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Non- musical preschool morah needs ideas



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amother


 

Post Mon, May 24 2010, 12:09 am
Help! I teach 3 yr. olds, and I am very good at a&c and visual aids and storytelling, and have many other teaching maalohs. (Humility is not one of them.)

However, I can not carry a tune in a paper bag, and my singing voice probably doesn't even count as
kol isha. Smile

I know and create many good songs, to popular nursery tunes, and most years we muddle thru' somehow, but this year, the kids just aren't getting it. I would like to improve the situation for next year. I tried to learn to play the recorder, and a sort of xylophone, but they were both too hard. Now I'm thinking of buying a kind of lap harp, where you slip in a paper, and follow the dots. Does that sound useful?

Any ideas for me?
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de_goldy




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, May 24 2010, 12:13 am
Do you have assistants? Can they help with the singing?
Otherwise I would recommend using a CD/tape player and using that while you and the children sing. If they are new songs, or songs you can't find on tape/CD, can you have a friend sing them for you onto a tape/cd for classroom use?
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manhattanmom




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, May 24 2010, 12:20 am
Hm....I hate the creative arts and crafts part of teaching preschool. But love the music part.
Maybe we should be a team?
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leomom




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, May 24 2010, 3:18 am
That's so funny! I happen to have this book out of the library right now (even though I can carry a tune just fine without a paper bag):

The I Can't Sing Book: For Grown-ups Who Can't Carry a Tune in a Paper Bag but Want to Do Music with Young Children

It's a fabulous book!! You would probably get tons of use out of it.
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