Second Grade: Four White Horses

For the past couple of weeks, Second Grade has been working on a hand-clapping song game from the Caribbean. It is interpreted as a song about four white horses travelling on a river in a boat or barge. The weather looks as though it is going to rain the next day, and so they are advised to come back up the river where it's safe.

The song itself sounds like non-sense, and the kids have a blast determining why the lyrics are in the order they are in. They love the seemingly random inclusion of the ripe banana within the song. Within this song, our students are working on steady beat, choreography, and syncopation (saying words off the beat), and they are getting better and better at it.

Here is a video of four awesome students from Mrs. Lott's class working on the hand clapping game; their concentration is awesome!

Here is a recording of Mrs. Collins and Mrs. Thomas's class singing the song. I love how enthusiastic they get when singing the song, and the little giggles at the end show how much fun they are truly having!


I hope you enjoyed the glimpse in our classroom! Keep checking back to see what else is going on in the BCPS music room!