[HANASHIR:14653] Re: Starting a music program

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

For starters, get Manginot. I also recommend books by Judy Caplan
Ginsburgh, Peter & Ellen Allard, and also Leah Abrams. Any song with lots
of repetition, echoing, etc. is great. Any dance, sign language, acting
out, etc., they can do during the song is also great. As far as the older
kids are concerned, Ira Levin had some great stuff for that age group at
Hava Nashira (e.g., "Electric Latkes"). Were you at HN03, & did you
attend the teachers' sharing session?
-Amy

On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 09:49:19 -0400 Sherrye Dobrin
<speleojunky (at) comcast(dot)net> writes:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> The synagogue I work at is just starting to put together a music 
> program for the religious school and we were just wondering if 
> anyone 
> had any suggestions on how to start it. How do we make it fun for 
> the 
> kids who are not used to it? We are mainly concerned about making it 
> 
> fun for the older kids (5-7 grade) and are there any songs that work 
> 
> better for them? Are there any techniques to introducing it for the 
> first time?
> 
> Any input would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks!
> Sherrye
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