128 Sing and Play on Special Days by Denise Gagne
Sing and Play on Special Days is a versatile collection of 67 valuable resources for holidays and special celebrations that happen throughout the school year. It includes singing games, rounds, poems, unison and 2 part piano songs, readers theatre, and songs with Orff accompaniments. These activities can be used for Fall, Thanksgiving, Halloween, Remembrance/Veterans Day, Christmas, Hanukkah, New Years, Groundhog Day, Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Easter, Earth Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and more! Whether you are looking for classroom teaching materials or a song to perform at a school assembly, you will find this to be a valuable resource.
Welcome and goodbye songs give structure to your music classes, a chant reminds your kids to maintain good posture, and dismissal games teach your kids to line up in a respectful way without stampeding to the door.
There are fun interactive activities to liven up any music class, such as using a balloon to make a bat sound while you sing, music-related variations to games like hot potato or upset the fruit basket, dances for every season, and other options that your students will love.
As well, there are practical resources within the collection that help teach your students the importance of commemorating certain special days while at the same time relating it to something personal to the children, such as learning how to navigate conflict with others.
Materials Included
In the printed product:
– Printed Book / Audio CD
– Digital Book PDF / Audio MP3
Songs Include:
| 1. | Welcome | 34. | C is for Cradle |
| 2. | Goodbye | 35. | Ho Ho Ho |
| 3. | Posture Chant | 36. | Jingle Bells |
| 4. | Line up Chant | 37. | Jingle Bells Dance |
| 5. | Line up Chant 2 | 38. | Jingle Bells Game |
| 6. | Dismissal Game | 39. | Hot Cockles |
| 7. | I’m Glad I’m Back at School | 40. | Christmas Stocking Game |
| 8. | Falling Leaves | 41. | O Hanukkah |
| 9. | Fall | 42. | My Candles |
| 10. | Thanks a Lot | 43. | No Latkes Left for Me |
| 11. | Five Fat Turkeys Are We | 44. | In the Land of Oz |
| 12. | I’m the Fastest Turkey | 45. | Groundhog Day |
| 13. | Thanksgiving | 46. | Rainbow Colour |
| 14. | We Are Thankful | 47. | Valentine, Valentine |
| 15. | I’m Thankful | 48. | Will You Be My Valentine? |
| 16. | Bats | 49. | I Like You |
| 17. | Magic Spell | 50. | St. Patrick’s Day Jig |
| 18. | Witch’s Stew | 51. | Little Rabbit Foo Foo |
| 19. | The Witch’s Cat is Sleeping | 52. | Hurry Easter Bunny |
| 20. | Witch Witch Fell in a Ditch | 53. | Easter Time |
| 21. | Pass the Witch’s Broom | 54. | Easter Bunny Boogie |
| 22. | When Witches Walk | 55. | Find the Easter Basket |
| 23. | What’s That? | 56. | Bunny Pokey |
| 24. | Sing for Peace | 57. | Hide the Easter Eggs |
| 25. | Peace Canon | 58. | Show We Care |
| 26. | Last Post | 59. | That’s My Mom |
| 27. | Peace Begins | 60. | Mom – You’re the Best! |
| 28. | In Flanders Fields | 61. | My Super Mom |
| 29. | The Story of the Puppy | 62. | My Dad |
| 30. | An Honoured Son | 63. | Thank You |
| 31. | The Story of Sadako | 64. | Volunteers |
| 32. | Christmas Round and Dance | 65. | Teacher |
| 33. | Let’s Go Look for Santa | 66. | Without Dreams |
| 67. | School Song |
Samples:
Audio: Bats
Audio: Sing for Peace
Audio: That’s My Mom
Audio: I’m the Fastest Turkey
Audio: Mom, You’re the Best!
Audio: Teacher (retirement song)
Book: Sing and Play on Special Days
