Celebrate with Sound!

Here is a fun and educational way to celebrate the holidays in your music classroom!

Each chant presents three stepping stones to rhythmic reading: first practice the spoken ostinatos, next transfer to body percussion, and then play on classroom instruments.

The 25 chants may be used in a varitey of ways:

• as aids to teach rhythm and notation,
• as tools to practice musical concepts such as tempo,
• as prompts for classroom discussions using the interesting Did You Know? facts,
• and as exercises to reinforce cross-curricular concepts.

The included Data CD has pdfs of the music notation to print or project. Twenty holidays, the four seasons of the year, and a happy birthday chant are included.

Contents:

• New Year's Day
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
• Presidents' Day
• Valentine's Day
• International Women's Day
• Saint Patrick's Day
• Spring
• Earth Day
• Arbor Day
• Memorial Day
• Flag Day
• Summer
• Independence Day
• Labor Day
• Autumn
• Constitution Day
• Columbus Day
• Halloween
• Election Day
• Thanksgiving
• Winter
• Hanukkah
• Christmas
• Kwanzaa
• Happy Birthday