This game is very popular with my students and can either be a chase or freeze game.
Source: Eisen, Ann and Robertson, Lamar. An American Methodology: An Inclusive Approach to Musical Literacy p. 402
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10.7.12
Up, Down
This game is great for the primary grades, especially at Halloween.
Source: Trinka, Jill. The Little Black Bull and Other Folk Songs, Singing Games, and Play Parties. Folk Music Works. 1996. pp. 50-51
Source: Trinka, Jill. The Little Black Bull and Other Folk Songs, Singing Games, and Play Parties. Folk Music Works. 1996. pp. 50-51
Starlight, Star Bright
This is a simple three-note song from England that is beautiful when sung or played and lends itself easily to vocal improvisation with a coda, "I wish for..."
Source: Eisen, Ann and Robertson, Lamar. An American Methodology: An Inclusive Approach to Musical Literacy. p. 387
Source: Eisen, Ann and Robertson, Lamar. An American Methodology: An Inclusive Approach to Musical Literacy. p. 387
Snail, Snail
This is an English children's game in which a leader slowly leads a line into and out of a spiral shape.
Source: Locke, Eleanor G. Sail Away: 155 American Folk Songs to Sing, Read, and Play. p. 4
Source: Locke, Eleanor G. Sail Away: 155 American Folk Songs to Sing, Read, and Play. p. 4
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