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Body Scale

Submitted by Kristin Lukow, Nebraska

Idea posted 2005-05-27

We do the body scale like this:

Do - hands in the air above head
Ti - hands on head
La - hands on shoulders
So - hands on chest
Fa - hands on waist
Mi - hands on hips
Re - hands on thighs
Do - hands on knees

I do this with kindergarten through second grade every day as a scale up and down, including variations like quiet and loud, and legato and staccato. I like going to the knees for the lowest "Do" because it helps the children keep their eyes on me.