[HANASHIR:14559] Re: requests

[Amy Fried, Ph.D. <jdkrheum...>]

Speaking of participation, I do Leah Abrams' Boker Tov Good Morning evey
Sun. morning, and we (my 14-yr. old daughter helps) call on kids to hold
up signs I made up that say (in hebrew) Boker Tov, Yeladim, & Shalom
(they love to do this.) I also do "Shabbat Shalom" signs on other songs.
Also during Boker Tov, I have them raise their hands if they want me to
sing Boker Tov to them individually, in place of "Yeladim" in  the song.
(Abrams suggests this in her book.)
Another thing we do for Jeff Klepper's Af Peh Ozen, is: 1st we remind
them of the body parts as they come up in the song. Then we do something
I learned from a teacher I used to sub for (Abrielle Tayler-Levine): we
do the "Hebrew Hokey Pokey," doing the hebrew words for the body parts.
-Amy
 
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 16:18:47 -0400 "Meris Ruzow" <meris (at) 
nycap(dot)rr(dot)com>
writes:
> It never hurts to also tell the kids that "those who are singing the
> most 'musically' and are participating fully will be the ones that 
> will
> be chosen to play percussion!"  Of course it's also a great age to 
> let
> kids know that "we don't always get what we want," and sometimes we 
> may
> not get a turn.  But that's life too!   Don't hand out too many!   
> Then
> again there's the "instrument passing game" which kids love. (I 
> usually
> only do this for songs that they know well - not when they're 
> learning
> something new). Teaches them about phrasing too!   Play 8 measures 
> (On
> the beat, 1st quarter note of the measure, or whatever you want to 
> set
> up) then switch (hand instrument to person on your left). Initially,
> you hand instruments out very carefully; say you give it to girl #1 
> then
> skip 3 kids and hand it to person #5; skip 3 kids, etc..   When you 
> say
> "pass," they hand their instrument to the person on their right 
> /left,
> whatever YOU set up.   I have kids as young as kindergartners who 
> can do
> this in a circle, in rows, whatever.  It's fun!  It's also great 
> when
> you can tell their teachers how cooperative they were!   Usually
> everyone gets a chance to play something that way.
> Meris Ruzow
>  
> Meris (at) nycap(dot)rr(dot)com
>  
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> On
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> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 9:36 AM
> To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> Subject: [HANASHIR:14542] Re: requests
>  
> In a message dated 6/10/2003 1:53:33 AM Central Standard Time,
> Batiya5723 (at) cs(dot)com writes:
> 
> 
> 
> I want to incorporate rhythm instruments into my work with the 
> younger
> kids (graders K-1-2), but don't have enough for groups of so many at
> once.
> 
> 
> One of the things I do is give creativity workshops for parents,
> educators and kids including making puppets out of recycled items 
> and
> have included musical instruments. You or the kids can make their 
> own
> rhythm instruments.  Two paper/plastic cups taped together with 
> candy or
> beans inside - Empty water bottles (the kind with ribbing) and a 
> pencil
> or chopstick make a great guiro  -  The bottoms of plastic measuring
> cups banged together (metal ones make an even better sound but are
> pretty loud) - Metal kitchen tongs - A cheese grater and whisk (my
> personal favorite) - and of course, an oatmeal carton and stick or 
> spoon
> or a coffee can for volume.  Judy Caplan Ginsburgh told me she 
> bought up
> all the leftover plastic Easter eggs and filled them with rice for 
> egg
> shakers.  Use your imagination - there are endless possibilities.  
> Or -
> better yet, have the kids come up with ideas.  There are also a few
> ideas in "The Jewish Kids Catalog" if you have it.
> 
> Good luck and have fun!
> B'shalom,
> Fran Moss

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