Rhythms
Recorder
Songs
Games
100
Say this rhythm in dus and du-da-dis:
du du du-da-di du
100
What pitch does this fingering produce on the recorder?
G
100
Brought back from kindergarten, this song is about someone having lost something.
Closet Key
100
Ms. Gibbins often compares this game to "Simon Says."
Poisoned Pattern
200
Say this rhythm in dus and du-da-dis:
Du-da-di du-da-di du du-da-di
200
What pitch does this fingering produce on the recorder?
B
200
This person saw a ghost in the middle of the night.
Miss White
200
Used to review rhythms, this game was played in teams of two or three on the board, but it's not usually a music game. Usually it's just for two people on paper.
Tic-Tac-Toe
300
Read this rhythm:
du-da-di du du-da-di du-da-di
300
How many fingers (not including your thumb) do you have to put down for A?
2
300
This person came here last year from Australia.
Lisa the Warrior
300
This hand-clapping game started with the whole class and eliminated one person per round until there was only one person left standing.
See Saw Marjorie Daw
400
Write this:
400
Name the three original pitches that we learned from lowest to highest.
G, A, B
400
Who has got a new baby?
Mama
400
Even thought it really seemed like a dance, this was actually a game - because dancing was forbidden in many religious communities in the south. Ms. Gibbins let you use scarves or rubber bracelets so that didn't have to hold hands.
Great Big House
500
Write this:
500
Which hand is supposed to go on top?
Left
500
What recipe had "plums and prunes and cherries
There were citrons and raisins and cinnamon, too
There was nuts, and cloves and berries
And a crust that was nailed on with glue
There were caraway seeds in abundance
Such that work up a fine stomach ache" ?
Ms. Fogarty's Christmas Cake (fruitcake)
500
This game was played at the end of each round of "Lisa the Warrior" while the players said "O-V-E-R, over!"
Rock, Paper, Scissors