Submitted by Sandy Toms, Oak Park, Michigan
Idea posted June 5, 2002
Materials
An old standard that I use is a bingo game with solfeggio. I have a board for each child (which is a paper with 12 spaces - 3 columns across, and 4 rows down). I put this in a plastic sleeve. I have mixed classes (grades 1-3), so the third graders use the staff notation side and the others use the side with letters (d for do, m for mi and so on). I place the letters (ex: s m s) higher and lower according to their pitch level. Each child is given a baggy with nine poker chips in it.
Directions
There are 16 spaces (one free) and they only have to get THREE any direction. I sing first: "Sol" then a three note pattern (on "loo") from a row of their board (I have cards to sing from), and kids raise their hand to tell me which pattern I sang. The first one to get a correct bingo (we check their "three-in-a-row") becomes the new caller, but I sometimes assist if their singing is not accurate. It's a good chance to hear individual voices.