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Chants

The very best and most precious chants are the ones you will create together. I was taught to chant by learning to rhyme. I was taught rhyming when I was learning to talk, as a game. I find that children absolutely love to rhyme, and recognize the power inherent in repetitive sounds.

Pick a sound, any sound. Then put consonants in front of it. Put another word in front of two or three rhyming sounds. My Goddess, we have a chant!

Cow, Now

Brown Cow
  Milk Now

Bee, Me, See, Tea

I see a little bee
  Making honey for me
  To eat with toast or drink with tea

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