Working the Bugs out of the Songs/Name that Tune Song Review

Working the Bugs out of the Songs

  Supplies:

*a list of the primary program songs for the pianist so she knows which song the bugs tell her to play.

*plastic bugs (You can order plastic bugs off of Amazon. I have also found some at Michaels)

*bug catching net (Amazon or Dollar Store)

*a bug home. (Amazon or Dollar Store)

Here is the simplest version to play "Working the Bugs out of the Songs":

Place bugs around the Primary room. Have a child catch a bug in the net. Then have the bug “whisper” the song the bug wants to hear the children sing into the primary pianist’s ear. The children are always surprised that the bug can whisper into the primary pianist's ear and that she knows what the bug said. The primary pianist starts out with one note, then goes to two notes, and then three and so on until someone guesses the song. Then the children sing the song. The bug then whispers in your ear how the song went and what the children need to work on.

For a more dramatic way to present it to the children, here is how I present it:

“My bug collection escaped, and they are all over the room! I need help catching them to put them back in their home. The easiest way to get them to comply is to sing songs. My bugs love to hear beautiful voices and songs! So, if we promise them that we will sing them a song, then they will let us catch them and put them back in their home. The bugs love games also. So, the bug that is caught is going to tell Sister _________ which song he/she want you to sing. Sister __________ is going to have us guess the song by only playing one note. If we can’t guess the song, then she will play two notes and so on until the song is guessed. After we guess the song and then sing the song, the bug will whisper in my ear what he thinks about our song.” The bug always tells me what we need to work on. Then the children try to work the bugs out of the song. The bug is then ready to go into his home.

I have also played "Work The Bugs out of the Songs" by having them sing the song as many times as they had guesses. So, if the pianist had to play 4 notes then they have to sing it 4 times or until the "bugs" are worked out of the song.