Once your students have mastered three or four songs, take them to a senior center where students can perform these new songs. Perform a mitzvah using the music of How Good.īegin class each day with a few songs from How Good. Encourage families to purchase their own copy of How Good to enhance their home celebration of Shabbat.Ħ. Place a journal in the Shabbat box for families to write about their Shabbat experience and to list their favorite song from How Good. Include a How Good CD along with Shabbat items, such as candlesticks, a hallah cover, and a Kiddush cup. Prepare a box of Shabbat items to be taken home by a different student each week. As a class, choreograph and practice an original dance to the music of How Good. Invite students to create hand movements and dance steps that express the mood of the song. Engage your kinesthetic learners through the music of How Good.Īsk students to listen to the music and words of one of the compositions on How Good. To help build a sense of community and continuity, lead families in singing “The World is a Circle.” Begin or conclude a family program by singing a prayer, such as Mi Chamocha, which families will chant at your Shabbat morning service.Ĥ. Pipe the music of How Good in your halls to set the mood for Jewish learning as parents enter the synagogue.

Sprinkle How Good songs into all of your family programs. Provide a copy of How Good to each teacher of Kol Yisrael.ģ. Teachers will delight as their students gain proficiency in reciting and understanding prayers, such as Modeh Ani, Barchu, and Mi Chamocha, while singing along with How Good. Have students listen to and sing along with songs from How Good that are part of their Kol Yisrael curriculum. Weave the How Good songs into your Kol Yisrael curriculum. The audience will get such naches! You can even sell the CDs at the event or give as a gift to each family.Ģ. Invite families (grandparents too) to a joyful musical event in which their children perform these uplifting melodies. Each grade learns one or two songs-there are fourteen songs in all. Have the cantor, music director, or a talented madrich or madrichah teach students songs from the CD. Build a zimriyah (song festival) around the songs on How Good.

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