Lyrics
(Folk song)
Acka backa soda cracker
Acka backa boo
Acka backa soda cracker
Out goes you
Games
- Version 1 – Circle Game
- Students sit in a circle and pat the beat while a student who is “It” walks around the circle lightly taps heads (or just points to each child’s head) until the word “you.” That person becomes the new “It,” and the former “It” sits in the vacated spot.
- Version 2 – Passing Game
- Students sit in a circle and pass a bean bag on the beat around the circle. The person the bean bag lands on is “out.” The “out” person can join you in playing a drum on the beat. When the game repeats, the new “out” person can take the place of the other drummer, who joins the game again.
- Version 3 – Instrument Game
- Students stand in a circle, each with one fist out in front. One person is “It” stands inside the circle and taps each person’s fist (with fist or open hand) on the beat. The person who is out goes to a xylophone (or Boomwhacker) and plays D / A.
- Variation 1: students put two fists out in front, which takes longer for someone to be out
- Variation 2: add two students who are “It” inside the circle, back-to-back, so two people are out. Those two could become the new “It” people inside the circle or go and play an instrument.
- Students stand in a circle, each with one fist out in front. One person is “It” stands inside the circle and taps each person’s fist (with fist or open hand) on the beat. The person who is out goes to a xylophone (or Boomwhacker) and plays D / A.
See also
- Activity: circle game / clapping (see member content below) / instrument game / passing game
- Harmony: I, IV, V / one chord / Orff
- Melody: mi so la / E,G,A
- Meter: 4
- Rhythm: steady beat
- Scale: tritonic
- Timbre: Boomwhackers
- Tones: msl
YouTube
- PDF of the song with chords, lesson ideas, & Orff arrangement
- MIDI file of the melody
- MP3 file of the melody
