[HANASHIR:4591] Re: 6th and 7th graders

[SingingGr8 <SingingGr8...>]

The simpliest way to get 6th and 7th graders to love music is to make a camp 
style songsession...make it a great atmosphere for them to sing, dance around 
and be silly.  I was a songleader for only 6th and 7th graders one summer and 
it wsa incrediable.  Then i spent the year teaching them in a classroom 
setting and i found the only way that they felt they werent too cool to sing 
was to give them camp songs and dont stop inbetween songs.  I could get 
through 18 songs in 20 minutes of music with them by not stoping and it keeps 
them on their toes.  Hope this helps...if you need any song ideas i can give 
you a lot we use at camp.
B'shira v'shalom,
Beth Goldstein

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