Sing-Along with Picture Cards

This is a great idea as we are now restricted to meet in groups with our clients, one of our just organised program is a virtual singing group. We meet online with the use of our digital devices. Most of the participants have no experience in singing but one of their family member are into music but they didn't bothered to try.

They joined because they want to give themselves a go and they treated this as their outlet to meeting someone even just online.

Well done girls! Lots of ideas!

Great Material ...Thank you .Does anyone have links to more international songs for this sing along and pictures idea?

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Picture quiz

Try a picture quiz with a variety of flowers.

What do all these flowers symbolise?

Example, on tha page have at least ten flowers .

A picture of a rose, and a song to match this is "Paper Roses.

Picture of Eldeweiss, film, sound of music sung by Christopher plummer. Great for creating reminisce.

Activity coordinators will pick up on this activity.

I have also done this with Irish Songs, colours, flowers, war songs, seniors songs, love, Scottish songs, Australiana, summer/ocean, places we travel to, Disney classics, Movie musical classics, weather, novelty songs, dancing songs, T.V themes, clothes, celebrations eg Easter, animals and birds, girls names, boys names, English songs, nursery rhymes, numbers, drinking songs and advertising jingles (which was a huge list). Hope this helps give people more ideas. More or less giving hints too rather than pictures.

Cheers Jo

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A song with a girls name in the lyrics, for example, Daisy Daisy, Lili Marlene, Oh Suzannah, Sandra de, Oh Carol, Molly my Irish Molly, there are plenty of songs with the name Rose. The list is endless and makes for a great mind stimulation activity and a sing along.

This activity can also be used in categories, girls names, boys names, colours, flowers, cities or countries and more, use your imagination. You be amazed with the number of songs and use prompts if needed, also use a flip chart.

Hope this activity helps other activity co ordinators.

Geraldine

You go by ear; if participants feel like singing let them sing otherwise a verse or the chorus is enough. If you want more participation, here is a couple of ideas. Challenge them to find as many nursery rhymes as possible. They don't have to sing just give you the name, if they don't know the name they may sing a few sentences of the song and someone else will come up with the title. Another idea is to give them a word and they have to come up with songs that have the word in the lyrics. For instance the word 'bird' has dozens of known songs such as: Over the rainbow, Rocking Robin (Michael Jackson) , Bye, Bye Black Bird (Folk song) , Paloma Blanca, Wings of a Nightingale (Everly Brothers) , El Condor Pasa (Simon & Garfunkel), Bluebirds Over the Mountain (Beach Boys), Turkey in the Straw (folk song), Kookaburra Sings (Australian folk). And so on.

I've done this with plenty of songs...the list is endless...sun - for you are my sunshine; dog - how much is that doggie; dog on tuckerbox - road to Gundagai; etc

walzing matilda,, john williamson