A Pumpkin Ran Away - Roll the Ball Teamwork - Thanksgiving Song

General Music class game. This song can be found on bethsnotes.com “A Pumpkin”
This is version 1 of the game that I use with 4th- 6th grade music students. Most students remember this game from last school year - it is a crowd favorite that comes back every year. We will play this game for a couple weeks and make it harder the next time we play. I hope to post another video of the slightly harder version later.
The song is good for teaching pick up notes, dotted half notes in 4/4 time, and contains fa and ti (one octave do-do’).
Helpful tips:
Don’t allow the students to drop or throw the ball behind them - make them allow the person behind them to grab the ball.
Encourage students to only roll the ball once the song is over - they will try to communicate with their team about opening legs instead of singing otherwise.
If you’re interested in having a copy of my bass xylophone accompaniment, write me a comment or send me a message, I’m happy to share.