I’m sharing a Scarf Movement Tutorial for the Halloween Song “Have You Seen the Ghost of John?”
I give step by step directions and demonstrate how to do this activity with your children and students.
HALLOWEEN SCARF MOVEMENT FOR “HAVE YOU SEEN THE GHOST OF JOHN?”
You can find this song on any of your favorite music services.
LINKS TO THE SONG “Have You Seen the Ghost of John?”
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SPOTIFY
AMAZON
ITUNES
APPLE MUSIC
“HAVE YOU SEEN THE GHOST OF JOHN” MUSIC RESOURCE ON TPT
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RESOURCES THAT WORK WELL WITH THIS ACTIVITY
I like to pair scarf activities with instrument activities.
These are some of my favorite and most effective resources that I recommend using with a scarf activity.
TPT STORE
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SCARF MOVEMENT ACTIVITY
You can use this fun Halloween song as a scarf movement activity.
“Have You Seen the Ghost of John?” is a familiar traditional Halloween song.
You can use this fun Halloween song as a scarf movement activity.
LYRICS TO THE SONG
HAVE YOU SEEN THE GHOST OF JOHN?
LONG WHITE BONES WITH THE REST ALL GONE.
OOOOOOOOOOO
WOULDN’T IT BE CHILLY WITH NO SKIN ON?
Young children love to wave scarves around.
Scarf movement promotes gross motor muscle exercise, cross body movement for brain connections and opportunities for creativity.
Children learn through play. This scarf movement activity promotes creative play. Children can pretend to be scary ghosts and fly through the sky with their scarf.
MOVEMENT DIRECTIONS
Each line of the song has a different movement.
Play the song and have the children move freely to the music.
Pretend to be ghosts and wave scarves around, high, low, up and down.
Next, teach each line of the song. Have the children echo repeat the line to you.
Demonstrate the movement for that line. You can use the FREE RESOURCE, or create your own movements.
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I give step by step directions and demonstrate how to do this activity with your children and students.
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Practice together.
Repeat this for each of the lines.
Now you can put all the actions together.
Encourage the children to move freely.
After they can do all the movements, then have them create their own patterns.
Have the children share their ideas.
Sing and move with scarves over several classes for children to get the full experience.
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