[HANASHIR:4592] Re: 6th and 7th graders

[Meris Ruzow <meris...>]

Beth:    Please share your top 10 songs for 6th and 7th graders!  I'm sure
there's lots of us who would benefit.   Thanks!
Meris
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From: SingingGr8 (at) aol(dot)com <SingingGr8 (at) aol(dot)com>
To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: Sunday, December 12, 1999 1:38 PM
Subject: [HANASHIR:4591] Re: 6th and 7th graders


>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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