[HANASHIR:7337] Re: Best Way to Teach/Display Lyrics?

[RGMeyer <RGMeyer...>]

As a young songleader not to far away from her own Sunday School experience, 
I will answer the last question by saying that it does not have to be dark in 
a room to use an overhead.  The best way I've found to teach kids and the way 
I remember learning best from is the repeat method.  Take the song and divide 
it into lines.  If they are in 4th grade or below give them 2-4 words at a 
time and then put lines together then groups of lines together and THEN the 
whole song.  It also helps if you give them the meanings of KEY words like 
olam, shalom, etc. because it jogs their memory and gives them words to 
identify certain parts of the songs.  If they're older than 5th grade, give 
them a line at a time.  It works as long as the words are not exceedingly 
huge.  If they are, you should single out those words and break them down 
into syllables.  Like shechechezarta in Modeh Ani.  She-che-che-zar-ta.  Hope 
this helps! Good luck!

Rachel Grant Meyer

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