Kagan

Download this cooperative barrier game to teach your students vocabulary and communication skills using the structure Match Mine. Each partner receives a game board with staff lines and note game pieces to place on the game board. Partners sit on opposite sides of a barrier so they can’t see each other’s game board or game pieces. Partner A arranges the note game pieces on the staff lines of the game board. Then Partner A describes to Partner B which note pieces go on each staff line by singing the pattern so they can make a match. When they think they have a match, they compare arrangements and celebrate. This set teaches common melody vocabulary such as: note, pattern, staff, etc. Match Mine is a fun and cooperative way to develop language, communication, cooperation, and perspective-taking skills.