Making Music,

Literacy and Movement

Fun for the Younger Ones

Presenters: Tracy Stener and Christie Noble E-mails : noblec@telusplanet.net and tstener@epsb.ca

Song List Literacy Objectives To support using Stories/Activities

Music Objectives To support using Stories/Activities

Holla -the Baha Men

*Making Energizers fun

for Everyone

(Noble/Stener)

Energizer! Learning music/movement sequence

Haunted House *Making Music Fun for

the Little Ones 3

(Noble/Stener)

Learning a seasonal story and

exploring characters

Sequencing

Predictin

Vocal exploration

Exploring mood in music

Learning dynamics (loud vs.

soft)

Jingle, Jingle

Sleigh *Making Music Fun for

the Little Ones 2:

Winter (Noble/Stener)

Identifying “gifts” given adjectives

Predicting

Sequencing/creating a sequence

Pulse activity

Binary form (sing/add objects)

Nutcracker-

Russion dance

Tchaikovsky

Learning about the story “The

Nutcracker”

Sequencing

Exploring simple instruments

Keeping steady beat

Learning Form

S-A-N-T-A

Learning the letters of “SANTA”

Predicting

Sequencing

Singing a familiar song (BINGO)

Substitution game

Vocal exploration (“HO”)

Santa’s Coming Soon *Making Music Fun

For the Little Ones 2:

Winter (Noble/Stener)

Word Wall – “small instruments”

Sequencing

Learning “action” words (adverbs,verbs)

Exploring simple instruments Counting beats, keeping steady beat

D,R,M.S,L melody

Ring Little Bells *Making Music Fun

For the Little Ones 2:

Winter (Noble/Stener)

Learning numbers in sequence 1-5

Learning colour words

Exploring playing Bells

Exploring harmony

S,F,M,R, D melody

Hamster Dance *Making Energizers fun

for Everyone

(Noble/Stener)

Energizer! Learning music/movement sequence

Napping House By Audrey Wood

Sequencing

Predicting

Potential for creating new setting

and characters

Learning a traditional melody

Exploring how music may

enhance a story (mood)

Up on the

Housetop *Making Music Fun

For the Little Ones 2-

Winter (Noble/Stener)

Sequencing

Learning the words to a seasonal

song

Exploring simple instruments

Keeping steady beat

Learning Form

One Little Angel *Making Music Fun

For the Little Ones 3

(Noble/Stener)

Counting from 1 to 5

Predicting

Sequencing

Singing D,R,M,S melodic phrases

Learning question/answer pattern

Exploring the difference between

singing/speaking

Santa, Santa,

Sick in Bed

(chant and game)

Taking turns

Creating new words

Pulse activity using speech

Creating lyrics

Body Awareness activity

Mister Snowman *Making Music Fun 2:

Winter (Noble/Stener)

Learning colours/reading colour

words

Learning the days of the week

Predicting

Experiencing S-M

Pulse activity

Binary Form

Ghostbusters - Ray

Martin Jr. *Making Energizers fun

for Everyone

(Noble/Stener)

Energizer! Learning music/movement sequence

Haunted House It was Hallowe’en Night… There was the house… Everyone in town knew the place was haunted… I was always told, “NEVER GO IN!” But who really lived there? Let’s find out….Are you with me? What’s that sound? (cat’s “meow”) Did you hear it? (Yeah, It’s a Black cat! – Aah!!!!) Sing “Haunted House” Let’s keep going…Are you with me? What’s that sound? (“Jack, Jack…”) Did you hear it? (Yeah, It’s a Jack O Lantern! – Aah!!!!) Sing “Haunted House” Let’s keep going…Are you with me? What’s that sound? (“Hee, Hee, Hee”) Did you hear it? (Yeah, It’s a Witch!– Aah!!!!) Sing “Haunted House” Let’s keep going…Are you with me? What’s that sound? (“Come here, I’m hungry”) Did you hear it? (Yeah, It’s Dracula! – Aah!!!!) Sing “Haunted House” Let’s keep going…Are you with me? What’s that sound? (“OOOOOOh”) Did you hear it? (Yeah, It’s a Ghost! – Aah!!!!) Sing “Haunted House” Let’s keep going…Are you with me? What’s that sound? (heavy foot stomping, followed by “RRRRR”) Did you hear it? (Yeah, It’s Frankenstein!, Let’s get out of here!!!) Sing “Haunted House” …And as we left, we heard him say. “Come again soon…Ah, Ah, Ah….”

Jingle, Jingle, Sleigh

Noble/Stener

Verses:

1. Put in a gift that is fuzzy and brown; Teddy Bear

Put in a gift you need to drive; Truck/Car

2. Put in a gift you can dress and hug; Doll

Put in a gift you can throw to a friend; Ball

3. Put in a gift that is good to eat; Candy

Put in a gift we need to read; (action word) Book

4. Put in a gift that goes on your feet; Slippers

Put in a gift that is fun to play; Game

The items that are underlined are placed together so all of the

students can see and access them. The children must choose the

item that is described than place it in a sleigh (plastic outdoor

sleigh pulled with a rope works well!).

The items are suggestions only!

An easy variation may be to have the children choose the items

before the song is played. The children would put their items

into the sleigh in the correct order.

Nutcracker – Russian Dance

For the Younger Ones:

A Section

Keep the beat with tambourines/jingles piano-soft

8 beats x 2

A Section – tambourines/jingles forte -loud

8 beats x2

B Section

Keep the beat with maracas/shakers

8 beats x 2

C Section

Keep the beat with rhythm sticks (ONE PERSON)

OPTIONAL: have children wave scarves for this section

8 beats x 1

A Section – tambourines/jingles piano-soft 8 beats x 2

A Section – tambourines/jingles forte -loud 8 beats x 1

S-A-N-T-A

There was a jolly, jolly man,

And Santa was his name, Oh!

S-A-N-T-A, S-A-N-T-A, S-A-N-T-A

And Santa was his name, Oh!

Procedure:

Sung to the song of B-I-N-G-O

As substitution takes place, take off each letter

card, to reveal the word “HO”.

As each letter comes off, sing “HO!”

Song ends with “HO, HO, HO, HO, HO!”

Santa’s Coming Soon Noble/Stener

Tick Tock goes the clock, Santa’s coming soon. Tick tock goes the clock, Hear him play this tune 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 (twice)

This song allows children to sing then play small rhythm instruments:

Rhythm sticks (claves)

Jingle Bells

Woodblocks (temple blocks)

Hand drums

Slide whistles

Egg shaker (maracas)

Each instrument represents the actions described in each verse

and after each verse, students play their assigned instrument for

16 beats.

Each child is given an instrument to play after his/her verse.

Photos of the different instruments may be put up for the

children in the order they appear in the song.

We suggest children only hold their instrument during their

"verse". This allows the students to perform actions during the

other verses.

©FunLit Music

The Napping House

By Audrey Wood

Verses:

1. Grandma

2. Child

3. Dog

4. Cat

5. Mouse

6. Flea

Activity:

Read the story to students.

Next, Read the story and as each character is introduced, sing about that

character

to the tune of "Goodnight Irene".

As you are singing, have students place the character into their "bed"

(template of characters and bed on workshop cd*)

As the characters are woken up, have students point to that character.

At the last page, students may dump their characters out of the bed "where

no one

is now sleeping."

Extension:

Act out the story using a blanket and stuffed animals.

Use instruments/soundmakers to denote each character as the story is

read/acted out.

As an L.A. activity, re-write the story using different characters, or use a

different

setting (ie, animals in the forest, cave etc.)

Up On the Housetop Rhythm Stick Activity by C. Noble

Up on the housetop; make a pointed roof over your head

Reindeer pause, make reindeer antlers on head

Out jumps good old Santa Claus! from antlers, move sticks up over head

Down through the chimney with lots of toys, move sticks down in front of your body, resting

ends of sticks on the floor (thumbs pointing down)

All for the little ones, Christmas joys! cross then rub sticks together with circular

movement

HO! HO! HO! tap, tap, tap

Who wouldn’t go? (twice) hold sticks up and shrug shoulders

HO! HO! HO! tap, tap, tap

Who wouldn’t go? (twice) hold sticks up and shrug shoulders

Up on the housetop make a pointed roof over your head

CLICK, CLICK, CLICK tap, tap, tap

Down through the chimney with good St. Nick! move sticks down in front of your body,

resting ends of sticks on the floor (thumbs

pointing down)

( For interlude, have children tap: high, low, beside, behind, etc. )

Mister Snowman adapted by C. Noble and T. Stener

Spoken: Little Snowman was white; as white as the snow.

One day, he thought he’d look for some colours to make himself glow. He found some…

Sung:

Orange paint (orange paint), Blue paint (blue paint),

Red paint (red paint), Yellow paint (yellow paint)

Green paint (green paint), Purple paint (purple paint)…

1. Little Snowman found some Red paint etc.

2. Little Snowman found some Blue paint etc.

3. Little Snowman found some Yellow paint etc.

4. Little Snowman found some Green paint etc.

5. Little Snowman found some Orange paint etc.

6. Little Snowman found some Purple paint etc.

Spoken: Finally, little snowman looked in the mirror. He was not a white snowman anymore! Little snowman looked just like a rainbow.

Variations:

Little Snowman wore a Red hat etc. (use various coloured clothes)

Little “Sarah” wore a Red shirt etc. (use names of students) …Little “Sarah” wore red all day!

Resources

Recordings -Dancing, Moving, Body Awareness

Traugh, S. (2000). Music and Movement in the Classroom Pre-Kindergarten – Kindergarten [cd]. Cyress, CA:. Creative Teaching Press, Inc.

*MOST EDUCATION STORES CARRY THIS (ie Education Station, Edmonton, AB)

Traugh, S. (2000). Music and Movement in the Classroom Grades 1-2 [cd]. Cyress, CA: Creative Teaching Press, Inc.

*MOST EDUCATION STORES CARRY THIS (ie Education Station, Edmonton, AB)

Aerobic Power For Kids – Wintergreen Phys. Ed. Catalogue

www.Wintergreen.ca or 1-800-268-1268 to order CD WSP69148CD

Noble, C. and Stener, T. (2007). Making Energizers Fun For Everyone www.funlitmusic.com

Books – Web sites to explore

Noble, C. and Stener, T. (2003). Making Music Fun For the Little Ones - Book 1 www.funlitmusic.com

Noble, C. and Stener, T. (2003). Making Music Fun For the Little Ones Book 2 - Winter www.funlitmusic.com Noble, C. and Stener, T. (2008). Making Music Fun For the Little Ones –

Book 3 www.funlitmusic.com

Wood, A. (1984). The Napping House. Toronto: Harcourt, INC