In this lesson, you will:

1. Warmup by clapping or playing the rhythms with “Overture” from the Nutcracker
2. Watch The Nutcracker Story
3. Learn about the composer of the Nutcracker: Tchaikovsky
4. Do the plate routine to “Sugar Plum Fairy” from The Nutcracker
5. Compare two performances of the “Sugar Plum Fairy” – Arrangement 1
6. Compare two performances of the “Sugar Plum Fairy” – Arrangement 2
7. Review the bucket drumming arrangement for “Deck the Halls, A Bossa Nova Holiday”
8. Review “Deck the Halls, A Bossa Nova Holiday”
9. Review the choreography for “Deck the Halls, A Bossa Nova Holiday”
10. Do the choreography of “Deck the Halls, A Bossa Nova Holiday”
11. Review part 1 of the “Hallelujah Chorus”
12. Teach “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”
13. Review the hand clap game to “We Wish You A Merry Christmas”
14. Do the hand clap game to “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”
15. Optional: Request and Review

Extensions:

• Nutcracker Unit
• Handel’s Last Chance (Movie)
• Instrument Holiday Ideas (Boomwhacker, Body Percussion, Unpitched, Holiday Orff, Winter Orff, Recorder, Bucket Drumming)
• Christmas Units (Santa, Sacred, Secular)

Musicplay is a menu. The teacher is not expected to teach every song or activity. Choose the songs and activities from the list that will best fit your schedule and the needs of your students.

• I can sing and move to music.
• I can read rhythm and melody patterns.
• I can create movement to music.