From: Tina Carter
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 08:15:17 -0500
"The Kindergarten Wall" is in the 3rd grade text of Share the Music.
Tina
Ruellene Seymour wrote:
> Last week I attended a workshop and a song was sung at the end by a guest
> artist. He said something about the book "Everything ..I Learned in
> Kindergarten" and proceeded to sing a song with the refrain containing words
> about the "roots going down and the plant going up". Can anyone tell me if
> this song is recorded or written down somewhere?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ruellene Seymour
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Camille Page"
> To:
> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 5:50 PM
> Subject: [MK8]Re: Program
>
> > >>>>>Do you have a script of Grandma's dialogue? <<<<<
> >
> > Not exactly. Last year I started with "Grandma's Trunk of Christmas
> Treasures" by VIcki Schuh from Music K-8 Volume 3, Number 2-
> November/December 1992, pages 4-5. It is a wonderful script full of
> fabulous ideas and several options. I didn't want to take the time to
> teach the children's speaking parts, so I re-wrote it doing a monologue. I
> put my hair up and wore a big flowing apron over a long dress. I had a big
> steamer trunk on a table up front by me. We opened with "Over the River and
> Through the Woods."
> >
> > "Welcome to my memories. I have a lot to share.
> > I've put them in this big old trunk, packed with a lot of care.
> > Christmas means a lot to me, it's my favorite time of year,
> > and now I'd like to share with you some things that I hold dear." (from
> the magazine)
> >
> > (Grandma lifts the lid of the trunk. As she unpacks it item by item, she
> is reminded of an incident in the past and tells about it in rhyme and an
> appropriate song is sung. You can easily use the script in the issue- it's
> outstanding!)
> >
> > Christmas card- White Christmas or I'll Be Home for Christmas or The First
> Noel
> > Toy Rudolph- Rudolph
> > Ornament- O Christmas Tree or Deck the Halls,
> > Yellowed paper with poem- I made LARGE pictures on full sheets of
> posterboard that illustrated the poem/song and made them in to a flip chart.
> As the recording of "Twas the night Before Christmas" played I followed
> along with the pictures.
> > Stocking- Up On the Housetop, Here Comes Santa Claus, Dressed for
> Christmas
> > Nativity scene or sheep- marimba band played Song of the Shepherds (kids
> sang chorus), Joy to the World, Little Drummer Boy, or The Friendly Beasts
> > Blanket- Jingle Bells or Sleigh Bells
> > Tree top angel- Dona Nobis Pacem and/or Let There Be Peace on Earth
> > Paper and bow- 12 Days of Christmas or The Rap of the Presents
> > Music book or Sheet music- Silent Night, O Come All Ye Faithful, or O,
> Come Little Children
> > Santa doll- Must Be Santa, Jolly Old St. Nicholas, Here Comes Santa Claus
> > Picture album- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Remember, or Wish
> You a Merry Christmas.
> >
> >
> > Other easy programs:
> > One year we asked for volunteer classrooms to prepare a little something:
> >
> > One third grade class made Rudolph T-shirts using fabric paint. Each
> child put a brown footprint in the middle for the head, red hand prints for
> antlers and then added details. They sang Rudolph and then the audience
> joined in.
> >
> > Another third grade class prepared a choral reading of a Christmas Poem.
> >
> > Preschool did a number called "Jingle High" and shook bells at the
> appropriate times.
> >
> > One of our bilingual first grade teacher taught and led her class in
> singing Felize Navidad.
> >
> > A fourth grade class calculated the cost for all the gifts used in 12 Days
> of Christmas. Then we sang it while a fifth grade class acted it out. The
> Lords a Leaping were a crack-up.
> >
> > The second grade classes joined together to sing Silent NIght in 3
> different languages.
> >
> > Then we ended with traditional songs to fill up the time.
> >
> > **Many teachers use the theme of Christmas Around the World. There are
> tons of ideas for that. I like the book is "A Bellbird in a Flame Tree" by
> Kilmeny Niland, ISBN 0-207-16199-2. It's The 12 Days of Christmas in
> Australia with 12 koalas clowning, 11 lizards leaping, 10 dingoes dancing, 9
> numbats knitting, 8 quokkas cooking, 7 mice a marching, 6 penguins peeping,
> 5 crocodiles, 4 pelicans, 3 lorikeets, 2 wallabies and a bellbird in a flame
> tree. The pictures in the book are the best part.
> >
> > When I use Christmas Around the World, I make sure we note the children in
> the world who do not celebrate due to poverty. Pictures are essential.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> > Camille
> >
> >
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