A beat keeping rhyme encouraging coordination, active listening and incorporating percussion instruments.
FOCUS AREAS: [coordination] [active listening] [low energy] [inhibitory control]
Source: Unknown
One song, many ways:
- Can you reverse the tempo of the rhyme? Can you start slow, then speed up for "hot potato hot potato do it all again!"
- Inner hearing: Can you say the rhyme "in your head" and only demonstrate the actions?
- How many different ways can you tap a beat with tapping sticks? Can you clap them together lengthways? Roll them forwards and backwards? Drum them against the ground? Ask the children to create new ways to keep a beat with tapping sticks!
- Inhibitory control: How long can you hold the "gasp" part of the song? This can be challenging for children who are eager to get to the fast section!
Lyrics:
One potato, two potato, three potato four.
Five potato, six potato, seven potato more.
[slowly] eight potato, nine potato, here comes number ten...
[gasp] hot potato hot potato do it all again!
