GOAL 1:

• Sharing
• Turn-taking
• Listening skills
• Concentration
• Directional skills

EQUIPMENT:

• Percussion instrument (e.g. ocean drum, rain stick, shaker egg)
• Bell, triangle or drum

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Group should be seated in a circle.
2. The teacher starts singing a simple children’s song (e.g. Twinkle twinkle or ABC’s) and instructs the group to start passing the instrument around the circle in a clockwise direction.
3. At one given point of the song, the teacher stops singing and plays the bell, triangle, or drum to signal the group to switch the directional movement of the passing instrument in a counter-clockwise direction and the singing resumes.
4. The music continues and every time the bell, triangle, or drum is played the direction is changed.

VARIATIONS / ADAPTATIONS:

• After a few direction switches a member from the group is chosen to be the leader who signals directional switches by playing the bell, triangle, or drum.
• Allow the leader to choose the next song to be sung while passing the instrument using song choice cards.
• Use recorded music to accompany the passing instead of singing.