Maranoa Lullaby (Actions) (NEW)

A beautiful Indigenous lullaby by the Gunggari people with body actions.

FOCUS AREAS: [coordination] [vestibular system] [calming] [active listening] [low frequency vibration] [midline crossing]

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

Extension?

• What other actions can you (or the children) create to reflect the lyrics?
• Kindergarten and beyond: Create a canon (half the group sings first then the other half come in after the first line of the lyrics) - swap the groups and/or divide the groups up further.

Lyrics:

Sleep as falls the dark, in your bed of bark

None shall harm you dear, mother watches near.

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Mumma warruno, murra wathunno

Mumma warruno, murra wathunno.