Subject: Re: [MK8] Summer School ideas

“”What Did Delaware” song source - MK8, vol. 12, issue 3. (a kid fav)
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> On Apr 19, 2021, at 4:56 PM, Febinger, Nikki wrote:
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> If you set up in a huge circle, you could do drumming -- the ones without drums could do body percussion while the tubanos keep the steady beat, then rotate one spot to your right, etc.
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> You could also use that for xylophones -- two people to a xylo, then one person to a drum to keep a steady beat, and rotate.
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> For a fun dance, try this activity. It work with any song that has four phrases of 8 beats each -- I have a neat version of "What Did Delaware" that I use. "Jambalaya" and "My Guy" are good ones too.
> 1. Everyone stands in random scattered formation.
> 2. On the first phrase, everyone walks forward 8 steps (they should all begin by facing different directions, so that not everyone is walking towards the middle of a circle at the same time).
> 3. On the second phrase, they walk backward 8 steps CAREFULLY!
> 4. On the third phrase, they "make eyeballs" at a partner (point your two fingers at your own eyes and then theirs, as in "I'm watching you") while walking forward 8 steps and meeting that partner.
> 5. On the fourth phrase, clap own hands twice, then pat own legs in a triplet-tah pattern (think "but-ter-fly wings"), then do a three-count arm swing.
> 6. At the end of the elbow swing, each partner walks off 8 steps in whatever direction he was facing.
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> So FORWARD 8
> BACKWARD 8
> FORWARD 8 to meet a partner
> CLAP, CLAP, "BUTTERFLY WINGS"
> SWING your partner and go!
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> I am in need of ideas for summer school music enrichment. The schedule will be for 40 minutes per grade level, K-3rd. There could be as many as
> 45-50 kids per group. I will see them in 3 consecutive days. I only have
> 12 tubano drums. So, my original idea to do drumming may not be feasible
> with that many kids. I do have enough xylophones if they share an
> instrument. One person could play while the other person practices on a tone bell chart. Then, they switch. Also, songs with movement ideas that would work well with a large group in the gym.
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> Thank you,
> Kelly in GA
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