In this lesson, you will:

1. Echo rhythm patterns with triplets
2. Review the bucket drumming arrangement for “March” from the Nutcracker
3. Drum to “March” from the Nutcracker
4. Review “Yesh Li Yadiyim”
5. Review the dance with “Yesh Li Yadiyim”
6. Identify where the tempo changes in “Yesh Li Yadiyim”
7. Identify the articulations in “Yesh Li Yadiyim”
8. Teach “Il est né, le Divin Enfant”
9. Learn about the song “Il est né, le Divin Enfant”
10. Sort the rhythms for “Il est né, le Divin Enfant”
11. Option 1: Teach the unpitched arrangement for “Il est né, le Divin Enfant”
12. Option 1: Play the unpitched arrangement for “Il est né, le Divin Enfant”
13. Option 2: Teach the recorder arrangement for “Il est né, le Divin Enfant”
14. Option 3: Teach the Orff arrangement for “Il est né, le Divin Enfant”
15. Option 4: Teach the ukulele or guitar arrangement for “Il est né, le Divin Enfant”

Extensions:

• Hineh Ma Tov
• Snowflakes
• 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 play triplet rhythms.
• I can describe the 12-bar blues.