[HANASHIR:9873] Re: pre-school music

[Carol Boyd Leon <cbleon...>]

I teach lots of preschool music classes -- sometimes 6 in one day -- and, 
like Rachelle, sing and talk my way through nearly every minute of most of 
them.  I use a wireless headset microphone at all my schools so I can get 
through the day and avoid vocal exhaustion.  And in these early weeks of 
preschool, when we've still got a few "spontaneous criers," the mike assures 
that I can still be heard by those students who are trying to tune in 
despite a noisy classmate.

Also, I sometimes use prerecorded music, particularly for movement, dances, 
and rhythm band activities, so that helps, too. -- Carol

Carol Boyd Leon
Burke, VA
Songwriter/Songleader/Music Educator
E-mail:  CBLeon (at) hotmail(dot)com
Web page:  http://www.geocities.com/CBoydLeon

...Has anyone got any good teaching ideas which would give the teacher's 
voice a rest for part of each [preschool] class?
Thanks,
Rachelle





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