Submitted by Artie Almeida
Idea posted March 24, 2006
My intern found the cute song "Lost My Shamrock" by Rebecca Harrison in Music K-8 Vol. 1, No. 4. We've adapted it into a cute primary singing game.
We took large shamrocks and wrote non-locomotor motions on the back of each (i.e., Hammer, Chicken Wings, Twirl, Sway, Clap, Hop, etc.). The shamrocks were "hidden" in silly places (actually in plain view) all around the perimeter of the room. We sang the A section (the melody is "Skip To My Lou") and walked throughout room pretending to search for the shamrocks. A child was chosen to go find a shamrock. They turned it over and read what we had to do on the B section (standing in place). So we'd sing "Sway, sway, sway to my lou, sway, sway, sway to my lou," etc. on the B section.
Repeat until all six or seven shamrocks have been found and motions have been done. When class is done, send them to the door doing one of the motions.