Mama Lama

• This singing game is great as an ice breaker or brain break. Let your hair down and have some fun!
• You might like to sing it as 'call and response' - the teacher or a selected student/s can sing each line first and the class can sing for the repeat.
• students have the opportunity to improvise movements.
• This song is great for reinforcing beat - but you will need to insist students don't get faster as they get into the song!
• In this song, students will sing a descending octave interval followed immediately by an ascending octave interval - a helpful opportunity for a focus on in-tune singing of the octave!

This is a popular song in the aural tradition. There are many versions with different words and rhythms.