This great book by Aimee contains a brand new collection of singing games from the USA and around the world. What is a singing game you may ask? How about Action Games, Ball Games, Catching Games, Chase Games, Clapping Games, Elimination Games, and the ever so important Name Games. Each activity has full directions and a full score.This collection contains new songs you've never seen as well as some new variations on some familiar singing games. There are several songs of each style making a collection large enough to keep your kids busy! Need a new sponge activity or a quick warm-up for the day? This is the book to have.

A lively collection of musical and non-musical games featuring both old favorites and some newer ones.

A collection of fifty song-plays, including music, lyrics and dance instruction, selected specifically for use in 1A-3B classes.

Excerpt from The Song Play Book: Singing Games for Children These fifty song-plays have been chosen from a great number because of their adaptability to class-room and playground conditions; they also afford a large amount of vigorous exercise in proportion to the small amount of singing demanded. "London Bridge" and games of similar type, though favorites with the children, have been purposely omitted since they are games in which the amount of singing and exercise is not proportionate. These plays have been used and tested for several years in the New York Training School for Teachers, and have been revised to suit school needs. In several of* them a change from the original has been made by introducing a "chorus" between verses so that a vigorous exercise may alternate with a movement more quiet. In a few a slight change in the music has been made where the song covered too great a range for children's voices. The main object has been to make them singable and practical, and where several versions of the same song-play were found, the one chosen was that which seemed most singable and most capable of a smooth dramatization. An additional index has been arranged in the order of difficulty, the plays being especially suitable for use in grades 1A to 3B inclusive, though they are greatly enjoyed in higher grades and may be used with very good results. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

From the INTRODUCTION. The purpose of this collection is to give teachers of little children the means of teaching these delightful forms of physical training so that the best and most happy results may be obtained. Singing games are the most natural expression of happy childhood. They have been sung, danced and played by countless generations of children, who have handed them down, a priceless heritage. To the teacher of physical training these games mean a process by which sound and sturdy bodies are made, senses trained, rhythmic expression taught, and fundamental social qualities developed. To the child, however, they mean a happy period of enjoyment. This the teacher should always remember, but should never allow the larger purposes to interfere with a full and intimate participation in the spirit of the occasion. The present collection is the result of Miss Wollaston's years of careful research and painstaking trial, thoroughly established upon sound pedagogical and hygienic principles. One of the most valuable features of this work, is Miss Wollaston's unique and definite form of presentation, which, while preserving intact the natural tone of the invaluable traditional spirit, yet brings to bear the latest and best in education.