Submitted by Erica Davis, Long Island, New York
Idea posted July 16, 2002
Great game to be used with "What'll We Do With The Baby-o?":
Easier
Set up four couples like a square dance, joining hands to "sashay/gallop." Label each couple as North, South, East, and West.
What'll we do with the baby-o(North and South gallop to middle.)
What'll we do with the baby-o
(North and South gallop "home.")
What'll we do with the baby-o
(East and West gallop to middle.)
If she won't go to sleepy-o?
(East and West gallop "home.")
Verses
Act out motions.
Harder
Same thing, except that the couples are not across from each other. They're on either side of an imaginary or real median line, so they can gallop twice as far without bumping into each other.
Second grade LOVES this. I use the "Hush-a-bye/All The Pretty Little Horses" as an introduction, and then break into this raucous song as a "surprise." Add an easy Orff arrangement. Bordun on quarter notes for refrain and slower bordun on half notes for verses.