December - All

Up on the Housetop

Up on the Housetop reindeer pause.

Out jumps good old Santa Claus.

Down through the chimney with lots of toys.

All for the little ones Christmas joys.

Ho, ho, ho! Who wouldn't go!

Up on the housetop, click, click, click

Down thought the chimney with good Saint Nick!

DOWN

HO HO HO

GO!

CLICK CLICK CLICK

Deck the halls with boughs of holly

Fa la la la la, la la la la

'Tis the season to be jolly

Fa la la la la, la la la la

Don we now our gay apparel

Fa la la la la, la la la la

Troll the ancient Yuletide carol

Fa la la la la, la la la la

Pass the Christmas present

Steady as you go

All the elves are working and

Santa’s in the know

He sees you when you’re sleeping

He knows when you’re awake

So pass the parcel to your friends for goodness sake!

Where in My Memory

Candles in the window

Shadows painting the ceiling

Gazing at the fire glow

Feeling that "ginger bread" feeling

Precious moments, special people

Happy faces, I can see.

Somewhere in my memory

Christmas joys all around me

Living in my memory

All of the music, all of the magic

All of the family, home here with me.

You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen

Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen

But do you recall, the most famous reindeer of all?

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Had a very shiny nose

And if you ever saw it

You would even say it glows

All of the other reindeer

Used to laugh and call him names

They never let poor Rudolph

Join in any reindeer games

Ribbons Dance

(8 ribbons at a time, then switch to next group)

16 beats for each action

circle on window side
circle on clock side
circle in front
circle overhead
tornado
tornado moves up, then down
tornado goes for a spin, then back the other way
circle on window side (now back to A section)
circle on clock side
figure eight - freeze with ribbon pointed up on last note

The Russian Dance

These are young boys! Probably in about grade 3! Do you think they practiced a long time to be able to dance and do moves like that?

Action video to follow along or sing with at home!

1. Snowball Fights (Kasie Gepford) -elementary music teachers facebook group) Put a rhythm on a card - my kinders have TA, titi, and rest- and crumple it up. The kids throw the balls at each other like a snow ball fight and they have to find their matching partner when it ends. The partners who find each other quickest get to be king and queen (or Elsa and Anna last year). One gets to start the fight one ends it.

jamboard.google.com/d/1_PRl9OBxp736WUymLtc1U0m4pGs4Wfx_5MCE-qM7cgQ/viewer?f=0

Name that Holiday Tune

It's the classic game with a holiday twist. Play a few notes of a Christmas song, and let the children guess the name of the tune. I

Students find a partner and face each other. They decide who is going to be the leader, and who will be the follower.

Once the music starts, the leader begins to move. The follower copy the leaders movements. When I call out "switch", they change jobs.