Kids don't want to sing

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  • July 9, 2015 at 3:38 pm
    karivaz1
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    Hi everyone, My kids are 4 and 6, boys. I also have a 2 year old daughter. I am longing for them to sing but the boys are very reluctant to try singing. If we are memorizing Bible verses, I regularly make up a song to help them memorize, and they like it when I am singing it (and it helps them say it right too, they say), but they absolutely refuse to sing themselves. I know they can (as I have bribed them to sing on occasion), but I think they are shy to try it in case they should not do it right. What to do for hymn study? Just listen and speak it as with poetry? Or would you say this is a character issue? And more importantly, I am recognizing that they may be perfectionists…as I was and still am. I fight those perfectionist pressures but maybe it is still getting passed on to them. Any thoughts? Kari

    July 9, 2015 at 4:31 pm
    artcmomto3
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    Singing is very important, especially for children. Many times reluctant singers are more likely to sing in a group setting with other children, like a music class or children’s choir.

    For at home I would suggest getting a CD of songs you want them to learn for them to listen to. The more they hear it they more they will become familiar with it.

    They are young, too, and I would start simple by asking them to sing just a small part at a time. Start with simple songs and chants that are fun and may even have a game.

    I teach elementary music using the Kodaly method. Folk songs and games are the materials which I use. There are a couple of ways you can teach a song. One is to have the children echo a small phrase after you, then the 2nd phrase, etc. After the song is complete, repeat singing 2 phrases at a time. Another method is to sing the song with a game, and after the children hear the song several times have them join in when they are start to catch on to the song.

    Songs you may know are: Twinkle, Twinkle; Ring Around the Rosie; Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear; Bear Hunt; Rain, Rain

    I wouldn’t push them learning all the words to hymns yet. Play them around the house and in the car. Just exposing them will be a great advantage in itself.

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