Hey Children Stick Passing Game

Submitted by Sara T., Maryland

Idea posted June 15, 2005

I made "Hey Children" into a stick passing game for the first day of class. Here is how it goes:

First, have students sit in a circle.

  children,     who's in         town?

        tap               tap              tap

    sticks          sticks            sticks

           on            together        together

      floor

  stop and    look around

             together      look one way, then the other

  name and    when you    do

             floor          together       together

  back to you.

                   pick up

                   sticks

Then four students will say their names, but each one must do a motion with their name, and the class repeats it. Then we say the chant again. The kids all wanted a chance to do a motion and absolutely loved this activity! It got the rhythm sticks in their hands and helped us learn names too!