Whitley Bardrof

Soh Lah Me Game

Objective: Students will learn how pitches in music change and go up and
down.
Grade: Second grade
National Core Standards:
#1 Generate and conceptualize music ideas and work
#2 Organize and develop musical ideas and work
#6 Convey meaning through the presentation of musical work
Process:
1. Have students stand up
2. Ask a student to explain what the game Simon says is and how it
works
3. Explain to the students that for this game they have to do everything
you do and say except for when they hear you sing the pitches soh
lah me
4. Start the game by singing diferent pitches in solfege and have the
students copy you.
5. Eventually sing soh lah me and see if the students repeat you
6. Ask the students why you used your hands and what the purpose of
using your hands was
7. Explain that by moving your hands to the pitches you can see how the
pitches change and go up and down
Connection: Music and physical education
Resources: Space for the activity