The Christmas Concert Idea Book
by Denise Gagne
Would you like some drama in your Christmas Concert without producing a full length musical? The 'Christmas Concert Idea Book' is a collection of skits and songs, each of which is suitable for a K-6 class (or choir) to perform at a Christmas Concert. The Teachers Handbook includes piano
accompaniments, reproducible student pages, movement, costume and staging ideas AND a script so that you can use this book as the basis for your entire concert.
Contents:
1. Christmas is my Favorite Time of Year - a concert opener for any grade.
2. Makin' Christmas Cookies - costume your class in chef's hats and aprons and accompany this upbeat song with wooden spoons and mixing bowls.
3. Time to Pack the Sleigh - Dress your class like elves, and let them rap, rock and roll!
4. Santa's Computer - Use Santa's computer to find out how well your principal has been behaving this year!
5. Christmas Spirit - a lyrical ballad explores the real meaning of the season.
6. Presents - You don't need a lot of money to give someone you love a meaningful gift.
7. The Road to Bethlehem - an optional 2 part selection for your choir with a haunting melody.
8. Little Star - use this song as part of a pageant.
9. Glory to God in the Highest - a calypso carol with optional claves and maracas parts.
10. The Colours of Christmas - easy choreography suggestions are included to add colour to this song.
11. Christmas Time is Here - a good song to close your program.
12. Shine a Light for Peace - A processional or Finale for your class, choir or the entire school. Flashlight candles create a stunning effect.
This song is suitable for Remembrance Day as well as Christmas!
Christmas Idea Teachers Guide item #112 Christmas Idea Perf/Acc Cassette item #113
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"My class performed "Time to Pack the Sleigh". In 3 or 4 practices we had a
complete performance - spoken solos, costumes, rapping, singing and
dancing. The Grade 4's loved it, and the parents were impressed!"
It's a Magical Time of the Year
An all school musical for K-6 by Denise Gagne
A Nasty magician, The Grunch, has made Santa Claus disappear. The classes in your school try their best magic tricks to make Santa reappear. They even appeal to the famous magicians Sigmund and Freud for help, but all that reappears is a stuffed tiger and Santa's boxer shorts! Every class
has a magic trick and a song in a style varying from Country & Western line dance music, to Elvis style rock and roll. Complete directions for the magic tricks are included. The Teachers Handbook includes piano accompaniments, reproducible student pages, easy to understand choreography, costume suggestions and staging ideas.
Song List:
1. It's A Magical Time of the Year - Cast 2. Tell Us A Story - K
3. Don't Take Santa Claus - Gr. 1 4. Santa is Magic - Gr. 2
5. Santa Claus Rap - Gr. 3 6. Time To Get Together Gr. 4 - line dance
6. Merry Merry Christmas! Gr. 5 - Macarena 7. Santa's Coming Back - Gr. 6 ballad
8. There's Magic in the Air - Cast
Magical Time Teachers Guide item #101 Magical Time Perf/Acc Cassette item #102
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More Christmas Ideas K-3
by Denise Gagne
Do you need an idea for your K-3 class for a Christmas assembly or concert?
Here are 20+ ideas: songs, plays, poems, readers theatre, dances - each of which is suitable for a K-3 class to perform at a Christmas Concert. The Teachers Handbook includes piano accompaniments, reproducible student pages, movement, costume and staging ideas. The cassette includes a vocal
guide to help your students learn the songs, and accompaniments only in case you don't have a pianist.
Contents:
1. Christmas Counting -A counting poem for Christmas
2. The Christmas ABC's: Poem and song
3. Dear Santa, I have tried my best: choral speech
4. The Elves & The Shoemakers: Play or reader's theatre presentation with an easy song and dance.
5. The Christmas Turkey Dance: You loved the Bird Dance. Now some familiar actions are used in a Christmas Dance and song about the turkey that wanted to get away.
6. No Cookies For Santa: A one act play for one class to perform. Mrs. Claus wants to go along with Santa on his Round the World trip, but there isn't enough room. Santa gets no more cookies until he figures out a way to take his wife along. Includes 3 songs.
7. The Bells on the Sleigh A song with a familiar tune featuring groups of rhythm instruments playing along.
8. Ring, Ring, Ring the Bells A song with a familiar tune featuring groups of rhythm instruments playing along.
9. If you can't Wait for Christmas clap your hands! An action song with a familiar tune about how hard it is waiting for Christmas to come!
10. He'll be comin' down the Chimney when he comes A cumulative action song to a familiar tune
11. And SANTA is his name An action song to a familiar tune
12. One Little, Two Little, Three Little Snowflakes: A song with a
familiar tune featuring art work and costumes your students make themselves.
13. Santa's Coming: What is Santa bringing? Your students can make and show the audience what Santa will bring.
Old and New Ideas:
14. Ribbon Dance: A choreographed ribbon dance set to Tchaikovsky's "Trepak" from the Nutcracker. - so easy & it looks beautiful....lots of fun!
15. Up On the Housetop - a favorite for K-3!
16. Christmas Finger plays: 5 poems with actions for K-1
17. Jingle Bells - Song, Dance and Game Has an up tempo accompaniment!
18. Jolly Old St. Nicholas Up tempo Version of a traditional favorite!
19. Jesus Our Brother Patterns for making animals are included with this traditional children's Christmas Song.
20. The Christmas Story A simplified version of the Christmas Story for a young class to present the Nativity Scene. Excerpts from O Little Town of Bethlehem, Away in A Manger, While Shepherds Watched and Joy to the World are included.
21. We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Christmas Ideas K-3 Teachers Guide: #110 Christmas Ideas perf/acc cassette: #111
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Slapshot Santa Scores Again!
Santa's on-line Adventure
An all school multicultural musical by Denise Gagne
Santa is technology challenged as he attempts to surf the net. Some clever students from your school find home pages from around the world, and help convince Santa that using E-mail will make his job a lot easier - he won't have to lick stamps anymore! This musical has each grade in your school
represent a different country: Denmark, Germany, Mexico, Italy, England, China (for Chinese New Years), and Israel (for Hanukkah) are all visited.
You can use each country, or choose the countries that are most relevant to your curriculum. Singing, dancing, reader's theatre and a funny script make this musical very entertaining for the audience as well as an incredible learning experience for the students who participate. An original theme song contrasts with traditional songs and carols, including a fully orchestrated 2 part Hallelujah Chorus.
Song List:
All: All Around the World Tonight
K. 2. Danish Dance of Greeting 3. Jingle Bells
Gr. 1: 4. Oh Tannenbaum 5. Jolly Old St. Nicholas
Gr. 3 7. Bagpipers Carol 8. Jesus the Newborn Baby
Gr. 2 9. Posada Song 10. Piñata Song: dale dale
11. La Raspa
Gr. 5. 12. O Hanukkah 13. In the Window
Gr. 6 12. Dragon Dance 13. Rainbow Colour
14. Ribbon Dance
Gr. 4 15. Here We Come A Caroling 16. Deck the Halls
All: 17. Hallelujah Chorus 18. We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Santa's on-line Teachers Guide: #107 on-line perf/acc cassette: #108
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The Best Gift Ever
An all school musical/ song collection for K-6 by Denise Gagne
The Buymore Shopping Mall has a contest - tell what the best Christmas gift is, and WIN that gift! The shoppers have many unique gift ideas - toys, candy, new teeth, slippers, and baking. But it's the Charity Bell ringer that has the best gift idea - a Christmas meal for the homeless. The best gift is one that brings hope, peace and joy to all. The Teachers handbook includes piano accompaniments, reproducible student pages, easy to understand choreography, costume suggestions and staging ideas. The cassette includes a vocal guide to help your students learn the songs, and accompaniments only in case you don't have a pianist. Don't want to produce a musical? Use the songs with your choir.
Songs.:
Kindergarten: New Teeth for Christmas
Grade 1: Love my Slippers
Grade 2: Rocks for Christmas
Grade 3: Christmas Spice
Grade 4: Christmas Wrap Rap
Grade 5: Christmas Shopping Blues
Grade 6/Cast: The Greatest Gift of All
Best Gift Teachers Guide: #201 Best Gift Perf/Acc Cassette: #202
Best Gift Perf/ Acc CD: #215
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Survival Santa
Santa has a problem - hešs a million dollars over budget! The only way he
can think of to come up with a million dollars is to be a contestant on
Survival III at the North Pole. Santa and his team, the Hollyberriez
compete against Rudolph (Rudy) and his team, the Mistletoze in a series of
challenges - snowball throwing, stocking filling, candy cane hanging and
sleigh pulling. In the end, the final contestants decide that itšs better
to work together than to compete and Santa gets the money to finish the toys
in time for Christmas.
The Teachers Handbook includes piano accompaniments, reproducible student
pages, easy to understand choreography, costume suggestions and staging
ideas AND public performance rights. The CD includes a vocal guide to help
your students learn the songs, and accompaniments only in case you don't
have a pianist. Don't want to produce a musical? Use the songs with your
choir!
Survival Santa Teachers Guide: #460 $25
Survival perf/acc CD: #461 $25
Songs:
1. Reindeer love to Boogie - put the reindeer headbands on your
kindergarten class & let them boogie!
2. Fill my Stocking - all that sugar makes a tasty breakfast, and makes me
want to jump till Mom gets out of bed, and dance, and wipe, and kick...
Your class will love this movement song!
3. Candy Cane - choreograph a dance for a small group using canes while
your class sings Candy Cane.
4. Santa is a Real Cool Guy - Sometimes Santa wears a leather jacket and
expensive shades. Put the shades on your class and be cool as your class
sings this funky blues tune.
5. Snowy Day - Half the class will add a snowman dance and the other half
will safely stage a snowball fight during this song!
6. Snowboarding Santa - This song is in a 50's surfing style as Santa has
to learn to snowboard to deliver the toys. Put Santa on a skateboard and
the audience will love it!
7. Friends - a lyrical ballad that tells why it's better working with a
friend than working alone.
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