Maybe I might return. I might return.
I feel like we really.
Speaker 4 (10:53):
Could do something with this early education could we could,
we could do it. This can be the next iteration
of creating our warm and welcoming and joyful and engaging environments.
Speaker 1 (11:06):
Yes, right.
Speaker 4 (11:07):
The National Association for the Education of Young Children says
that we need to provide children with an engaging, joyful
early education experience. So what's more joyful than what they're
doing over there at the Jennifer Hudson Show. Absolutely nothing.
You all are an inspiration. I want you to know that.
And if all of the many people around the country
(11:30):
and the world who are listening to this podcast, which
by the way, still floors us, but if all the
many people who are listening to this or watching us
on YouTube take this idea, if just a small fraction
of them take this idea and kind of modify it
for early education, Well, you crew at the Jennifer Hudson
(11:52):
Show have done a beautiful thing for children and families.
Speaker 2 (11:55):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (11:55):
So, you know, you think you're doing one thing in
this world and it ripples out. That's the thing.
Speaker 3 (12:02):
Like your actions have a ripple effect, and you don't
know how long those ripples will go, right, that's or
how far or how far So like that's the whole
meaning of life kind.
Speaker 4 (12:13):
Of thing it is, folks. I don't know if Jennifer
Hudson's show people are going to be listening to this
will certainly tag them.
Speaker 2 (12:20):
You're certainly tagging them.
Speaker 4 (12:22):
So certainly, But I really I hope that you are.
And we want to thank you because you know, imitation
is the what is it?
Speaker 2 (12:32):
The highest form of flattery? Thank you?
Speaker 4 (12:34):
Imitation is the highest form of flattery. I in my
career have had people try to imitate what I.
Speaker 2 (12:40):
Do and have done.
Speaker 4 (12:42):
You deserve the imitation, folks, because it is brilliant and
I think that our days with children in school, even
if you only do it sometimes, it can totally change
the day.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
It absolutely can.
Speaker 4 (12:56):
Yeah, yeah, it can give the whole place a whole
new atmosphere. So I don't know how y'all would arrange it.
I don't know how y'all would do it in your
individual spaces also, but think about it.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
Want to know if you do.
Speaker 3 (13:11):
Implement this and you video it or something, I want
you to send it to us.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
I think it would be I want to.
Speaker 3 (13:18):
See how you implement it, and like, there's different ways
you can do it doesn't have to be all.
Speaker 2 (13:23):
The same, right, and I'm interested to see how people
do it, so please send it to us.
Speaker 4 (13:28):
You know, what would be the coolest thing ever is
if we loop the children into it, so as the
children arrive in the morning, they become part of that
hallway parade, like the people lining the hallway. Yes, right,
So it starts out with maybe the adults, right, But
then as the children arrive, they put their coats away,
they put their things away, they come out, or they're
(13:48):
lined up sort of in the doorway of the near
the doorway of the classroom, and they become the spirit
tunnel people.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
Oh my gosh, I love this.
Speaker 4 (13:58):
So the children start to line up and then when
the next person comes, we sing their song.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
And then in the tunnel.
Speaker 4 (14:06):
Don't you think this is a way better thing to
do than that age old like Marie is here today?
Marie is here today? You know that sounds like a
funeral dirge by, like January. It slows down. It's everybody's
bored with it. The children aren't even attending to it anymore.
And if you there, so imagine the children are standing
(14:28):
like either in a hallway or inside the doorway if
you can't do that, and they're standing and this is
a physically active thing. They're clapping, they're waving their arms,
they're singing to the people like this would be so
fun for them too.
Speaker 2 (14:41):
Yeah, all right, folks, so.
Speaker 4 (14:43):
You you decide how you're gonna take this and run
with it. Just run with it somehow, because it's a genius,
because it's cool.
Speaker 2 (14:49):
It is.
Speaker 4 (14:49):
It's genius. It's genius, and we definitely here on our
podcast appreciate the genius of other people, especially when we
see things that we feel like this could work with
what we do. Yeah, okay, preschool peeps, I want you
to go and plan your version of the Spirit Tunnel
from Jennifer Hudson's show.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
Excited to see them.
Speaker 4 (15:11):
Absolutely excited to see them, and we'll catch you next
time on the podcast. Pe
Welcome to How Preschool Teachers Do It.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
This is Alison Kenso's I am an early childhood educator.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
And this is Cindy terror Bush. I am an early
childhood consultant.
Speaker 3 (00:12):
This podcast is for parents and early childhood professionals.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Let our experience and research based knowledge become your guide.
Speaker 4 (00:22):
Welcome back, preschool peepsie. We promised you a kind of upbeat,
fun episode and we're going to deliver. But first a
couple of pieces of business. First one is if you
may have missed our explanation of this in the last episode.
If you missed the last episode, please go back. Yeah,
go back to the last one. But in case you're thinking, yeah,
(00:43):
I'm not going to get back to it right now.
And what's some on YouTube? And what's that thing in
the corner by Allison's head. That's a QR code. If
you hold your camera up to that QR code, it's
going to name either your browser or the high Hello website.
Tap on that and it's going to take you to
a virtual business card. It has links to all of
our stuff in one handy dandy place. Yes, so we
(01:04):
are going to continue, we think on YouTube to use
this sort of background as long as it continues to
work out. You never know, you do, never know, you
never know. But here we are, so you can check
that out. If you are right now listening and you're
not on YouTube, hey we're there. Fine. Today's episode, the
QR code will be in the corner. Allison's going to
move ourhead again to expose the QR code.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Yeah, distracted, Okay.
Speaker 4 (01:27):
We also want to do what we've been doing for
a little while now and shout out the places where
this podcast is being listened to. One of the reasons
I like doing this is because I'm a podcast listener
to and you know, I'm alone in my car listening
to a podcast. I don't know where all this is
being listened to, or even if anyone else is listening.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
So sure, well, but people are listening apparently.
Speaker 4 (01:48):
Yes, and you all are part of our how preschool
Teachers do it preschool peeps community. So here's where some
other people in the community are listening.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Part of a community.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
Now, our community is big because we're shouting out New
Zealand today, which is huge to me, Like that's all
the way on the other side of the world, and
these people know who I am.
Speaker 4 (02:07):
I amazing I'm about to start watching a series from
New Zealand because it's yes, because I watched the UK version,
the Australian version, and now I'm watching the.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Show and I haven't even started the US version yet.
Speaker 4 (02:22):
And if you're all wondering what show is she talking about,
it's called The Traders.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
That's on my list of things to do.
Speaker 4 (02:29):
But start with the UK and then go to Australia.
And now I'm going to New Zealand. And this was
a recommendation of my sister actually, who spends part of
her year in the UK. Yeah, and she usually has
good suggestions. She does trust her suggestions, she does. So anyway,
that's what I'm talking about. So New Zealand, I see you.
I'm about to watch some of your people. There you go,
There you go where?
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Portland, Oregon?
Speaker 4 (02:52):
Portland, Oregon who and I love Portland. I have family
near there who I visited in the past. Loved my
visit to Portland. It's a great city, great stuff. If
you've not been there, highly recommend. Today we're going to
talk about something that we've seen online and it actually
(03:12):
it actually comes from a television show and it's not
the show itself. That's the funny part. It's becoming it's
gone viral. It's the funny part is it's not the
show itself. It's like the preamble to the show. It's
how this show that has guest stars on it welcomes
them and kind of pumps them up for their appearance
on this show. The show is the Jennifer Hudson Show.
(03:33):
We're gonna totally tag the Jennifer Hudson Show because we
are plugging you.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
You rock.
Speaker 4 (03:40):
You are amazing how you get these guests ready to
be on. Also, just by watching these short videos of
before the guests are on, I find out who's on
your show the next day.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
It's a great little gimmick she's got going on.
Speaker 4 (03:55):
It's not a gimmick. It's an awesome thing.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
It really is. It's fantastic propping people up. I mean
these are celebrities. I mean, who.
Speaker 4 (04:02):
Doesn't need a good though, So if you have not
seen The Jennifer Hudson Show Spirit Tunnels, you can look
up online, but I'll briefly describe it here. So there's
a celebrity of some sort who's going to be a
guest on the Jennifer Hudson show, and as they're walking
to the same I would right from the green room
(04:23):
where they wait to the stage, there's a hallway and
in that hallway, her crew, her entire crew lines the hallway.
Somebody or multiple people on this crew have made up
a song about this person, often too the tune of
what they're famous for. Like, for example, Henry Winkler was
(04:46):
a guest. He was on Happy Days. They sang the
welcome to Henry Winkler and to pump him up to
the theme song from that television show.
Speaker 3 (04:56):
Right like, they change the words the theme song of
Happy Days to means something to Henry winks.
Speaker 4 (05:02):
And listen, these are brilliant people on her career.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
Gwen Stefani one where they do the whole ages that
as song.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Yes but with her name is amazing.
Speaker 4 (05:12):
It was You all are amazing. If you're listening to
the you are very very talented. I like to think though,
that as someone who works with young children, we also
have the talent of making up a song on the fly. Listen,
music soothes children. You figure that out pretty quickly when
you work with young children. That music gets them to
pay attention, soothes them and brings them together. So we
(05:34):
make up songs on the fly. Early educators, y'all.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Can do this.
Speaker 4 (05:38):
And I was thinking, wouldn't it be cool to have
a spirit tunnel welcoming the children every day and getting
them pumped up for their school day. I have to
tell you I have a hallway in my home that
leads to the room that I use as an office.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
A spirit. I don't know who she thinks is gonna
sing to her. It's just me here. Oh no, but
I'm gonna have to make up a song mixed.
Speaker 4 (06:00):
I would like to put it on here now. Yeah.
I would like to get up in the morning, have breakfast,
and as I head down the hall to go do work,
have it lined with happy, well meaning people singing a
cheer for me as I walk down the hall. I
would totally dance to it. By the way, this I
would too.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
And I think this is an awesome idea for educators
in general. Like, imagine walking into work at a school
and every day somebody's there singing you a song.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
At the very least do it for teacher Appreciation Week.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
I mean, like it's just awesome, like walking in with
boons overhead or something and people like cheering your name.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
Like, who wouldn't want to go to work like that?
Speaker 4 (06:37):
Don't you think early educators or educators of any type
should be cheered into work every day?
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (06:42):
I do.
Speaker 4 (06:43):
It is a noble profession, like you all should be
cheered into work every day, Yes, every day. I also
think that when I show up for like an observation
visit of an early childhood teacher, I should be cheered in.
I'm helping people get credentials it. Honestly, if you have
not seen these spirit tunnels from Jennifer Hudson's crew, you
(07:05):
must go watch watch them. I was like obsessed with this,
and you know, for me, everything is like, how does
this relate to working with young children? Absolutely does. I
remember when they started to introduce they like the Universal
they I don't know who did it. I don't know
who did it, but the Universal. They started to introduce
(07:25):
these this visual we could put up on our walls
where students get to decide how they want to be
greeted when they enter in the morning. So there were
videos online when this first started to spread of like
young children lined up in a hallway and there was
a picture there and the picture had someone giving a
high five. Someone being hugged, someone shaking hands. It had
(07:47):
other things elbow elbow bumps or just like a wave
or a thumbs up.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (07:54):
And children have the option when they come into school
in the morning, they can point to how they would
like their teacher read them as they come in the room.
I think this sort of spirit tunnel greeting steps that up.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
To the next level.
Speaker 4 (08:07):
I think I think if you said, and maybe some
of you do this already, maybe you've seen it and
you do it, don't.
Speaker 3 (08:14):
Do a spirit tunnel. But I do stand in the hallway,
like so my my hall, my classes at the end
of the hall, and there are like three other classes,
and I will stand in the hallway and I know
the kids from all the classes and they turn the corner.
I'm like, ah, you do it today, like from the corner,
and and people that are like in the other hall.
Speaker 2 (08:32):
They're like, she's so loud. I'm like, I'm like happy
to see you.
Speaker 3 (08:37):
And I'll greet the kids from the other classes too,
And people are like you, you're such a morning person.
I'm like, actually, not really, but I do it for
them and it makes me happy.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
So, but I would love to have like songs wrong
how odds overhead? And like people like chanting their names.
It would be so much fun chanting their names.
Speaker 4 (08:56):
Like can you imagine in some programs where the families
walk their children and into the building, like the whole
family gets the whole you know, it's a Smith family,
the Smith family coming into school. It's a Smith family.
It's a Smith family coming into school. Yeah, and they
dance their way in.
Speaker 3 (09:13):
Yes, And what a happy place to be, right Because Like,
for me, the reason why I always greeted people in
my class like that and other classes do is because
I want them to know, like I'm their first teacher.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
In the public school system, right, so.
Speaker 3 (09:24):
I want them to know this is a happy place
to be, right, Like we're happy here.
Speaker 2 (09:29):
I know it's morning.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
And it's eight thirty in the morning and you just
got up across the hall, teacher.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
But like, hey, fake it till.
Speaker 3 (09:35):
You make it kind of thing because if they say
you happy to be there, then they're going to be
happy to be there.
Speaker 2 (09:40):
You know, see that you're happy that they're there. That's
even better, right, So.
Speaker 4 (09:44):
School should be joyous. Yes, I'll be honest. I've seen
some things online where people are trying to imitate this
and it's just it's it's I feel like early educators,
we got this.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
We we can totally do this.
Speaker 4 (10:00):
Because I've seen other people try and it's not like
your random office building. It's all right, but we come on.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
People should record me in the morning because people come
down that they're like, oh, I heard you giggling. I'm like,
we're having fun down here. We're having fun.
Speaker 2 (10:14):
You know. I am absolutely ridiculous in the morning, and
I can't.
Speaker 4 (10:17):
If people are thinking I can't do that every day,
I get that, like okay, no, or make it like
on your birthday okay, or some other special day. I
know there are children who have birthdays when we're not
all there.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
Do it once a week. Why you can do it
on Friday?
Speaker 4 (10:33):
Do it every Monday is better? Monday is like do
it on a Monday.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
Yeah, you could do it.
Speaker 4 (10:38):
I feel like we're joyous on Friday to anyway, but
Monday isn't a but a spirit tunnel.
Speaker 3 (10:42):
As I'm walking, Hey, you're doing a good time this week.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
Else, if you're doing a great job, thank you. I'll
be back Monday. Maybe I might return. I might return.
I feel like we really.
Speaker 4 (10:53):
Could do something with this early education could we could,
we could do it. This can be the next iteration
of creating our warm and welcoming and joyful and engaging environments.
Speaker 1 (11:06):
Yes, right.
Speaker 4 (11:07):
The National Association for the Education of Young Children says
that we need to provide children with an engaging, joyful
early education experience. So what's more joyful than what they're
doing over there at the Jennifer Hudson Show. Absolutely nothing.
You all are an inspiration. I want you to know that.
And if all of the many people around the country
(11:30):
and the world who are listening to this podcast, which
by the way, still floors us, but if all the
many people who are listening to this or watching us
on YouTube take this idea, if just a small fraction
of them take this idea and kind of modify it
for early education, Well, you crew at the Jennifer Hudson
(11:52):
Show have done a beautiful thing for children and families.
Speaker 2 (11:55):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (11:55):
So, you know, you think you're doing one thing in
this world and it ripples out. That's the thing.
Speaker 3 (12:02):
Like your actions have a ripple effect, and you don't
know how long those ripples will go, right, that's or
how far or how far So like that's the whole
meaning of life kind.
Speaker 4 (12:13):
Of thing it is, folks. I don't know if Jennifer
Hudson's show people are going to be listening to this
will certainly tag them.
Speaker 2 (12:20):
You're certainly tagging them.
Speaker 4 (12:22):
So certainly, But I really I hope that you are.
And we want to thank you because you know, imitation
is the what is it?
Speaker 2 (12:32):
The highest form of flattery? Thank you?
Speaker 4 (12:34):
Imitation is the highest form of flattery. I in my
career have had people try to imitate what I.
Speaker 2 (12:40):
Do and have done.
Speaker 4 (12:42):
You deserve the imitation, folks, because it is brilliant and
I think that our days with children in school, even
if you only do it sometimes, it can totally change
the day.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
It absolutely can.
Speaker 4 (12:56):
Yeah, yeah, it can give the whole place a whole
new atmosphere. So I don't know how y'all would arrange it.
I don't know how y'all would do it in your
individual spaces also, but think about it.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
Want to know if you do.
Speaker 3 (13:11):
Implement this and you video it or something, I want
you to send it to us.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
I think it would be I want to.
Speaker 3 (13:18):
See how you implement it, and like, there's different ways
you can do it doesn't have to be all.
Speaker 2 (13:23):
The same, right, and I'm interested to see how people
do it, so please send it to us.
Speaker 4 (13:28):
You know, what would be the coolest thing ever is
if we loop the children into it, so as the
children arrive in the morning, they become part of that
hallway parade, like the people lining the hallway. Yes, right,
So it starts out with maybe the adults, right, But
then as the children arrive, they put their coats away,
they put their things away, they come out, or they're
(13:48):
lined up sort of in the doorway of the near
the doorway of the classroom, and they become the spirit
tunnel people.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
Oh my gosh, I love this.
Speaker 4 (13:58):
So the children start to line up and then when
the next person comes, we sing their song.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
And then in the tunnel.
Speaker 4 (14:06):
Don't you think this is a way better thing to
do than that age old like Marie is here today?
Marie is here today? You know that sounds like a
funeral dirge by, like January. It slows down. It's everybody's
bored with it. The children aren't even attending to it anymore.
And if you there, so imagine the children are standing
(14:28):
like either in a hallway or inside the doorway if
you can't do that, and they're standing and this is
a physically active thing. They're clapping, they're waving their arms,
they're singing to the people like this would be so
fun for them too.
Speaker 2 (14:41):
Yeah, all right, folks, so.
Speaker 4 (14:43):
You you decide how you're gonna take this and run
with it. Just run with it somehow, because it's a genius,
because it's cool.
Speaker 2 (14:49):
It is.
Speaker 4 (14:49):
It's genius. It's genius, and we definitely here on our
podcast appreciate the genius of other people, especially when we
see things that we feel like this could work with
what we do. Yeah, okay, preschool peeps, I want you
to go and plan your version of the Spirit Tunnel
from Jennifer Hudson's show.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
Excited to see them.
Speaker 4 (15:11):
Absolutely excited to see them, and we'll catch you next
time on the podcast. Pe
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