Talba

“A rhythm game where they all to a steady pulse- pad their thighs – clap
their hands and click each finger- pad, pad, clap, clap, click click- on the
clicks they say their name and a word that starts with the same letter-
there could be a theme eg animals/ something from nature – or
whatever you like!”

Pizza Slice Games

(semi circle standing –
teach:
how to stop
pizza hands
soft +Jesus Christ
loud

Physical
+ Sing a note and join
1. Breathe in slowly through the nose. Blow out through the lips like a
horse. Do the same again, but do a rolled ‘r’. Finally, try doing both
together.
2. Chew one, then two, then three imaginary pieces of gum. Swallow
the gum!
3. Breathe in slowly through the nose. Sigh, louder and louder on
each out breath. Add shoulders (hunched on the in-breath,
dropped on the out-breath) then knees (bend them on the out-
breath).
4. Massage your scalp and face with your fingertips. Grin widely,
stick out your tongue, then finish with a big yawn.
5. With softly-closed fists, gently ‘pummel’ your chest (preferably with
an accompanying ‘Tarzan’ noise!), shoulders, tummy, thighs and
anything else you can reach.

Vocal

1. Hum a major scale to the fifth, using the pattern 1-2-1-3-1-4-1-5-1-

4-1-3-1-2-1, and sliding between the notes. Move the starting note
up or down by a semitone and repeat. Sing an arpeggio using the
pattern 1-3-5-4-2-(7)-1. Sing the pattern twice, first to a legato ‘oo’
then a staccato ‘ah’. Move the starting note up or down by a
semitone and repeat.
 2. Pick a fricative consonant such a ‘v’ and pulse five times on it.
Start loud and get softer, or vice versa. Work through other
fricative consonants: ‘j’ (as in “vision”), ‘z’, ‘th’ (as in “there”).
3. Sing a descending major scale to ‘ninga ninga, ninga ninga, ninga
ninga, ning …’ (Breathing halfway through). Move the starting note
up or down by a semitone and repeat. Focus on getting plenty of
tone in the ‘ng’ sound and keeping the halfway breath quick and
silent.
4. Start on a single held note to “ah”. Moving only your lips (not your
tongue), change the vowel sound to “oh” then “oo” then back
again. Then start on “ah” again and, moving only your tongue,
change the vowel sound to “eh” then “ee” then back again. Focus
on keeping the “ah” space in the mouth and throat and not
“pinching” the sound when you change vowels.

Isem tal-kor

Bow wow wow = stomp, stomp, stomp

Whose dog art thou? = wag finger at partner 3 times
Little Tommy Tucker’s dog = hold both hands with partner & trade places
Bow wow wow = stomp, stomp, stomp
(whoo!) = throw hands up in the air and twirl to face the person behind
you