DB’s 10 Sure-Hit Music Games (click here for a pdf of the list) NB: while these are listed by ‘grade’ many of them can “work” at any level – although some are simply easier or harder to play/sing for some ages. You can be the judge in your own situation. Most of the songs are listed on my website. Check for updates! Level and Song/Game Musical Elements reinforced some of them – there may be more! Kindergarten Doggie, Doggie Where’s Your Bone? SML; Repetition; Call/Response; Listening; Timbre; solo singing Cut the Cake SML; D’S; SFMRD; Rests; solo action Blue Bird Through My Window SML; D’S, Beat; movement in time The Penny and the Key DS; MRD; listening, solo singing Grades 1 and 2 Cut the Cake SML; D’S; SFMRD; Rests; solo action Blue Bird Through My Window SML; D’S, Beat; movement Closet Key (singing game) DM; crescendo/decrescendo; individuality; listening The Penny and the Key DS; MRD; listening, solo singing Grade 3 and 4 Cut the Cake SML; D’S; SFMRD; Rests; solo action  Closet Key and variations DM; crescendo/decrescendo, playing instruments: pitched & percussion; listening Punchinella SD’; SLTD; solo action, repetition So-de-o DL; MRD; solo action; AAB form Bow Wow Wow SMD; SL: DMS; rest; DPA, patterns Haida tempo, accelerando; DPA Grade 5 and 6 (These can also work well in 7/8 and beyond) Hot Potato Sequence; dotted quarter: TDR; DRM; Syncopation Let’s Catch a Rooster dotted quarter; canon; SS1D; DPA Musical Roll the Dice musical skills/elements Hide and Squeak listening skills; timbre Musical Labyrinth listening skills; timbre; texture Haida tempo, accelerando; DPA MUSIC (aka: BINGO) elements/music history