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29.8.12

Ambos A Do

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A game song from Puerto Rico that is a variant of a song that probably came to Spain in the eighteenth century from France, known as Un Beau...

Amambrocha To

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This is a question-answer Cuban-American Game Variant of an old Spanish song in which the players name jobs they would like in Spanish. So...

Al Haetz

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This is a simple Israeli children's song about the singing of the birds in the trees.  A great K-1 level song for singing the "tzif...
17.7.12

Sail Away

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A nice piece with a large range.  Two accessible descants for upper elementary. Sources: Locke, E .Sail Away Brumfield, Susan.
15.7.12

Allo, Monsieur

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This is a French-language chant to accompany a ball-bouncing game. Source: Recording of “Allo, Monsieur :   Le Jeu de la Balle” (The Ga...
12.7.12

Arirang

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This haunting Korean folk tune has been sung for over six hundred years.  Dr. Campbell suggests pairing it with a traditional changgo drum p...

Bumba

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I learned this drumming pattern from Haiti, and really enjoyed the sound of it in an ensemble. Source: John Avinger

Bee, Bee

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I use this chant as a counting-out game with young children until they have learned it well.  Then, I use bee icons to teach the concept of ...
10.7.12

Zudio

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An African-American Play Party for two lines of partners. Download dance steps or alternate improvisational dance . Sources: Jones, Be...

Ye Toop Doram

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Farsi Ball Game from Iran and West Afghanistan Source: Brown, Nyssa.  January 2010 Northwest Kodály Educators Workshop Notes. Transcribed...

Yankee Doodle

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An English song that became a popular square dance in America. Sources:   Eisen, Ann and Robertson, Lamar.  An American Methodology: An In...

Witch, Witch

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A tag game that's great for Halloween Source: Locke, Eleanor G. Sail Away: 155 American Folk Songs to Sing, Read, and Play p. 1

Who's That Tapping at the Window?

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A guessing-game song that's great for vocal or instrumental improvisation. Source: Ed. by Erdei, Peter.  150 American Folk Songs to Si...

We Are Dancing in the Forest (Wolf Game)

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This game is very popular with my students and can either be a chase or freeze game. Source:   Eisen, Ann and Robertson, Lamar.  An America...

Wallflowers

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This circle game from the British Isles has Irish and Scottish variations and seems to refer to a deadly measles outbreak, of which there we...

Vamos A Jugar

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This is a fun Spanish-language playground game collected from San Antonio, Texas. Source: SPU Kodaly Summer Institute, Level 2 Materials

Up, Down

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This game is great for the primary grades, especially at Halloween. Source : Trinka, Jill.  The Little Black Bull and Other Folk Songs, Sin...

Uncle Jessie

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This song from the Georgia Sea Islands can be used with all ages with either movement exploration or a partner ring play. Source: Jones, B...

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

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Source: Ed. by Kerby, E. C. Folk Songs North America Sings p. 165

Tommy Tinker

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I remember singing this song when I went to outdoor camp and acting out the part where Tommy sits on a red-hot clinker (a hot coal)!  It mak...