I am planning on bucket drumming to Trepak from the Nutcracker and a few other activities to the Nutcracker as well. Here are some rhythm cards you may find useful - right click on each to save it and have fun using them!
Friday, November 2, 2018
Nutcracker Rhythms
If your classroom is anything like mine, for the past few weeks it has been a mix of fall/Halloween/Christmas/Winter/Kwanzaa/Hanukkah. So... does that mean my students have been singing Fallowintzaakahmas? Yup! Now that Halloween is over I feel the intensity and focus shift to music for our Holiday Concert. Thankfully this year I have been blessed - I only have ONE concert! Well, two, but our Grandparent's Day concert is incredibly short and is right before Thanksgiving. ONE concert in December.. I need to pinch myself! I usually have at least 3, sometimes 4-5, so one concert is a big deal - and it is my entire elementary division together, which means that I don't need to produce a minimum 40 minute concert with just my first and second graders. That used to mean 12-15 songs (at least) and so it was crazy practicing with students to get them prepared. With the same time 40 minute concert time frame, and all the grade levels, I have about 5 songs, a parent participation piece, each fourth grade is performing one Orff arrangement, a drama (I am not responsible for) and readings (I am not responsible for), I don't quite know what to do with myself ! It is wonderful to plan some *gasp* LESSONS for the months of November and December!
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I would love to hear more about what kinds of things you do for parent participation at concerts! I taught Sasha to the audience last year and it was a big hit!
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