 A good way to get students to sing solo to you without actually singing in front of the kids or not realizing they're doing it is to use puppets. This is one way. This is Little Clown. Little Clown lives in this can and so we sing the song or I sing the song to the class. Later on when they've learned it sometimes they sing it along with me. We know you're hiding in there. We know you're crouching down. We really want to see you come out. Little Clown and he's dancing, he's dancing all around and he's dancing, he's dancing all around and he's dancing, he's dancing all around and then he stops and goes back down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down. And often once the students get familiar and comfortable with you and with the song when the clown comes out they will jump up and they'll dance with you and then when you're going down they will actually come down which you can model. You can stand up and then crouch down as he's going down. Down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down. Then the way you get the kids to sing is if they want the clown to come out they have to sing match a pit, an interval with you so you'll say come out or come out whatever you happen to be working on. They're actually singing to the clown not to you or to get the clown to come out. So they'll sing come out. Usually I sing to them first, come out, they sing come out and then I'll repeat it to them so that they can hear what they're sounding like. I'll repeat what they sing even if it's not what I sing and I don't try to make them sing what I'm singing. If it's anywhere close or really anything I just sing it back to them so they hear it. Come out and then the little clown will come out. You have to emphasize that he's scared if they talk and he's really scared if they yell so they have to sing then he'll come out. Come out and then he can give them a kiss or he can do a high five or shake hands or a little hug. As long as they're not hitting the clown because that scares them too and he'll go back in.