The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #140443   Message #3232924
Posted By: Big Al Whittle
03-Oct-11 - 04:55 AM
Thread Name: BS: Back in the (teaching) saddle again...
Subject: RE: BS: Back in the (teaching) saddle again...
I worked for a while in a special school for autistic kids, I did a few lessons on Froggy went a couting. Word processer are good. we did one sheet with just the words. Then we added in and coloured a sheet with the ho hums, then we did a sheet adding the clap claps, and aftef that we took turns performing the song. Someone played Uncle rat, someone played froggy and someone the mouse. then we did it a couple times more with a different cast.

Other things with older kids. I did Brenan on the Moor, and Whisky in the Jar and Noyes poem the Highwayman and we did wanted posters for the highwayman.

folksong tells songs faster and with better characterisation than even dvd. Its a pity we don't share it more with kids.