Down in the Valley: More Great Singing Games for Children
56 pp. Plastic binding. Edited by Andy Davis and Peter and Mary Alice Amidon.
This new collection of traditional singing games is similar in format to Jump Jim Joe. Andy Davis and the Amidons have put gathered some of their favorite singing games and music/movement activities collected over the last ten years since the Amidons published Jump Jim Joe. Andy joins the Amidons and some local children (including Andy's son Arthur) in a wide range of arrangements of the songs to the singing games for the CD. The book has the clear instructions that characterize all of the New England Dancing Masters materials.
Book $15.00
CD $15.00
CDTable of Contents: CD
click on a title to sample it! (Mp3 format)
- Down in the Valley
- Jump Josie
- Gramma Moses
- Hunt the Crows
- Hambone
- I Let Her Go-Go
- Down Down Baby
- Chee Chee Cha
- Roger is Dead
- Alabama Mississippi
- Charlie over the ocean
- Razzama Tazzama
- Step it Down
- Old Brass Wagon
- Green Sally Up
- Tweedle Eedle Ee
- Highland Gates
- Mr. B
- At the Bottom of the Sea
- Chicken and a'Chicken
- Boboneedle
- Ti Ya Ya
- Four White Horses
- The Tree Song
- Somebody's Waiting For Me
Table of Contents: Book
- Introduction
- Teaching the Singing Games
- Choosing Leaders
- Dancing in the Classroom
- The Dances
- Alabama Mississippi
- At the Bottom of the Sea
- Boboneedle
- Charlie Over the Ocean
- Chee Chee Cha
- Chicken and a Chicken
- Down Down Baby
- Down in the Valley
- Four White Horses
- Gramma Moses
- Green Sally Up
- Hambone
- Highland Gates
- Hunt the Cows
- I Let Her Go-Go
- Jump Josie
- Mr. B.
- Old Brass Wagon
- Razzama Tazzama
- Roger is Dead
- Somebody Waiting for Me
- Step It Down
- Ti Ya Ya
- The Tree Song
- Tweedle Eedle Ee
- Glossary
- Other Resources
- Words to Singing Games
- Index of Singing Games by Formation