Submitted by Kristin Lukow, Nebraska
Idea posted May 27, 2005
We do the body scale like this:
- Do - hands in the air above head
- Ti - hands on head
- La - hands on shoulders
- So - hands on chest
- Fa - hands on waist
- Mi - hands on hips
- Re - hands on thighs
- Do - hands on knees
I do this with kindergarten through second grade every day as a scale up and down, including variations like quiet and loud, and legato and staccato. I like going to the knees for the lowest "Do" because it helps the children keep their eyes on me.