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[JacktheCat]

Just started learning to play the guitar and having a blast.

Going to be awhile before I get to the level of being able to perform in front of other people, but been thinking.

Can you use the guitar as a teaching tool?

[katydid]

I think that would be a really cool idea. Lots of educational materials are set to music...a prime example being the "music videos" on Sesame Street, used to teach the alphabet, and phonics. You could also teach them silly songs to sing.

[peppermint]

Kids would love it, and it's a great memorization tool. Think about how easy it is to remember song lyrics. When I studied French and German in Canada, the teachers would sometimes set things to music and I still remember them- nine years later.

[posco's trumpet]

[Harpeau]

Yes, it's awesome! On Wed. I bring a guitar into a kindergarten and the gids go wild! They love Raffi's A Ram Sam Sam (A Rum Sum Sum??).

[hojucandy]

i used to take a guitar, but now i take my mandolin to kindy and elementary classes. the kids love it. the mandolin is especially good as it is more portable and has novelty value.

yu can find a heap of songs online that are suitable. or there are many music books - especially good i have found, is the \"let\'s go\" series of chants and songs. the first two books are the best. simple songs are best.

i have also taught some more complex songs to very young children. a couple of years ago i taught several kindy classes \"waltzing matilda.\" i recently taight the entire school to sing \"yesterday\" and they performed it at a parents day, with myself accompanying them on guitar. it sounded great and the parents were amazed!

[discostar23]

I used my guitar a lot a couple of months ago. The guitar I bought here was really cheap so it was hard to keep in tune. The kids do love it though. It go to the point they were requesting more songs then I could play.

Jack learn the basic chords and strum them until your fingers bleed then play them some more. Once you have those down you can pretty much learn any song you are going to teach to a korean student. Most of those "silly songs" have the same chords. Easy! And you will get practice for when you want to finally play in front of that crowd

[kiwiboy_nz_99]

Yes, I played guitar and sang with my kindy's for half an hour five days a week. When I met them they were on ABCs, and at the end of the year we performed "The Sound of Music", seriously. I cried to think of how far they come ...

[JacktheCat]

Thanks for all the tips guys and gals.

It's given me plenty of incentive to keep on practicing.

Any good websites for finding kiddie songs?

Oh yeah; Harpeau, what happened to that guitar lessons webguide you were putting together for the FAQ section? Perhaps it might be a good idea to join this thread and my other one to yours.


To avoid a double post. See my other thread here: http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?p=334558#334558

[tomato]

Hello, Jack the Cat!

I know your post is almost a year old, but truth is eternal.

Whenever I teach a word which is phonetically simple, I sing:



Then I sing a stanza for each letter in the word.

The guitar chords are G, D, and C.

Since measures 11 and 12 are all on one note, I have kindergarten kids take turns playing those measures on the xylophone.

[seoulmon]

[seoulmon]

[thorin]

Just stay away from that Jimi Hendrix Star Spangled Banner thing and you're golden.