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GALLOPING PONIES
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Have your children stand in a circle. |
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Tell them that they are beautiful racing ponies, that run to the beat of a drum. |
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Sit in the middle of the circle with a drum. |
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First beat the drum slowly with a steady beat. |
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Have the ponies start slowly walking around the circle. |
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Next, beat the drum a little faster, as ponies start to run. |
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Finally, beat fast, as ponies gallop around the circle. |
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Continue, alternating between fast, medium and slow as long as interest lasts. |
| Variations: Let your children take turns beating the drum for the ponies. |
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PASS THE PEACE PIPE
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Have your children sit in a circle. |
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Sit in the middle of the circle with a drum. |
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Hand a wooden pipe to one child and start beating the drum. |
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As long as you are drumming, the children pass the pipe quickly around the circle. |
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When you stop drumming, the child with the pipe, takes a turn in the middle beating the drum. |
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Continue while interest lasts.
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JUST LIKE ME
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Stand in front of your children and tap the drum in a distinct pattern. |
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Encourage your children to clap their hands to the beat of your drum. |
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You may want to tap out the syllables in the names of the children or other important people or things. |
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For Thanksgiving, you could tap out the word “Thanksgiving” plus some of the traditional meal selections for the day, such as “pumpkin pie”. |
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