Heather Finch, a second grade teacher, joked that while the students already knew the dance, "I practiced multiple times in my kitchen." There's nothing better than starting a morning off with a song ...

Alyssa Monas sits before a half-dozen toddlers, clutching a steady old friend, the $150 acoustic guitar her mother bought for her on a cable shopping network ages ago. “Good morning, friends,” Monas ...