Everyday object lessons

A friend told me about this game and I want to have it somewhere online so I can remember it.  Her son used the game as an object lesson in school about being on time.  When you are late and not on time, it affects everyone around you poorly – just like this fun game illustrates.  Its also a fun way to teach children the days of the weeks.  I guess it also would be useful if you were trying to learn the days of the week in a foreign language.

The group gets on the floor or around a round table.  Use one cup or one shoe for each person.  Pass the shoe on the beat, then hang onto the shoe and tap right left right when you say “riki tiki bear.”  Then keep singing, and keep passing.  Any person who messes up is out.

You can find you tube videos of people playing the game to get an idea of how it works, but I recorded the song so you can hear it clearly and repeated several times.  Do a you tube search for riki tiki bear to find videos.  Here is the recording of the song:

rikitikibeargame mp3

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