Apparently Four Corners is a well-known game, but I've never played it or heard of it. Thought it would be fun to try since I didn't get much prep time in this week. This is where I got the instructions, and I changed it a bit.
I had one kid come to the middle of the room and be blindfolded. Then the rest of them had to find a corner (technically we did 3 corners as piano was in 1 and would be unfair advantage) of the room to go to, with at least 2 kids in each corner. The middle person then listened as everyone sang the song, and pointed to who was singing the best.
As the other blog also did, I explained that we would be listening for the best singers, not the loudest. I reviewed some of the requirements for nice singing:
1) Strong voice, but not necessarily shouting
2) Knowing the words and enunciating as much as they can
3) Trying to follow the right notes
4) Singing together at the right speed
When the middle person picked the best group, the rest of the people sat down in the middle and were a new group together. Then the winning group had to split up into corners again, so they would be broken up and have to keep trying to win with less people, meanwhile the middle larger group had a chance to get back in the game. Each time people moved, I reminded them to not just follow their friends but think about who they would sing with the best.
As I assumed would happen at this point, in junior primary the middle section out-sung the fringes. However, I was impressed in senior primary when the smaller groups still won against the larger ones, until finally two boys held their own all the way to the end!
This was a great activity for movement, working together, and getting everyone involved, especially if they ended up in a small group where every voice counted.
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