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Hi all.

So...I've finished 2 levels of Orff and I use Gameplan as my curriculum. I would say I love half of it and want to replace half of it.

Here's my question: in Orff class, with adults, marching and chanting rhymes was fun. For my kids, chanting is not so much fun. They look and act really bored when we repeat a chant over and over.

There's a LOT of chanting in Gameplan.

Do you regularly use chanting in your classroom? Do your kids enjoy it? I'm looking at maybe scrapping most of the chanting in Gameplan for other activities.

(There are a few chants that have been greatly enjoyed...but not many. Jeremiah Blow the Fire was a good one. So was That's the Way to the Zoo.)

Thanks.
JJ-AZ My kids actually LOVE the chanting found in Gameplan! I use Gameplan almost exclusively with my K-3 students but do supplement with other favorite activities from workshops here and there. With my grade 4-5 kids, I use about 1/2 of Gameplan since I have so much other great stuff, and grade levels performances at those levels to prepare for) so I do...See More
Mar 31, 2015
3rd year GREAT idea on using different voices...thanks!
Apr 1, 2015


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