Bow Wow Wow
Students stand in a circle, facing a partner.
M. 1 - stamp three times
M. 2 - shake finger at partner
M. 3 - take hands with partner and spin - each partner takes the other’s place.
M. 4 - stamp three times, turn around to face partner
Bounce High
Game: Students form a circle and pass a ball from person to person by bouncing and catching around the circle. The ball hits the ground on the downbeat.
Alternative game: Students stand in a circle with one student in the middle who bounces and catches the ball on the strong beats. The whole class sings the first four beats. The student in the middle sings the last four beats and passes to a new student at “Shilo” (replace Shilo with new student name). The game begins again with a new student in the middle.
Bluebird Bluebird
Students stand in a circle with hands connected above their heads to create “windows.” One student is the bluebird. They go in and out the windows, walking underneath students’ joined hands.
At “take a little partner,” the bluebird taps three other students on the shoulder. Those three chosen students fly behind the head bluebird in and out the windows. In the next round of the game, the head bluebird taps three more students on the shoulder. Continue until there are no students left in the circle.
Bell Horses
Song Analysis:
Tone Set: m s l
Scale: sol tritonic
Form: AB
Classroom Use:
Rhythm: ta ta-di ta ta-di; ta-di ta ta-di ta; ta rest
Melody: s m; s l s
Comparatives: loud/quiet; high / low
Game: Movement to text
Subject: Animals
Grade: Pre-school, Kindergarten, 1st
Goodnight Sleep Tight
Song Analysis:
TONE SET: m sl
SCALE: mi tritonic
FORM: aa
Classroom Use:
RHYTHM: ta, ta-di
MELODY: sol mi sol la
COMPARATIVES: quiet; slow; high/low
GRADE: Preschool, Kindergarten, 1st
SUBJECT: sleep / night / lullaby
Here Comes a Bluebird
Students stand in a circle with hands connected above their heads to create arches.
One student musician is the bluebird. They “fly” in and under the arches as the rest of the class sings the song. At the words, “take a little partner,” the bluebird chooses a partner from the circle. They move to the middle of the circle, take hands, and hop together. When the song is over, the original bluebird takes their place back in the circle and the chosen student musician is the new bluebird.
I Hear a Cuckoo
Little Sally Water
G A M E
Children join hands in a circle, with one child in the center as "Sally," covering his or her eyes with two hands. The circle moves around as they sing the song. The child in the center imitates the song all the way through, pointing to another child in the circle at the end of the song, still covering the eyes with one hand. The chosen child becomes "Sally," goes to the center and the game starts again
