With a Rainbow Xylophone
While singing the song: before each tone of the scale, you play the pitch once on the rainbow xylophone. This idea came from June Tak (South Korea) and adds a nice touch to the game. Coordinating the rainbow xylophone, singing, and making the motions can take just a little practice, so you might want to try this before playing the game with your students.
Question and Answer
Variation 1
Sing the song together, but use questions instead of statements. For example:
Teacher: “Where is the bass clef F clef?” without doing the motions.
Students: "Here is the bass clef F clef?" as they trace the bass clef.
- Teacher: "Where is the bass clef F clef?" (without doing the motions)
- Students: "Here is the bass clef F clef" (as students trace the lines)
- Teacher: "Where is the treble clef G clef?" (without doing the motions)
- Students: "This is the treble clef G clef" (as students trace the brace)
- Etc.
To finish, you and the students sing the lyrics and the descending scale together.
Variation 2
Sing the lines out of sequence as a question, and the students will answer you. For example:
- Teacher: "Where are the lines?" (without doing the motions)
- Students: "Here are the lines" (as students trace the lines)
- Teacher: "Where is the brace?" (without doing the motions)
- Students: "This is the brace" (as students trace the brace)
- Etc.