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Old 05-27-2012, 11:37 AM
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...In general, familiar music with ingrained associations will elicit more of a response than unfamiliar music, no matter how fun or engaging the latter might be performed. ... If you don't have the right repertoire, you can always try to make up some songs on the spot - usually, the sillier the better.
I agree... My wife taught 2nd grade for a lot of years and I used to take a guitar in and play for them a couple of times each school year. My wife's feedback on what they were interested in before going in to play for them was really helpful. Then whatever I did was familiar. One year they were into John Denver's "Rocky Mountain High."

I have also done sessions where we all made up a song together, and yes, the sillier, the better. Making up something, with of course a lot of help from the player to get it started, can be really fun and is really well accepted because they think of it as their song.

My grand children have asked for songs like, "I've Been Working on the Railroad," "She'll Be Coming 'Round The Mountain," and "When The Saints Come Marchin' In". One of my grandsons was into "Trot Ol' Joe" and "Lukey's Boat." I have always enjoyed singing Kenny Loggins' "House at Pooh Corner" and "Puff The Magic Dragon" (because I could ham it up), but familiarity, I think, really helps.

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I really like Sesame Street's African alphabet song...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2spD2F6ZCM
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Definitely nothing by Bo Carter....

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My son is 4 and my daughter is 2. They like Avett Brothers, Woody Gutherie, Justin Townes Earl, Langhorne Slim, REM, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Head and the Heart and sadly, Coldplay.

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Not exactly secular but we like to do "Man Gave Names to All The Animals" by Bob Dylan. We usually do it on ukuleles.

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Anything by Raffi, and almost anything by Jack Johnson.


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The Unicorn Song

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Anything by Raffi
lol...it took 21 posts for anyone to mention Raffi.
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lol...it took 21 posts for anyone to mention Raffi.
Surprised me as well. I grew up on him, and was relived to find a stack of his albums when I started teaching preschool. Timeless.


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Default Songs by Malvina Reynolds

Morningtown Ride (classic version by the Australian folkies The Seekers)
Magic Penny

Both these songs by the wonderful songwriter Malvina Reynolds who I believe didn't start writing songs till she was in her late forties. She had such a heart and feel for children's songs.

Lots of Beatles songs go down well too... and not always the ones you'd expect.
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lol...it took 21 posts for anyone to mention Raffi.
Nah-kids these days aren't into Raffi
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The city kids I sing for in schools never like old stuff. Make them laugh or play contemporary songs.
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Nah-kids these days aren't into Raffi
Not in my experience. But if they aren't it's really too bad.


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Kids love The Ponyman by Gordon Lightfoot. I tabbed this for Ultimate Guitar (shameless plug for myself!!)
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