Round the Seasons

Round the Seasons By Elizabeth Gilpatrick Book,87 pages 40 new rounds, partner songs and short songs for every holiday and season. Each includes activities and rehearsal suggestions and more than half include optional Orff instrumental accompaniments. Most songs show the melody line and lyrics only; a few have chord letters as well. Songs with accompaniment parts have those parts listed (in smaller type) under the song. Accompaniment parts are given (in full-size type) on reproducible pages at the end of the book.,; Accompaniments use: soprano and alto glockenspiel; soprano, alto and bass xylophone; soprano, alto and bass metallophone; drum; and temple blocks. Some parts give a choice of instruments (e.g. soprano or alto metallophone, bass or alto xylophone) so that you can use the instruments already available to you.,; Contents: Listed by Song (use); songs with optional accompaniment parts are marked by * *'Round the Seasons 30 Days Hath September *Song of the Seasons (change of season) A Birthday Song *The Very First Day of School (first or last day of school) We Will Remember (Veteran's Day or Memorial Day) *Old Autumn Wind *Spring Ahead Fall Behind (time change in spring;and fall) *I Hear an Owl (Halloween) *I Only Fly at Night (Halloween) *Thanks We Give (Thanksgiving) *A Turkey Knocked at My Back Door (Thanksgiving) *December Winds *Welcome to This House (December) The First Snow A Sledding Song *Burn Little Candle (December holidays) *9 Little Candles (Hanukkah) *Hurry Santa (Christmas) *Feliz Navidad (Christmas) *I Have Lost My Jingle Bell (Christmas) *Harambee (Kwanzaa) Boxing Day *A New Year's Call *On New Year's Day *Keep the Dream Alive (Martin Luther King Day) *Groundhog Day Has Come *My Valentine is You *Old Abe Lincoln (Presidents' Day) *The Right Man For the Job (Presidents' Day) The First Signs Of Spring If You Haven't Got a Fiddle (St. Patrick's Day) *I Met an April Fool *Care For the Earth (Earth Day, ecology) *Easter Alleluia Cinco de Mayo *Plant a Tiny Acorn (spring, Earth Day) *When Planting Gardens (spring) *Blue White;and Red (Patriotic Days) *School's Out