[HANASHIR:12990] RE: Need some song suggestions

[Carol Boyd Leon <cbleon...>]

The song Meris referred to, in which you sing "Ima" and the kids repeat it, 
is by Steven Carr Reuben and is in Manginot on p. 27 ("Eema-Aba").  It's 
great with very young kids.

"Mishpacha Song" by Daniel Syme (Manginot, p. 30) is one of my favorites.  
"I want you to meet my family..." is how it begins.  I use a felt board with 
images of Aba, Ima, Ach, Achot, etc and the kids sing who they are as I 
point to images.

Also in Manginot on p. 33 (great resource!) is Jeff Klepper's "With My 
Family," which has snippets of well-known holiday songs "hiding" in it and 
that makes it fun for the kids, although the refrain isn't the easiest for 
kids to sing.  I've used all 3 of these songs at family events.  They're not 
liturgical, however, so you'll want to pick and choose what to include in 
your service.

-- Carol

Carol Boyd Leon
Songwriter/Cantorial Soloist/Music Educator
E-mail:  CBLeon (at) hotmail(dot)com
Phone:  703-250-0554
Web page:  http://www.geocities.com/CBoydLeon





----Original Message Follows----
From: "Meris Ruzow" <meris (at) nycap(dot)rr(dot)com>
Reply-To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
To: <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
Subject: [HANASHIR:12987] RE: Need some song suggestions
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 07:15:39 -0500

Linda -- There's a very cute song; I believe in Manginot and I also
believe, written by Dan Syme.  It's called "the Mishpachah" song.   Goes
like this:  "Ima, (echo Ima); Ima (echo Ima) - sing this Ima
song........... Ima (echo)... Ima (echo) ... everybody sing along.
Then part B is a la la la part.   My kids sometimes dance to it, or you
could just have them clap on that part only.   (Give them something to
do).  Then it's Abba, Savta, Sabba - when going well, you can stick in
kellev, chatool; etc.    If you need it, email me privately.   Great for
that age group.  I'll see if I can think of any others.
Meris Ruzow
meris (at) nycap(dot)rr(dot)com


Meris (at) nycap(dot)rr(dot)com


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org [mailto:owner-hanashir (at) 
shamash(dot)org] On
Behalf Of LSalvay (at) aol(dot)com
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 5:04 PM
To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
Subject: [HANASHIR:12982] Need some song suggestions

Chevrei,
I need some quick ideas for songs about family/friends (in Hebrew,
English or
both) suitable for grades K-2 -- to use this Sunday a.m. in a primary
grades
shacharit service. Anything that's particularly easy to learn would be
greatly appreciated!

Thanks, and chag sameach!
Linda Salvay





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