Scaling Up!

Today I added a new warm up (after Roly Poly, which the kids always love). We sang up and down the scale with Solfege signs, and the kids and grown-ups learned them almost instantaneously! We transitioned into the Button and Flea songs, and then sang the Itsy Bitsy Spider, which even some of the newer grown-ups recognized (one of the kids started calling out the lyrics before we even began). Once we had made our rounds with some standing and dancing songs, I brought back the scale from the beginning of class, getting everyone to hold hands in a circle and sing "Hello" up the scale while walking in, and "Goodbye" sliding all the way out. The kids loved it, and I think I'll bring a stretchy band next time to add even more excitement to the exercise. Looking forward to sharing some Halloween songs next week!