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*al citron - citrus
Other words are vocables
Game:
Students sit in a circle with an object in front of each student.
On the upbeat, students pick up the object and pass it around the circle to the steady beat. The objects continue around the circle until the words, “triki,” at which point students pass the object to the right neighbor, then the left, then back to the right neighbor.
Any child who makes a mistake in the passing is out and the game continues until one student is left.
Additional verses:
I don’t know how how (x3).... Alabama gal
I’ll show you how how (x3)..... Alabama gal
Ain’t I rock candy (x3) ............ Alabama gal
Game:
Formation: Longways lines (Virginia reel).
Verse 1: Head pair joins hands and goes down the center of the set toward the foot (8 beats), then all the way back up (8 beats).
Verse 2: All partners right arm swing (8 beats), then left arm swing (8 beats)
Verse 3: “Peel the banana” All students face the front of the line. Head of the right line turns to the right and walks toward the foot with all the students on the right following. The head of the left line turns to the left and walks toward the foot, with all students on the left following.
Verse 4: When they get to the foot, the head pair joins hands to make an arch. All students behind them go through the arch, and a new head pair begins the game.
Game:
Students form a circle with a leader in the middle.
The circle joins hands and sings the song while walking in a steady beat. At the end of the song, the leader calls out a group formation (people wearing blue, groups of three, birthday month, etc.)
If there is a student without a group, they are out. The game continues until “el que quede solo, solo quedorá,” the last one who remains is the winner.
Students sing and walk in a circle keeping the steady beat. Two students (the “apple tree”) hold their hands above heads, creating an arch for students to walk under. On the word "out" the apple tree quickly lowers its branches and traps an apple.
That caught student becomes a new apple tree with the teacher and the game continues - catching more apples, creating more trees, until there is only one apple left.
Change the movement words each time: jump and you stop, tiptoe and you stop, slide and you stop, etc.
Students move around the room, following the action words in the song. At the word “stop,” students freeze in place. Any student still moving at the pause between phrases is out.
Tone Set: m s l
Scale: mi tritonic
Form: AB
Rhythm: Ta and Ta-di
Rhythm: Ta, ta, ta-di ta
Melody: smlsm
Game: voice identification
Tone Set: d r m s
Scale: do tetratonic
Form: ABAC
Origin: Appalachian
Other: Lullaby
Rhythm
Two students create a house by taking hands. One student stands between them, inside the house.
Sing the song. At the word, “out,” the two players lift their hands and the student in the house steps out.
In the second half of the song (swing a lady uptum), the players inside the houses run to switch houses. Students may not go to the same house twice.
For an added challenge, take away one house so there is always a student in the middle trying to “steal” a house.
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
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.
Tone Set: m s l
Scale: mi tritonic
Form AAAB
Rhythm: beat; rhythm; ta-di ta-di ta-di ta; ta-di ta-di ta ta; 2/4
Melody: s l s m
Comparatives: loud / quiet; fast / slow; high / low
Subject: love
* Note: Some teachers sing "bonny Bobby Shafto" instead of "pretty Bobby Shafto".
Use a loud voice when Bobby Shafto's ship is across the ocean. Use a quiet singing voice when his ship is close by.
Students listen to T sing the song either loudly or quietly. Students identify whether Bobby Shafto is close or far away.
Bobby Shafto's ship is floating on a high wave or low wave. Students sing while looking at visual representation.
Bobby Shafto's ship is moving fast or slow across the ocean. Sing how his ship moves.
Move around the room as the teacher sings the song fast or slow.
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.
Tone Set: m s l
Scale: sol tritonic
Form: AB
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
Form: ABBB
Rhythm: Steady beat; rhythm; ta ta ta-di ta; ta-di ta-di ta-di ta; 2/4
Comparatives: loud/quiet; fast/slow; high/low
Game Type: Counting out
Subject: nature
Grade: Preschool, Kindergarten, 1st
Play game using a loud or quiet voice. When a student is "out" he or she goes to a hand drum and plays along either loudly or quietly.
Teacher plays hand drum either loudly or quietly. Students aurally identify and play the game as the teacher directed with the drum.
Pretend the bee is buzzing through the air (speak high). Pretend the bee has landed on a flower (speak low).
Lean a barred instrument upon a chair so the high end is facing up. One student may play the rhyme with high or low pitches while the rest of the class speaks.
Point to bee icons that are close together (fast) or far apart (slow).
