December

Kindergarten

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

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

Holiday Fun!

Tis' the season for holiday fun,

But something is missing can you guess which one?

The Sugar Plum Fairy

Pass the Christmas Present

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!

Run Run Reindeer.pptx

Performance mix!

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?

You better watch out

You better not cry

You better not pout

I'm telling you why

Santa Claus is coming to town

He's making a list,

He's checking it twice,

He's gonna find out who's naughty or nice

Santa Claus is coming to town

He sees you when you're sleeping

And he knows when you're awake

He knows if you've been bad or good

So be good for goodness sake

Action video to follow along or sing with at home!

Jack be Nimble

Jack be nimble, jack be quick!

Jack jump over the candle stick!

Finger play, Diagonal pathway jumps - Feeling phrase

Add instruments - practice on body first

Wrap that present up!

Wrap that present up,

Pull, pull,

Clap, clap, clap!

Review poem line by line, ask the students to show you the actions! (wrapping motion, pulling outwards, clap 3 times). They have only done this one other time. So will need a refresher. Do the poem in a speaking voice, whisper, faster, slower, silly voice, robot voice etc.