Singing Games
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"Bubbles"
Imaginary bubbles are helpful to teach personal space. They can be used for students standing still in a scattered formation, or when students move around the room in random formation quietly (and safely).
How it works:
- Tell the students that everyone will have an imaginary bubble around their bodies to help them move quietly while listening.
- To begin, have students “turn on” their bubbles by snapping above our heads.
- When the music starts, students may move around the room wherever they want, but they may not talk or touch anyone or anything.
- If someone talks or touches, the bubble pops, and the student must freeze in place (or, if you prefer, go sit down). You can choose to turn a student’s bubble back on by approaching the child and snapping in the air over their head.
Circle Singing Games
- A canoa virou
- A la rueda de San Miguel
- Acka Backa
- Agua de limón
- Ah! Mon beau château
- Al pavo pavito
- Ali Baba’s Farm
- All Around the Buttercup
- All Around the Daffodils
- All Around the Green Apple Tree
- All Around the Maypole
- Atal matal
- Balonik
- Bassez Down
- Bee Bee Bumblebee
- Bell Horses
- Biddy / Lost My Gold Ring
- BINGO
- Bjørnen sover
- Bluebird
- C’è una Cocca Nera
- Charlie Over the Ocean
- Chickamy Chickamy Craney Crow
- Chumbara
- Circle Round the Zero
- Climbing Up the Hillside
- Closet Key
- Coffee Grows on White Oak Trees
- Cut the Cake
- Dancer in the Moonlight
- El patio de mi casa
- Farmer in the Dell
- Going to Kentucky
- Goodie on a Saucer
- Guru ndiani
- Here Sits a Monkey
- How Old Are You
- Ich bin die kleine Hexe
- In and Out the Dusty Bluebells
- Injit Injit Semut
- Jing-Ga-Ring
- L’Alouette sur la branche
- La gallina ponicana
- Little Sally Walker (sitting on a saucer)
- Little Tommy Tittlemouse
- Little White Daisies
- Los pollos de mi cazuela
- Macaroni
- Matarile
- Merry Go Round
- Miss Maggie
- Muffin Man
- Old Bald Eagle
- Old King Glory
- Old Sister Phoebe
- On a Mountain
- Peep Squirrel
- Pok Pok Alimpako
- Rig-a-Jig-Jig
- Ring Around the Border
- Round and Round
- Roy’s Horse Enjoys a Gallop
- Sailing on the Ocean
- Sailors Sailing on the Sea
- Sally Go Round the Sun
- Somebody Waiting
- There’s a Brown Girl in the Ring
- There’s a Light in the Window
- Two Pigeons
- Ukuti
- Wishy Washy Wee
Ring Around the Rosie Games
Parachute Games
Drop the Handkerchief
Folk Dances
Circle Dances
Line Dances
Square Dances
Partner Dances (in scattered formation)
Gross Motor Movement
Hand-Clapping
Mixers / Switching Partner Games
Motions
- A Ram Sam Sam
- A Sailor Went to Sea
- Adam Had Seven Sons
- All the Little Ducks Go Upside Down
- Alle meine Entchen
- Alligator Chant
- Apple Tree chant
- As I Came Over Yonders Hill
- Baby in the Cradle
- Bambam Bambaliika
- Barnacle Bill
- Barramundi Song
- Busy Workers
- Can You Walk on Tiptoe
- Che che koolay
- Cherry Tree chant
- Chickadees
- Christmas Game
- Clap Clap Clap Your Hands
- Cock-a-Doodle-Doo
- Counting Lesson
- Creeping Creeping Little Flea
- Cripple Creek
- Dance Like a Butterfly
- Dance Thumbkin Dance
- Das Steckenpferd
- Did You Feed My Cow
- Do As I’m Doing
- Doctor Foster
- Double Double This This
- Down Down Baby
- Down in the Jungle
- Dripping Rain
- El juego chirimbolo
- Elephant
- En la feria de San Juan
- Everybody’s Welcome
- Eya bé
- Father Abraham
- Five Little Squirrels
- Follow the Leader
- Fooba Wooba John
- Go Round the Mountain
- Grandma Moses
- Grandma’s Glasses
- Great Big Cat
- Hail, Hail! The Gang’s All Here!
- Head Shoulders Baby
- Head Shoulders Knees and Toes
- Hello My Name is Joe (Jo)
- Here is the Beehive
- Hokey Cokey
- Hop Hop Hop Nimble as a Top
- Hop Up and Jump Up
- How Do You Do
- I Climbed Up the Apple Tree
- I Have a Car
- I Hear Thunder
- I Took a Walk to Town One Day
- I’m Stretching Very Tall
- If You’re Happy and You Know It
- In de Maneschijn
- Itsy Bitsy Spider
- Jack o’-Lantern-chant
- Jeonggeul sup
- Johnny Works with One Hammer
- Kee Chee
- Kuma San
- La macchina del capo
- La pájara pinta
- La tía Mónica
- Let Everyone Clap Hands Like Me
- Little Cabin in the Wood
- Little Peter Rabbit
- Marching Game
- Marching Song
- Mein Hut der Hat drei Ecken
- Meunier tu dors
- Mill-Wheel
- Monkey See, Monkey Do
- Morsgrisar är vi allihopa
- Mos Mos
- Mother’s Knives and Forks
- Mulberry Bush
- My Aunt Came Back
- My Dame Hath a Lame Tame Crane
- My Dog Rags
- My Father is a Garbage Man
- My Hands
- Na nakusa nazu na
- Naass naass Blieder
- Nicky Nacky Nocky Noo
- Not Last Night
- Number One Touch Your Tongue
- Old Jumpety-Bumpety-Hop-and-Go-One
- Old Man Moses
- Oliver Twist
- Oma Rāpeti
- One Finger One Thumb
- Open Shut Them
- Paa Tuhod Balikat Ulo
- Page’s Train
- Pleng níw bpôhng yòo năi
- Purple Stew
- Put Your Little Foot
- Reach for the Sky
- Right Hand Left Hand
- Rock to Get Ready for School
- Roll on the Ground
- Saco una manita
- San Sereni
- Santy Maloney
- Scions du bois
- Se, Se, Se
- Seed Cycle
- Si tu as d’la joie au cœur
- Simama Kaa
- Slowly Slowly
- Smoke Went Up the Chimney
- Taba Naba
- Teddy Bear
- There Was a Great Big Moose
- There Was a Little Turtle
- This is the Way
- Thumbkin Says “I’ll Dance”
- Tideo
- Tohorā nui
- Tony Chestnut
- Tō ringa ki roto
- Tvö skref til hægri
- Two Jolly Gentlemen
- Two Little Blackbirds
- Two Little Men in a Flying Saucer
- Un tallarín
- Varila myšička kašičku
- Vive la Compagnie
- Way Up in the Sky
- Wheels on the Bus
- Where is Thumbkin?
- Willowbee
- Witches’ Night
- Yo tengo una casita
- Zudio
- Zo gaat de molen
Passing Stones, Balls, Rocks, etc.
Songs for Passing on the Steady Beat
Puili Sticks
Rock, Paper, Scissors
Other Games
Printable Games
(See downloads at bottom of page. Each number has a corresponding button.)
1 Rhythm Games
2 Music Word Searches
3 Rhythm Coloring Sheets
Books
(Click on images to purchase.)
- Printable Rhythm Games
- Music Word Searches
- Rhythm Coloring Sheets
