Tag: Music in physical education

"The Wonderball"

“Wonderball”: Musically Reborn!

Do you remember playing a “hot potato” game as a young child called “The Wonderball” in which a ball is passed from person to person, while a rhyming passage is recited aloud, and you try to avoid being the last to hold it? More importantly, do you recall a melody

December 12, 2016 No Comments

"Recess"

The Musical Equivalent of Recess

Amen Corner is one group who has managed to capture the joy of unstructured play time at school — that midday break known as “Recess“: “Recess” Amen Corner (1969) This song has particular meaning for this PTA parent who heads up a Recess Committee as a collective effort to improve

October 22, 2015 No Comments