Submitted by Jenny Huckabee, Franklin, North Carolina

Idea posted November 9, 2010

I got this idea from another music teacher and it is an awesome way to practice "forte" and "piano."

I started out with the song "Forte Piano" (from Music K-8, Vol. 13, No. 1). (My kids loved the video, so I played it several times; they go down the hall singing it!)

Then, I taught them the song "Lucy Locket." I put the kids in a circle on my floor and had a student hide their face at the door. I put a penny in the hand of one of the students in the circle. The student at the door returned to the circle and walked around the circle as my students sang "Lucy Locket." Like the Hot/Cold game, as the guesser walked closer to the student with the penny, my students sang forte and when s/he walked away, they sang piano.