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Teaching a Hymn to Children
1 Feb 2021

Teaching a Hymn to Children

by Sharla Dance | posted in: Uncategorized | 12

How do you teach a hymn written and meant for adults to children? Bit by bit. Little by little. One bite at a time! Because children need: words that are concrete (mixed in especially if the concept is abstract like … Continued

Hymns, I Stand All Amazed, Line upon line, Movement, Rhythm patterns
Jesus Once Was a Little Child: Down Up Down Pattern with freeze for Older Children
7 Jan 2019

Jesus Once Was a Little Child: Down Up Down Pattern with freeze for Older Children

by Sharla Dance | posted in: Uncategorized | 6

Tell the children: Here’s the pattern. (video attached to this blog) Start right in doing the pattern. Down up down (switch), down up down (switch), continue. Stop and say: I can see that some of us might do best if I slow … Continued

Jesus Once Was a Little Child, Movement, Older children

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