C on Meet Them in Music

Obwisana

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:15:00 +0000

This is a fun passing game but can be challenging because it requires all students to pass accurately. If students do not pass correctly, there will be a pile-up of rocks/beanbags.

Activity

Sit students in a circle. Teach the song by rote (noting the repeat). Practice passing one beanbag or stone around the circle to a steady beat. Once you can do it with the song and a single beanbag, give every student a beanbag or rock of their own.

High Bird

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:21:00 +0000

Aurally Received

I learned this song aurally and have not seen in notated elsewhere. It feels “music learning theory.”
Though notated in c minor it may be better in e or f minor for childrens’ voices.

Activity

Provide students with scarfs to flow around their bodies as you sing the song. Try high, low, on different parts of the body.

Change words for high and low.

Haul Away Joe

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 22:08:00 +0000

Activity

Sit students in a circle around a stretchy-band/coop-band. Practice passing the band in around the circle while saying “pass” to a beat. After students are familiar with the song and are ready to sing, ask them to sing the “Way Haul Away” while you sing the other words. Practice going back and forth.

For extra fun, tie a ribbon or scarf around the stretchy-band. Cheer with the class when it lands on a different student. If there is a student who really needs to have it land on them … CHEAT!

Zoom Zoom Zoom We're Going to the Moon

Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:27:00 +0000

Go 'Round the Mountain

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:43:00 +0000

This is a favorite game with my students but it makes me incredibly dizzy!

This is the way I memorized the song years ago. It may not be “true” but it is right to my ear! The version others use is notated below.

Activity:

Build a circle of drums. I like to make “drum mountain” out of my tubanos with the teacher drum in the middle. March around the drum mountain, hitting the next drum on beat 1. Invite a student up to join you BUT they must march on the opposite side of the circle from you.