• Registered: 2006-03-04
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Topic: Children Songs

Hi, I help teach Primary One's and I wanted to learn some children's song that I could play to help them learn some new songs. Anyone any ideas? Ta.

  • From: Starkville, Mississippi USA
  • Registered: 2006-03-04
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Re: Children Songs

hello hannibalgirl44 - singing with kids is one of the greatest thing to do - you're gonna have a blast!


Here is a chordie songbook I put together with a bunch of nursery rhymes and Mother Goose songs plus a few others thrown in for kicks:


<a href="http://www.chordie.com/songbook.php?selectedsongbook=Kid+Sing-Alongs" target="_blank"> http://www.chordie.com/songbook.php?sel … ok=Kid+Sin g-Alongs</a>


This other link is to a collection of camp songs and other great sing-along tunes:


<a href="http://alumni.media.mit.edu/~kristin/songbook/Songbook.html" target="_blank">http://alumni.media.mit.edu/~kristin/songbook/Songbook.html</a>


When singing with kids, remember to keep it simple so that everybody can join the fun & let them stand up and have some room to move.


You can google up 'children's songs' to find tons of other sources.  Let us know how it goes . . .

James

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  • From: Starkville, Mississippi USA
  • Registered: 2006-03-04
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Re: Children Songs

Oops! I just noticed the chordie songbook link I posted is not working . . . The songbook's name is 'Kid Songs - BIG FUN' and it is in the Absolute Beginner's category of the Public books tab.


Also, the book appears to have only 4 songs in it, but one of the listings actually contains 41 different songs all together.

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  • Registered: 2007-01-29
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Re: Children Songs

This is a fun one...  "Ain't no Bugs on Me"


<a href="http://www.boyscouttrail.com/content/song/song-1251.asp" target="_blank">http://www.boyscouttrail.com/content/song/song-1251.asp</a>

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  • Registered: 2006-03-04
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Re: Children Songs

Hey, thanks for ths songs, I played some and the kids enjoyed singing along.

I was just wondering if you had something that was like a riff or something different you know, rather than chords (I am no so good with them <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_razz.gif" border=0 alt="Razz">)

Thanks again for the songs,

hannibalgirl44

  • From: Starkville, Mississippi USA
  • Registered: 2006-03-04
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Re: Children Songs

Glad you had fun playing and singing with the kids - I am a big believer in little kids discovering the joys of music through sing-alongs and song/motion games and other group activities.


A perfect instrument for classroom use is an autoharp.  Get yourself a basic model and you've got everything you need for all kinds of fun.  Not only is an autharp easy for you to play and sing along with - the kids themselves can also have huge fun making music (once they understand to treat it gently).  Strap buttons can be installed so that you can walk around with the instrument.


Also, using an autoharp would spare your guitar the peril of being within reach of many curious fingers.

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