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






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