Learning At Home Spring 2020
Gutten Morgen
We may not be together, but we can still sing our welcome song together (somewhat) with this video.
Think of our classroom singing wheel and try singing the song in one of those styles.
Have a sing along with your family to this classic folk song.
Tell my Ma'.mp4(Folk Song)
Tell my Ma'
Chorus: Tell my ma when I go home,The boys won't leave the girls alone,They pulled my hair and stole my comb,But that's all right 'till I go home.She is handsome, she is prettyShe is the belle of Belfast city,She is courting, one two threePlease won't you tell me who is she?
Albert Mooney says he loves her,All the boys are fighting for her,Knock on the door and they ring the bellOh my true love, are you well?Here she comes, as white as snow,Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes,Old Johnny Mary she says she'll dieIf she doesn't get the boy with the roving eye.
Chorus
Let the wind and the rain and the hail blow highAnd the snow come tumbling from the skyShe's as nice as apple pieShe'll get her own boy, by and byWhen she gets a lad of her own,She won't tell her ma 'till she comes home,Let the boys stay as they will,For it's Albert Mooney she loves still.
Chorus
Hymn-to-Freedom-Lyric-Sheet_EN_FR_Bilingual.pdfHymn to Freedom
When every heart joins every heart
And together yearns for liberty
That’s when we’ll be free
When every hand joins every hand
And together molds our destiny
That’s when we’ll be free
Any hour, any day
The time soon will come
When we will live in dignity
That’s when we’ll be free
When every voice joins in our song
And together singing harmony
That’s when we’ll be free
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Wake Me, Shake Me
We may not be together, but we can still sing our welcome song together (somewhat) with this video.
Chrome Music Lab
Explore with Chrome Music Lab. Let me know your favourite experiment by emailing asheffield@gnspes.ca.
Corner Grocery Store.mp4Corner Grocery Store.mp4Corner Grocery Store (Folk Song)
The Git Up
I plan to learn all the steps to "The Git Up" over the next few weeks. I challenge you to do the same.
Here is a tutorial and video. See if you can find another step not included in the fours listed in the tutorial.
1. Cowboy Boogie
2. Hoedown (with sprinkle fingers and all)
3. Butterfly
4. Two-step
(Blanco Brown, 2019)The Git Up Tutorial and Video.mp4(Blanco Brown, 2019)
Welcome to Music (Action song)
We may not be together, but we can still sing our welcome song together (somewhat) with this video.
Chrome Music Lab
Explore with Chrome Music Lab. Let me know your favourite experiment by emailing asheffield@gnspes.ca.
Down by the Bay.mp4Down by the Bay
Get ready to add your own rhymes to the verse.
(Raffi, 1976)
Ballad of the Unhatched Chicks (AABA Form)
A Section
||: Let me out, let me out,
Icky sticky, icky sticky I am feeling icky sticky :||
Peck, peck, peck, peck,
Peck, peck, Peck, Peck,
Push!
B Section
The chicks are freed and frantically looking around for their family.
Do you remember the rhythms to the A section?
(Fun with Composers, 2009)Hey Dum Diddley Dum
We may not be together, but we can still sing our welcome song together (somewhat) with this video.
Tideo.mp4(Folk Song)
Down by the Bay.mp4(Raffi, 1976)
Song - (Raffi, 1976)
Video - (Plans4Nobody, 2009)
Down by the Bay.mp4(Raffi, 1976)
Welcome to Music
We may not be together, but we can still sing our welcome song together (somewhat) with this video.
Criss Cross Apple Sauce
Criss cross applesauce,
Criss cross applesauce,
Criss cross applesauce,
[Pepperoni pizza]
What do you want with your applesauce instead of pizza?
(Goodkin, 2008)
Criss Cross Applesauce.movSleepy Bunnies
Teach your family how to play the sleeping bunny game. See if you can sing along with this recording as you play the game.
Little bunny snoozing in the morning sun
I would like to wake him up, so we can have some fun.
Shh, be quiet.
Hop up bunnies, hop, hop, hop,
Wiggle those tails and ears go flop,
Hop up bunnies, hop, hop, hop,
Hop until you drop.
(Theme & Variations, 2018)Five Songs for Summer
Sing, dance, and play along to these classic summertime songs.
Goin' on a Picnic Finale.mp4Goin' on a Picnic
What would you want to bring on a picnic?
Make up your own verses for this song.
Vacation Song.mp4Vacation Song
By: Donna RhodenizerYou get a chance to improvise short rhythms or tunes frequently throughout this song.
Sing or play your own rhythm or tune after each time we sing "She/He/I/We play like this *" occurs throughout the song.
Country Roads.mp4Take Me Home, Country Roads
By: Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert, and John DenverEnjoy singing along to this hit made famous by John Denver.
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Swimming.mp4Swimming ~ Action Song
Sing the whole song.
Repeat the song humming the first phrase instead of singing it, then continue singing the song.
Repeat the song again, this time humming the first and second phrase.
Repeat the song again, humming the first, second, and third phrase.
Continue this increasing pattern hummed phrases until you eventually hum the whole song.
Try this again, but instead of humming just think the words in your head.
They Say That When You're Camping.mp4They Say That When You're Camping
Add your own verses about your camping experiences.
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Rhythm & Recess
Take a weekly glimpse into the musical lives of some great performers from the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra. Check it out every Wednesday at 10:30am (Nova Scotia Time).
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Interactive Links
Check out the interactive music activities found in the "links" section of this website for lots of interactive websites and resources.
Here is a new addition shared with me this spring:
Toy Theater - compose your own music and hear what it sounds like, or play an interactive keyboard instrument.
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Have a sing along with your family to this classic folk song.
Tell my Ma'.mp4(Folk Song)
Tell my Ma'
Chorus: Tell my ma when I go home,The boys won't leave the girls alone,They pulled my hair and stole my comb,But that's all right 'till I go home.She is handsome, she is prettyShe is the belle of Belfast city,She is courting, one two threePlease won't you tell me who is she?
Albert Mooney says he loves her,All the boys are fighting for her,Knock on the door and they ring the bellOh my true love, are you well?Here she comes, as white as snow,Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes,Old Johnny Mary she says she'll dieIf she doesn't get the boy with the roving eye.
Chorus
Let the wind and the rain and the hail blow highAnd the snow come tumbling from the skyShe's as nice as apple pieShe'll get her own boy, by and byWhen she gets a lad of her own,She won't tell her ma 'till she comes home,Let the boys stay as they will,For it's Albert Mooney she loves still.
Chorus
Try this action song with your family. See who can sing it the fastest while still doing the actions.
Tony Chestnut.mp4(Action song)
Tony Chestnut
Tony chestnut knows I love you,
Tony knows, Tony knows.
Tony chestnut knows I love you,
That’s what Tony knows.
Make it an action song by pointing to
~ toe, knee, chest, nut(head), nose
Toe knee chest nut nose eye love you,
Toe knee nose, tone knee nose.
Toe knee chest nut nose eye love you,
That’s what (clap twice) toe knee nose.