Heigh Di Ho (Scarves)

A slow rocking song incorporating scarves to accentuate slow, gliding movements. Challenging balance and core strength.

Source: Catch a Song, Deanna Hoermann & Doreen Bridges (1985)

FOCUS AREAS: [proprioception] [coordination] [vestibular system] [low frequency vibration] [balance]

One song, many ways:

• See other videos of the same song incorporating lycra and the stretchy cord.
• You could extend this with Camille Saint-Saëns' "Carnival of the Animals: L'elephant" where the children can continue to bend low and move very slowly around the room, swinging their "trunks" (scarves) from side to side.

Encourage the children to move as if they are "moving through honey".
Lyrics:
Heigh di, heigh di ho
The great big elephant is so slow.
Heigh di, heigh di ho
The elephant is so slow.
He swings his trunk from side to side
As he takes the children for a ride.
Heigh di, heigh di ho
The elephant is so slow.