Rainbow Round Me
Spring is starting to bloom here in Michigan , and all the colors start to appear
after a long grey winter. And so today's
blog post was inspired... This is a song
that can be used with younger students who are working on color identification,
following directions, and/or vocalizing.
Music Therapy Experience Name:
Rainbow Round Me
Materials Needed:
pictures of animals (or other things you might see outside)
OR stuffed animals/objects
bag
streamers (on a hoop if available-see note below)
sheet music for "Rainbow Round Me" (see below)
Procedures:
Give everyone a streamer.
Let children move their streamers freely during the verse. On the chorus, move streamers in the
following manner:
Rainbow {move
streamers in an arc, like a rainbow}
Rainbow {move
streamers in an arc, going the other way}
Rainbow round me {move
streamers around your body OR turn your body in a circle}
Before each new verse, encourage the students to peek out
the pretend window. This can be done by
either looking through the hoop that the streamers are on or by holding your
hand over your eyes like you are looking for something. Pull one of the pictures or stuffed animals
out of the bag. Have group members
identify the object and the color. Insert
the object and color in the song and sing the next verse while moving streamers
freely. Repeat procedures until you have sung about each object. If you would like to sequence each object as
you do each additional verses, you can do that as well.
Rainbow Round Me by Ruth Pelham
D A7 D
Oh the world outside my window is a world of color I see
D7 G D A7 D
Fiddle dee dee outside my window, it's a world of color I
see!
CHORUS:
G D A7 D
Rainbow, rainbow, rainbow round me
G D A7 D
Rainbow, rainbow, rainbow round me!
Additional verses:
D A7 D
Oh the OBJECT outside my window is as COLOR as
COLOR can be
D7 G D A7 D
Fiddle dee dee outside my window, it's as COLOR as COLOR
can be!
Here is a link to the video so you can learn the tune...
Note about streamers:
Here are 2 different links that I found to purchase
streamers on hoops (similar to what I have in the picture).
They are kind of expensive ($5-6 each), but you might be
able to find them somewhere else for less money. I think I got mine from Oriental Trading
Company, but they don't carry them any more.
You could also make hoop streamers, but we'll save that for another
day....... :)
Variation:
If you don't have streamers (or don't want to use them), you
can make the motions with just your hands.
Liz and Sue
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