Play with hands or paper plates along with "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy."

If they can, have the students read the rhythms. You will also be preparing students to learn do re mi. Teach the melody by rote and play the game.

The game “Ho, Ho, Ho!” is played in a single circle. Each student faces a partner. On the first measure they point fingers at their partner. On the second measure they point a finger with the other hand. On the third measure, join hands and change places with their partner. On the last measure they each jump half a turn to face a new partner and the game repeats.

Do this as a class activity first. Have the rhythm pages in front of you. Clap and say all the picture words. Then place them on the correct section.

If you like to set up centers for students, this is a great center. Copy and cut out all the picture word cards. Then have the students sort them by rhythm.

The pdf can be found in the supporting resources of this lesson.

Teach the song by rote. Track the words and point to each floor as they sing. Ask the students to think of new things for floors that do not have words. Start at the bottom and continue up so the students follow the contour of the melody. Show the high/low movement of the melody with movement, the body scale, or arm motions, or play it on a melodic instrument or Boomwhackers®.

This is a old Christmas song written by Benjamin Russel Hanby in 1864. Teach the song by rote and make up actions as suggested by the words in the song.

Create actions as the lyrics suggest for "Up on the Housetop".

Teacher note: We don't have a kids demo for "Up on the Housetop". If your students would like to see themselves on MusicplayOnline please review the submission requirements here: https://help.musicplay.ca/can-i-submit-a-kids-demo

Teach the song by rote.

Teach the song by rote.

Have the students read the rhythms in the song. Have the students show with arm movements the high and low sounds. Read or teach the solfege. Tell them that in music the high sound is called so and the low sound is called mi. Show them on the chart how the high sound is in the third space on the staff and the low sound is in the second space of the staff. Tell them that whenever so is in a space, mi is in the space below. Sing the song in solfa using so and mi.

This is a confrontation game. Two teams are facing each other. One side asks the question and the other side responds. Line up the students in two rows. One row sings, “Here we come.” Row two asks, “Where from?” Row one sings, “B.C.” Row two asks, “What’s your trade?” Row one answers, “Lemonade.” Row two sings, “Give us some. Don’t be afraid.” One student from row one acts out some kind of trade or job: typing, bus driving, hockey playing, etc. Row two has three chances to guess what the trade is before the actor tells them. Denise Tips: Usually I let three students from the first team act, and then give the other team a turn.

Name the solfa notes in the song "Lemonade."

Note to teachers: Other solfa tools for the song include a tone ladder for showing where so and mi fit in the scale.

Trace and color the solfa worksheet for "Lemonade."

If you have Orff instruments, accompany "Lemonade" on barred instruments and create a B section.

B section Ideas: Have the students choose four of their favorite kinds of drinks and make this into a word rhythm pattern.
For example: Root beer, sprite, water, cola.
Play the word rhythm using body percussion or on non-pitched instruments.

Decide on a final form for your performance. For example:
A - sing the song
B - perform the word rhythm
A - sing the song

Sing "The Music Time is Over."