[HANASHIR:16463] music for preschoolers

[erik contzius <contzius...>]

wow, that was a large digest to sift through!

i would only advocate that for the sake of
preschoolers who make great affective connections to
their judaism at their age, that there be taught a
BALANCE of music--that which teaches them in English
certain values/rituals of judaism, irrespective of
musical form, AND that which teaches them something
about traditional Jewish music. I'll do silly stuff
like, "If you see two neirot, hide your eyes..." (if
you're happy and you know it) at the same time as I
have them all sing the traditional "Heiveinu shalom
aleikhem" or "zum gali gali." preschoolers will grow
up with positive connections to their judaism based on
their positive affective memories. i want to ensure
that those memories are both filled with informative
things as well as things which musically sound jewish.
if people want to do some dinosaur song, great. but
please, for the love of jewish culture, throw in some
simple niggunim or kick it "old school" as well. let's
not forget the oldies but goodies (whatever those may
be in your communities).



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