Games played to songs are popular with children around the world. Our title track, Mi guitarrí is a traditional Spanish version of musical chairs. This game is especially appropriate for use in a language classroom as students have to listen for a slight change in lyrics to know when to scramble for a chair. To play this game, you place chairs (or markers on the floor) in a circular pattern. Make sure there is one less chair than the number of students. Turn on the music and sing along with Joel to the rhythm of his guitar. Students listen for Joel to change the lyrics from, "Al ritmo de mi guitarrí" to "¡Al ritmo de mi guitarrí-co!" At the sound of the syllable, "-co," students must scramble to occupy one of the empty spaces. The one left out looses that round and the game begins again.
A bonus track on the CD has Joel singing the repeated line 12 times to allow the teacher to stop the music at the end of any of the lines and shout "-co!" thereby keeping the kids guessing as to when they will have to find a seat.
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