Making Music,

Literacy and Movement

Fun for the Younger Ones

Presenters: Tracy Stener and Christie Noble

E-mails : noblec@telusplanet.net and tstener@epsb.ca
Song List Literacy Objectives Music Objectives
To support using Stories/Activities To support using Stories/Activities
Holla -the Baha Men Energizer!
*Making Energizers fun Learning music/movement sequence
for Everyone
(Noble/Stener)
Haunted House Learning a seasonal story and Vocal exploration
*Making Music Fun for exploring characters Exploring mood in music
the Little Ones 3
Sequencing Learning dynamics (loud vs.
(Noble/Stener)
Predictin soft)

Jingle, Jingle Identifying “gifts” given adjectives Pulse activity

Sleigh Predicting Binary form (sing/add objects)
*Making Music Fun for Sequencing/creating a sequence
the Little Ones 2:
Winter (Noble/Stener)

Nutcracker- Learning about the story “The Exploring simple instruments

Russion dance Nutcracker” Keeping steady beat
Tchaikovsky Sequencing Learning Form
S-A-N-T-A Learning the letters of “SANTA” Singing a familiar song (BINGO)
Predicting Substitution game
Sequencing Vocal exploration (“HO”)
Santa’s Coming Soon Word Wall – “small instruments” Exploring simple instruments
*Making Music Fun Sequencing Counting beats, keeping steady beat
For the Little Ones 2: Learning “action” words (adverbs,verbs) D,R,M.S,L melody
Winter (Noble/Stener)
Ring Little Bells Learning numbers in sequence 1-5 Exploring playing Bells
*Making Music Fun Learning colour words Exploring harmony
For the Little Ones 2:
Winter (Noble/Stener)
S,F,M,R, D melody

Hamster Dance Energizer!

*Making Energizers fun Learning music/movement sequence
for Everyone
(Noble/Stener)
Napping House Sequencing Learning a traditional melody
By Audrey Wood Predicting Exploring how music may
Potential for creating new setting enhance a story (mood)
and characters
Up on the Sequencing Exploring simple instruments
Housetop Learning the words to a seasonal Keeping steady beat
*Making Music Fun song Learning Form
For the Little Ones 2-
Winter (Noble/Stener)

One Little Angel Counting from 1 to 5 Singing D,R,M,S melodic phrases

*Making Music Fun Predicting Learning question/answer pattern
For the Little Ones 3 Exploring the difference between
Sequencing
(Noble/Stener) singing/speaking
Santa, Santa, Taking turns Pulse activity using speech
Sick in Bed Creating new words Creating lyrics
(chant and game) Body Awareness activity
Mister Snowman Learning colours/reading colour Experiencing S-M
*Making Music Fun 2: words Pulse activity
Winter (Noble/Stener)
Learning the days of the week Binary Form
Predicting
Ghostbusters - Ray Energizer!
Martin Jr. Learning music/movement sequence
*Making Energizers fun
for Everyone
(Noble/Stener)
 Haunted House

It was Hallowe’en Night…

There was the house…
Everyone in town knew the place was haunted…
I was always told, “NEVER GO IN!”
But who really lived there?

Let’s find out….Are you with me?

What’s that sound? (cat’s “meow”)
Did you hear it? (Yeah, It’s a Black cat! – Aah!!!!)
Sing “Haunted House”

Let’s keep going…Are you with me?

What’s that sound? (“Jack, Jack…”)
Did you hear it? (Yeah, It’s a Jack O Lantern! – Aah!!!!)
Sing “Haunted House”

Let’s keep going…Are you with me?

What’s that sound? (“Hee, Hee, Hee”)
Did you hear it? (Yeah, It’s a Witch!– Aah!!!!)
Sing “Haunted House”

Let’s keep going…Are you with me?

What’s that sound? (“Come here, I’m hungry”)
Did you hear it? (Yeah, It’s Dracula! – Aah!!!!)
Sing “Haunted House”

Let’s keep going…Are you with me?

What’s that sound? (“OOOOOOh”)
Did you hear it? (Yeah, It’s a Ghost! – Aah!!!!)
Sing “Haunted House”

Let’s keep going…Are you with me?

What’s that sound? (heavy foot stomping, followed by “RRRRR”)
Did you hear it? (Yeah, It’s Frankenstein!, Let’s get out of here!!!)
Sing “Haunted House”

…And as we left, we heard him say. “Come again soon…Ah, Ah, Ah….”
 Jingle, Jingle, Sleigh
Noble/Stener

Verses:
1. Put in a gift that is fuzzy and brown; Teddy Bear
Put in a gift you need to drive; Truck/Car

2. Put in a gift you can dress and hug; Doll

Put in a gift you can throw to a friend; Ball

3. Put in a gift that is good to eat; Candy

Put in a gift we need to read; (action word) Book

4. Put in a gift that goes on your feet; Slippers

Put in a gift that is fun to play; Game

The items that are underlined are placed together so all of the
students can see and access them. The children must choose the
item that is described than place it in a sleigh (plastic outdoor
sleigh pulled with a rope works well!).

The items are suggestions only!

An easy variation may be to have the children choose the items

before the song is played. The children would put their items
into the sleigh in the correct order.
 Nutcracker – Russian Dance

For the Younger Ones:

A Section
Keep the beat with tambourines/jingles piano-soft
8 beats x 2

A Section – tambourines/jingles forte -loud

8 beats x2

B Section
Keep the beat with maracas/shakers
8 beats x 2

C Section
Keep the beat with rhythm sticks (ONE PERSON)
OPTIONAL: have children wave scarves for this section
8 beats x 1

A Section – tambourines/jingles piano-soft

8 beats x 2

A Section – tambourines/jingles forte -loud

8 beats x 1
 S-A-N-T-A

There was a jolly, jolly man,

And Santa was his name, Oh!
S-A-N-T-A, S-A-N-T-A, S-A-N-T-A
And Santa was his name, Oh!

Procedure:
Sung to the song of B-I-N-G-O
As substitution takes place, take off each letter
card, to reveal the word “HO”.
As each letter comes off, sing “HO!”
Song ends with “HO, HO, HO, HO, HO!”
 Santa’s Coming Soon
Noble/Stener

Tick Tock goes the clock,

Santa’s coming soon.
Tick tock goes the clock,
Hear him play this tune
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 (twice)

This song allows children to sing then play small rhythm instruments:

Rhythm sticks (claves)

Jingle Bells
Woodblocks (temple blocks)
Hand drums
Slide whistles
Egg shaker (maracas)

Each instrument represents the actions described in each verse

and after each verse, students play their assigned instrument for
16 beats.

Each child is given an instrument to play after his/her verse.

Photos of the different instruments may be put up for the
children in the order they appear in the song.

We suggest children only hold their instrument during their

"verse". This allows the students to perform actions during the
other verses.

©FunLit Music
 The Napping House
By Audrey Wood

Verses:
1. Grandma
2. Child
3. Dog
4. Cat
5. Mouse
6. Flea

Activity:
Read the story to students.
Next, Read the story and as each character is introduced, sing about that
character
to the tune of "Goodnight Irene".
As you are singing, have students place the character into their "bed"
(template of characters and bed on workshop cd*)
As the characters are woken up, have students point to that character.
At the last page, students may dump their characters out of the bed "where
no one
is now sleeping."

Extension:
Act out the story using a blanket and stuffed animals.
Use instruments/soundmakers to denote each character as the story is
read/acted out.
As an L.A. activity, re-write the story using different characters, or use a
different
setting (ie, animals in the forest, cave etc.)
 Up On the Housetop
Rhythm Stick Activity by C. Noble

Up on the housetop; make a pointed roof over your head

Reindeer pause, make reindeer antlers on head

Out jumps good old Santa Claus!

from antlers, move sticks up over head
Down through the chimney with lots of toys,
move sticks down in front of your body, resting
ends of sticks on the floor (thumbs pointing down)
All for the little ones, Christmas joys!
cross then rub sticks together with circular
movement

HO! HO! HO! tap, tap, tap

Who wouldn’t go? (twice) hold sticks up and shrug shoulders
HO! HO! HO! tap, tap, tap
Who wouldn’t go? (twice) hold sticks up and shrug shoulders
Up on the housetop make a pointed roof over your head
CLICK, CLICK, CLICK tap, tap, tap
Down through the chimney with good St. Nick!
move sticks down in front of your body,
resting ends of sticks on the floor (thumbs
pointing down)

( For interlude, have children tap: high, low, beside, behind, etc. )
 Mister Snowman adapted by C. Noble and T. Stener

Spoken:
Little Snowman was white; as white as the snow.
One day, he thought he’d look for some colours to make himself glow.
He found some…
Sung:
Orange paint (orange paint), Blue paint (blue paint),
Red paint (red paint), Yellow paint (yellow paint)
Green paint (green paint), Purple paint (purple paint)…

1. Little Snowman found some Red paint etc.

2. Little Snowman found some Blue paint etc.
3. Little Snowman found some Yellow paint etc.
4. Little Snowman found some Green paint etc.
5. Little Snowman found some Orange paint etc.
6. Little Snowman found some Purple paint etc.
Spoken:
Finally, little snowman looked in the mirror.
He was not a white snowman anymore!
Little snowman looked just like a rainbow.

Variations:
Little Snowman wore a Red hat etc. (use various coloured clothes)
Little “Sarah” wore a Red shirt etc. (use names of students) …Little “Sarah” wore red all day!
 Resources

Recordings -Dancing, Moving, Body Awareness

Traugh, S. (2000). Music and Movement in the Classroom Pre-Kindergarten –

Kindergarten [cd]. Cyress, CA:. Creative Teaching Press, Inc.
*MOST EDUCATION STORES CARRY THIS (ie Education Station, Edmonton, AB)

Traugh, S. (2000). Music and Movement in the Classroom Grades 1-2

[cd]. Cyress, CA: Creative Teaching Press, Inc.
*MOST EDUCATION STORES CARRY THIS (ie Education Station, Edmonton, AB)

Aerobic Power For Kids – Wintergreen Phys. Ed. Catalogue

www.Wintergreen.ca or 1-800-268-1268 to order CD WSP69148CD

Noble, C. and Stener, T. (2007). Making Energizers Fun For Everyone

www.funlitmusic.com

Books – Web sites to explore

Noble, C. and Stener, T. (2003). Making Music Fun For the Little Ones -
Book 1 www.funlitmusic.com

Noble, C. and Stener, T. (2003). Making Music Fun For the Little Ones
Book 2 - Winter www.funlitmusic.com

Noble, C. and Stener, T. (2008). Making Music Fun For the Little Ones –
Book 3 www.funlitmusic.com

Wood, A. (1984). The Napping House. Toronto: Harcourt, INC