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kindyRock Christmas PACK

Songs, Lyrics, Teaching Notes and Christmas Games Plus a 35 minute Training Video

our mission: enhancing children’s development through fun musical activities

Nov-16

Contents:

KindyRock: our Mission Statement 2 Contents 3 Notes To Teachers 4 Shake and Say “Merry Christmas” Instrument Song 6 What Comes Next? Ac on Song 7 Which One Shall I Choose? Ac on Song 8 Very Merry Christmas Song Instrument Song 9 The Reindeer Dance Ac on Song 10 Five Stars Shining Mat Song 11 Merry Christmas to You Instrument Song 12 Santa is Fat Poem 13 Jingle Jangle Bells Instrument Song 14 Jingle Jangle Bells Guitar Chords 15 Nod Your Head Mat Song 16 Nod Your Head Guitar Chords 17 Nod Your Head Karaoke Track 18 Shake and Say “Merry Christmas” Karaoke Track 19

Game #1– Decorate your Tree Game 20 Templates for decora ons Art 21 Game # 2—Pass the Star Game 22 Template for a large star Art 23 Crea ng #1— Twinkle with a Twist Crea ng Songs 24 Crea ng # 2— Out Christmas Tree Crea ng Songs 25

Children's Development Using KindyRock 26 Other products by kindyRock 27 A note from Judi Cranston 28

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KEY TO AGE SUITABILITY Each song in this manual has a photo key showing the indicated age groups the song is most suited to. Ages are indica ve only.

Infant 0 - 18 months

Toddler 18 months to 3 years

Young child 3 years to 6 years

INSTRUMENT SONGS Before using any instruments explore the sounds they make and demonstrate how to play them correctly. In any of our instrument songs, it is important to note that playing the instrument that the lyrics suggest is not necessary. A range of maracas (shakers), castanets, bells and drums would be ideal, with each child being able to choose 2 - 3 things to use.

MAT SONGS Mat songs are a good way to draw the children in and make them feel welcome. Mat songs have good language opportuni es and make good discussion starters.

ACTION SONGS Ac ons songs are great for developing gross motor skills, crea vity, listening skills, and spa al awareness.

SCARVES Scarves a great prop to use to help crea vity, spa al awareness and gross motor skills. You can also use hankies, long socks such as rugby socks , pom-poms and ribbons. Having one prop in each hand helps develop both sides of the body.

4 Copyright © 2011 Judi Cranston. All rights reserved. TAPPERS (CLAVES, RAKAU, RHYTHM STICKS) Tappers are great for rhythm work, crea vity and developing ﬁne motor skills. If you don’t have the real thing you can use other things such as wooden doweling, rolled up newspapers or chops cks. Blue plumber’s pipe cut into about 20 cm lengths is a good alterna ve as well.

PARACHUTE AND LYCRA PANELS These are fantas c to use for spa al awareness and coopera ve work. Break larg- er groups into 2, with half going under the parachute while the song is on, or get parents to hold onto the panel and children go under some mes as well.

BEAN BAGS These are good for developing catching and throwing skills, hand-eye coordina on and balancing.

OTHER PROPS Other props such as puppets, stars or toys can help with language associa ons as well as being fun! They are also great for developing crea vity, social skills and ﬁne motor skills.

MUSICAL AND OTHER SKILLS Each song has suggested learning outcomes for both music and other areas. Again this list is not exclusive, in fact you will ﬁnd that most songs oﬀer children a huge range of learning opportuni es, we have just listed the most obvious ones.

EXTENSION ACTIVITES Each song also has some ideas for extension ac vi es, oﬀering sugges ons on linking in the songs with other learning opportuni es.

5 Copyright© 2009 Famous Fish Music Ltd. Lyrics Copyright© Judi Cranston. All rights reserved. Shake and Say “Merry Christmas!” Instrument Song. Shake, shake, shake and say “Have a Merry Christmas” Shake, shake, shake and say “Have a Merry Christmas” Shake, shake, shake and say keep it shaking everyday “Have a Merry Christmas”

Ring, ring, ring and say “Have a Merry Christmas” Ring, ring, ring and say “Have a Merry Christmas” Ring, ring, ring and say keep it ringing everyday “Have a Merry Christmas”

Click, click, click and say “Have a Merry Christmas” Click, click, click and say “Have a Merry Christmas” Click, click, click and say keep it clicking everyday “Have a Merry Christmas”

Teaching Notes: Please note the children do not have to follow the correct instruments, the younger children should be encouraged to play along on the beat. NB: Track 16 is a karaoke version of this song.

Musical Skills: Beat – moving in me to the beat. Tone Colour – responding to instrument and vocal changes. Other Skills: Fine motor skills – playing instruments correctly. Language – developing vocabulary. Extension Ac vi es: Discuss the diﬀerent voices heard in this song. Discuss the words shake, click and ring. What instruments can be associated with this type of playing? What others things can you ﬁnd around your home or centre that shake, ring or click?

We’re going on a holiday, holiday, holiday. We’re going on a holiday. (Driving ac ons with your arms) Yes we are! (Clap 3 mes) What comes next? (Hands out as if asking a ques on.)

We’re helping put the tent up… (Hit ﬁsts on top of each other, alterna ng for older children)

We’re swimming in the ocean…(Swimming ac ons)

We’re ea ng yummy sausages…(Run hands over your tummy or pretend to eat)

We’re snoozing in our sleeping bags…(Sleeping ac ons) Zzzzzzzzzzzz

Teaching Notes: These are just some ac on ideas. Ideally make up your own ac ons with the children as you discuss the lyrics and song.

Musical Skills: Beat – moving in me to the beat. Melody - singing simple tunes. Other Skills: Language – developing vocabulary. Mathema cs - developing sequencing skills. Extension Ac vi es: Discuss holidays. Use the words “ what comes next” to make up your own story about a holiday. What would the children like to do on their holiday? Make up some other verses to this song.

Aunty’s taking us to get a Christmas tree (Driving ac on) Someone gets to choose one (Point to others in the group) I hope that it’s me (Point to your self) We get to drive in the car Driving ac on) But it’s not very far. (Hold up ﬁngers as though measuring a small object) Oh which one shall I choose? (Hands out)

I can have a small one. (Hold up ﬁngers as though measuring a small object) A tall one. (Arms apart , one high in the air, one low) A wide one. (Arms wide apart)) A thin one. (Hands close together) A wobbly one. (Wobble hands on one side of your body) A bobbly one. (Wobble hands on the other side of your body) Oh which one shall I choose? (Hands out)

Teaching Notes: This song can be done as an ac on or a mat song. Encourage the children to make up their own ac ons as well.

Musical Skills: Beat – moving in me to the beat. Melody - singing simple tunes. Other Skills: Language – developing vocabulary. Mathema cs - direc onal language and shapes. Extension Ac vi es: Discuss what a Christmas tree is and what they are used for. Show pictures of diﬀerent Christmas trees. Discuss the words small, tall, wide, thin, wobbly, bobbly. What other things are these shapes. Discuss family rela onships including Aunty.

Play a very merry KindyRock Christmas song Play a very merry KindyRock Christmas song today Play a very merry KindyRock Christmas song Have a very merry holiday Links to Te Whaariki Play a very merry KindyRock Christmas song Well Being: Belonging: Doesn’t ma er if you're old or young Contribution: Play a very merry KindyRock Christmas song Communication: 2, 3 Have some very merry KindyRock fun Exploration: 1, 2, 4

Links to NZ Curriculum Play a very so KindyRock Christmas song…. Music: PK, DI, U Play a very loud KindyRock Christmas song… Dance: Play a very fast KindyRock Christmas song…

Teaching Notes: Play along with your favourite percussion instruments. Listen for the changes in tempo and volume as you play along to it.

Musical Skills: Beat – playing in me to the beat. Tone Colour - Responding to changes in voices. Tempo - responding to changes in speed. Volume - responding to changes in volume ( loud/so ). Other Skills: Language – developing vocabulary. Fine motor skills – playing instruments correctly. Extension Ac vi es: Discuss the musical terms used in this song (so , loud, fast). What other things are so , loud or fast. What animals move so ly, loudly or quickly? Find some pictures of everyday things and discuss whether they move or sound so , loud or fast. Play a game where you choose an ac on ( such as hopping) and everyone has to change the way they hop to

Links to Te Whaariki Well Being: Belonging: Rudolph was a cheeky reindeer (hands into antlers) Contribution: He had a shiny nose (wiggle nose) Communication: 2, 4 He loved to do the reindeer dance (wiggle your body) Exploration: 1, 2, 3

And this is how it goes (point ﬁnger in me to the Links to NZ Curriculum beat) Music: Dance: PK, DI, U Take three steps in (3 steps into the middle of the circle) And stamp your feet (3 stamps) Wave your tail around (3 jumps) Take three steps out and clap your hands (3 steps back) Now jump yourself around (jump around hands into antlers)

Teaching Notes: This is a circle dance. It would also be great as a Christmas item for a family concert.

Musical Skills: Beat – moving in me to the beat. Melody - singing simple tunes. Other Skills: Spa al Awareness—moving without touching others Mathema cs—coun ng Extension Ac vi es: Discuss reindeer, where they live, what they eat. Make some reindeer antlers to perform in.

Five stars shining in the sky (Hold up 5 fingers) Twinkling, twinkling very high (Wiggle your fingers up high) One went away and what did I see (Fold one finger down) Four stars shining down. (1 2 3 4) (Hold up 4 fingers, count off the fingers)

Four stars shining in the sky…. Three stars shining in the sky… Two stars shining in the sky… One star shining in the sky…

Teaching Notes: You could use star props for this song (see page 23 for a star template)

Musical Skills: Beat – moving in me to the beat. Melody - singing simple tunes. Other Skills: Language – developing vocabulary. Mathema cs - coun ng. Extension Ac vi es: Discuss stars, where they are what they are made of etc. Choose 5 children to be the 5 stars. When one star goes away point to one child who sits down.

Merry Christmas to you my friend Won’t you play along Merry Christmas to you my friend Come and play my song Lets play down low right by the ground Play up high and make a big sound Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas to you

Merry Christmas to you my friend Won’t you play along Merry Christmas to you my friend Come and play my song Let’s play to the le then to the right Play it round and round that’s right Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas to you

Repeat Verse 1.

Encourage the children to play along on the beat . The older ones may be more interested in trying to use the correct instruments. Follow the lyrics for the ac ons.

Musical Skills: Beat – moving in me to the beat. Tone Colour- exploring and iden fying diﬀerent instruments. Other Skills: Language – developing vocabulary. Mathema cs - direc onal language and shapes. Social skills - working/playing with others. Extension Ac vi es: Explore the concepts of friendship. Perform the song sharing instruments. For older children try playing the song by sharing a pair of tappers ( claves).

Santa is fat. Now fancy that! (Pat your tummy as if it is full) He got stuck in the chimney He wiggled and jiggled. (Wiggle around) And out he popped (Jump up in the air) And this is what he said to me… (Point ﬁnger to your self)

Ho ho ho ho ho ho (Pat your tummy and laugh) I’m covered in soot from my head to my toes (Point to your head then to your toes) Ho ho ho ho ho ho (Pat your tummy and laugh) I’ve got soot stuck up my nose (Point to your nose)

Ah ah ah CHOO! (Pretend to sneeze!)

Teaching Notes: The children love to hear the sneezing song at the end of this poem. Encourage them to cover their noses when they sneeze.

Musical Skills: Beat – moving in me to the lyrics. Other Skills: Language – developing vocabulary. Healthy bodies - covering your nose when you sneeze, ea ng healthy foods. Extension Ac vi es: Make some Santa hats out of red construc on paper. See www.enchantedlearning.com/cra s/christmas/ santahat for details.

Let’s play some Jingle Jangle Jingle Jangle Jingle Jangle Bells Jingle Jangle Jingle Jangle Jingle Jangle Bells Jingle Jangle up and down Jingle Jangle all around Jingle Jangle Jingle Jangle STOP!

Teaching Notes: Follow the lyrics for this song. This is fun to do while standing up and moving. Get the children to shake their instruments on one side of their body every me you say jingle and then to the other side when you say jangle. As the tempo increases this becomes a lot of fun.

Musical Skills: Beat – moving in me to the beat. Responding to stops and starts in music. Melody - singing simple tunes. Tempo - responding to changes in tempo. Other Skills: Mathema cs - direc onal language. Extension Ac vi es: Discuss the words jingle and jangle. What other things do we know that make these kind of sounds. Make your own jingle bells bracelet go to www.familyfun.go.com/cra s/jingle-bell-bracelets- 667417/ for details.

Guitar Chords: Note this is in the key of C# on the CD. To play along with the CD use Capo 1.

Let’s play some C G Jingle Jangle Jingle Jangle Jingle Jangle Bells G C Jingle Jangle Jingle Jangle Jingle Jangle Bells F Jingle Jangle up and down C Jingle Jangle all around G C Jingle Jangle Jingle Jangle STOP!

Nod your head… (Nod your head) And have a Merry Christmas Nod your head… And have a Merry Christmas

Click your ﬁngers… Slap your knees … Clap your hands…

Nod your head… Click your ﬁngers… Slap your knees… Clap your hands… And have a Merry Christmas (X2)

Teaching Notes: Follow the lyrics for this song. Explore diﬀerent ways of moving. For younger children just do the main ac on. For older children you could use instruments as well.

[NB: Track 15 is a karaoke version of this song.]

Musical Skills: Beat – moving in me to the beat. Melody - singing simple tunes. Other Skills: Motor Skills—nodding, clicking, slapping, clapping. Listening—following the lyrics. Extension Ac vi es: Have a discussion about Christmas and the term “Have a Merry Christmas”. Make up other ac ons to go with the lyrics. Try this standing up and moving as well. NB: Track 15 is a karaoke version of this song.

INTRO: C F C F C G Nod your head. And have a Merry Christmas G C Nod your head. And have a Merry Christmas

C G Click your ﬁngers. And have a Merry Christmas G C Click your ﬁngers. And have a Merry Christmas

C G C Slap your knees . And have a Merry Christmas x 2

C G C Clap your hands. And have a Merry Christmas x 2

C Nod your head. Click your ﬁngers. Slap your knees. Clap your hands. C G And have a Merry Christmas. G Nod your head. Click your ﬁngers. Slap your knees. Clap your hands. G C And have a Merry Christmas.

Use this track for performance or let the children create their own song. Try diﬀerent lyrics. You could try this as an ac on or instrument song. e.g. Jump up high and have a Merry Christmas Play the drums etc.

You could change it from a Christmas song to a general song. Think of a theme (e.g. healthy food) and make a simple sentence that can be sung to the same tune. E.g. Yellow bananas are yummy and healthy x 2 Crunchy apples are yummy and healthy x 2

Musical Skills: Beat – moving in me to the beat. Melody - singing simple tunes. Other Skills: Crea vity - making up your own song. Mathema cs - sequencing and memory skills. Extension Ac vi es: Do some artwork to compliment your new theme. E.g. make a big collage of yummy and healthy food.

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Use this track for performance or let the children create their own song. Try diﬀerent lyrics. You could try this as an ac on or mat song e.g. Clap, clap, clap and say “Have a Merry Christmas.” x 2 Clap, clap, clap and say keep clapping everyday “ Have a Merry Christmas”

Musical Skills: Beat – moving in me to the beat. Melody - singing simple tunes. Other Skills: Motor Skills - clapping, jumping etc. Crea vity - making up your own song. Extension Ac vi es: Have a discussion about Christmas and the term “Have a Merry Christmas”. Listen to other examples of Christmas songs.

Please feel free to contact the oﬃce for help with using this resource.

This game covers two of our favourite things: music and art! The object of the game is to get your children to decorate your very own Christmas Tree. That is fun in itself, but we want to take it up a notch and add some cra , music and movement to the ac vity. Here’s what you do…

Prepara on Steps:

Step One: Create two big Christmas Tree shapes from cardboard and have the children paint them green.

Step Two: Each child will need to create their own decora on to hang on the tree. So print out our awesome templates or draw up your own. Have the children colour them, even add s ckers and gli er if you want to.

Step Three: Add something s cky to the back of the decora on like Bluetack, Cellotape or Velcro dots

The Game: Hang your cardboard trees on the wall at pre-schooler height Have the children line up in two even lines holding their decora ons Prepare some music to play Have the children move one at a me to s ck their decora on on the trees Here’s the catch: the children can only move when the music is playing! Have a teacher pause the music periodically during the game. The children must freeze when the music stops.

Musical Skills: Listening Other Skills: Crea vity Spa al awareness

The Game: Have the children sit on the ﬂoor in a circle around the edge of the mat Give one child a Christmas themed item to begin with. If you want an easy Christmas item, then print our star template onto coloured paper and laminate it.

The teacher will either strum on a ukulele, beat on a drum, or even clap their hands. Sing the song that we taught in the video, in such a way that it is easy for the children to recognise the tempo. “Pass the star , pass the star, we can pass the Christmas star.”

The children will pass the star around the circle as the teacher sings. If the teacher sings fast, then the children pass the star fast. If the teacher sings slow, then the children must pass the star around slowly.

Varia ons of The Game: Place stars around the room on the ﬂoor. One star for every 2-3 children is ideal. Have the children move around the room as the teacher sings. When the teacher stops singing then the children must put their toe on the closest star to them.

Extensions to The Game: Either the teacher or the children can choose how they should move around the room. Instead of walking, they could hop, or jump, or crawl etc. If you have older children, then they could put a diﬀerent part of the body on the stars when the music stops. Instead of just their toe it could be their heel, a ﬁnger, or an elbow.

Musical Skills: Listening, rhythm, tempo, pitch Other Skills: Crea vity Spa al awareness Crea vity Fine Motor Skills

For this game, you will need 2 diﬀerent coloured star shapes. Use the template provided and print it onto 4 diﬀerent colours of paper. Laminate them for strength.

The Game: Pick 2 diﬀerent coloured star shapes. Have the children decide which colour they think is a fast colour and which is a slow colour. Explain to the children that when the teacher holds up the fast coloured star then they have to sing the words to Twinkle Twinkle Li le Star fast. When the teacher holds up the slow coloured star then they have to sing the words slowly.

Choose a star to start with and hold it up. The children have to start singing the song at the corresponding speed. Switch the stars between lines so that the children have to change the speed that they sing the words at. Try to only change the stars at the end of a line or phrase so that it is easier to switch.

Varia ons of The Game: Choose a third and fourth coloured star. Have the children decide which one is a loud star and which one is a quiet star. Sing the song through at the volume corresponding to the star being held up.

Extensions to The Game: When using the volume varia ons, hold the stars behind your back so that the children have to mouth the words only. They will need to keep the tempo at the right pace to mouth the words at the right me.

Musical Skills: Listening, rhythm, tempo, pitch, volume Other Skills: Crea vity Spa al awareness Crea vity Concentra on

The object of this game is to have the children use their imagina ons and think about a cer- tain theme. They are going to create a new song about a Christmas Tree to the tune of The Wheels on the Bus. The Game: Sing “The Wheels on the Bus” so that they are familiar with the tune if necessary. Talk about Christmas and what items might be on the Christmas Tree Take 4 individual sugges ons about what the things on the Christmas Tree might do… The lights on the tree ﬂash on and oﬀ The nsel on the tree will sparkle and shine The star on the tree sits up the top

Sing each verse through with the children Sing your new song for the parents to enjoy at your Christmas Party!

Varia ons of The Game: You do not have to just use this method at Christmas me. There are plenty of other themes that you can write a song about with the children by using a familiar tune. You might write a song about spring or winter, Halloween, the ﬁrst day of school, anything you can think of!

Use diﬀerent tunes and rewrite their words, Mary Had a Li le Lamb or Hot Cross Buns are other simple tunes to try.

Extensions to The Game Make up ac ons to go along with your new lyrics

Musical Skills: Listening, rhythm, tempo, pitch, volume Other Skills: Crea vity Sequencing Fine Motor Skills Gross Motor Skills Memory Social Skills

All of the music wri en by Judi Cranston, including the kindyRock™ range, is wri en with children’s learning in mind. Judi’s personal mission is to create fun and easy to use music resources for children, parents and teachers.

These songs can be used to develop mul ple skills including:

Musical Skills: e.g. Responding to music, beat, rhythm, tempo, volume, tone colour, rhythm, pitching.

Language Skills: e.g. Developing Vocabulary, Rhyming, Sentence Structure

Mathema c Skills: e.g. Coun ng, Sequencing, Direc onal Language, Order.

Fine Motor Skills: e.g. Gripping, Poin ng.

Gross Motor Skills: e.g. Hand-eye and Foot-eye coordina on, Jumping, Hopping, Skipping, Turning, Crawling.

Social Skills: Rou nes, Taking Turns, Mee ng people, Tidying up, Caring for instruments.

Listening Skills: Following instruc ons.

Personal Skills: Crea vity and Self Conﬁdence. Ge ng along with others. Being part of a group. Developing Self Esteem.

Emo onal Skills: Understanding and being able to express emo ons.

Cogni ve Skills: Problem Solving, Memory.

Temporal Awareness: Developing spa al awareness, understanding physical spaces and limits.

CDs, DVDs and Teaching Manuals

KindyRock Twist CD/DVD KindyRock Twist Teachers Manual

KindyRock Hoedown CD KindyRock Hoedown Teachers Manual

KindyRock Jiggles CD KindyRock Jiggles Teachers Manual

KindyRock Christmas CD KindyRock Christmas Teachers Manual

Shake, Shake, Ra le and Rock ‘n’ Roll CD Shake, Shake, Ra le Teachers Manual

Heads & Shoulders, Tummy & Knees CD Heads & Shoulders Teaching Manual

Imagine That! CD Imagine That! Teaching Manual

Uke n do it! Ukuele teaching resource and CD For teachers with basic uke skills.

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My name is Judi Cranston and I am a born and bred kiwi and I have a wonderful family including ﬁve children. I write most of my music at home in Kawakawa Bay, which is part of the beau ful Hauraki Gulf.

All of my songs, including the kindyRock™ and Music Time range are speciﬁcally wri en with children’s learning in mind. Developing mul ple skills including cogni ve, language, mathema c, social and motor skills in a fun, easy way for parents, teachers and of course children!

My music combines current educa onal research with my own personal philosophy. From current research we know that encouraging ac ve music and movement from an early age is fantas c for children.

My personal mission is to have my music accessible to every child in New Zealand in a number of ways, including classes, our at home programme, CDs, DVDs, Radio and TV.

I strive to make every service or product aﬀordable, easy to use and fun. Please feel free to contact me personally if you have any ques ons, comments or sugges ons. For more informa on please see www.kindyrock.co.nz .

Judi Cranston B. Ed Mus. Dip Tch

Acknowledgements These ﬁnished products are very much a result of the highly talented, qualiﬁed and passionate team behind me. From teachers to educa on professionals, operators, eager child models, singers, recording engineers, graphic ar sts and forgiving husbands, the belief in my music and resources shows through in the high quality professional products and services that I am proud to bring to you.

Thanks to all of the teachers and parents around New Zealand who have encouraged me to try new things and oﬀered great song sugges ons.

Thanks to all of my team for their contribu ons to this manual.

Lastly to Craig my wonderful husband for his never ending support and encouragement.

Judi Cranston.