Children love scarf play and enjoy them using them in the
music room. Here are some exciting scarf
ideas you can use with your music class.
1. Play classical music and call out different animal names. Let
the class act out being a certain animal as they move to the music. You can also use music from Carnival of the Animals
for this activity.
2. Play High and Low games by having the class demonstrate high
and low notes as they listen to the Chinese Dance, from the Nutcracker or any other
classical music that has high and low notes.
3. Play the game Simon Says with scarfs as you sing different
ways for the class to move their scarves. I use this game at the beginning of
the year with kindergarten and first graders to help them learn how to follow directions.
4. You can play the song, Shake My Sillies Out from Share the
Music using scarfs with the different movements throughout the song.
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| Fun Scarf Routine by 2nd Graders |
5. You can also play folk music and teach a dance routine with
scarfs.
6. Have the class play freeze dance to any music.
7. Practice Rhythms with 2nd, 3rd and 4th
graders by calling out a rhythm like whole notes. The class demonstrates whole
notes by letting their scarf float in the air for 4 beats before they touch the
scarf again. They continue the whole note pattern until you call out another
rhythm like half notes.
8. Use scarfs as props to Classical music. Have the class place
a scarf in their back pocket. They can pretend
to have a horse tail and gallop like a horse to music like the William Tell
Overture or The Wild Horseman. Have the class pretend to float like a butterfly
as you play the music by Chopin. Pretend
the scarf is a cape and tell them to be a super hero as you play Prelude to Act
1, from Carmen (Theme 1). You can have the class pretend to fly like a bee as
you play Flight of the Bumblebee.
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6 comments:
Great ideas! Thanks :)
Hi Aurelia, thanks for the feedback. I'm glad you like the scarf ideas. My class love using scarves and it's also a great way to teach musical form through scarf play. Have a great day! Sherry Stucki :)
Wonderful! Thank you and have a great school year!
What was the "Fun 2nd grade scarf routine" that is in the picture is in your post?
This was a scarf show that I did for a Volunteer Parent Day. I just made up the routine to go along with music. I used from the CD's called Rhythmically Moving. It was a long time ago and I don't remember what song I used and I no longer have the scarf show in my files. I wish I would have kept it because the parents really loved it. I Use the Rhythmically Moving CD's alot for scarf routines because they have a lot of AB musical form that is easy for the kids to hear the contrasting musical form when they do their scarf movements. Thanks for visiting my website. I love to hear from other teachers. Sherry Stucki.
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