Sunday, June 28, 2009

Different Ways to Sing

The key to helping children learn is repetition, repetition, repetition. But of course they lose interest real quick if you don't change things up and keep it interesting. I am always trying to come up with different ways to sing the same song over and over without it getting boring. These are some signs I've made up to use for reviewing/repeating songs or just to get the attention back if it's lost.

Boys Sing/Girls Sing



Lion/Lamb (Sing loud/soft)




Stand up/Sit down





Buzz/Sing the words





Ooh/Ahh




Stop/Go
(You can either have the piano stop or keep going and just the kids stop singing)

3 comments:

PerryParty3 said...

Ashley,
I'm so glad you started this blog! I'm a HS friend of Jaime's, and love reading your family blog. I also have a music blog, primarysingingtimeideas, but I'm running out of ideas, so I'm excited to see what you come up with!

Kyle and Aly said...

Ashley, I have to say, I love your ideas! The kids have so much fun. You are doing an awesome job! Thanks for all your hard work!!

Anonymous said...

Awesome blog. I'm subbing for a couple weeks. Today I used animal singing (friend gave me the idea). Dog and cat worked great. Also acting like elephant, kangaroo, bird.
I am on your blog looking for how to get the nursery singing organized. The poor kids wonder around. I hadn't realized I would be subbing in there until 30 seconds before it was time to do it so I was not prepared. Next week, I want to really do something good.