Clocks – NEW

Excellent practice for reading/practicing the divisions of the beat into halves and quarters.

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• Grade: First (1)

• Origin: Traditional

• Key: C Major

• Time: 2/4

• Form: ABCD

• Rhythm: beginning: | ta ta | ti ti ti ti | ti ri ti ri ti ri ti ri |

• Pitches: intermediate: Do Mi So Do

• Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi, Mi\Do (M3), Mi/So So\Mi (m3), So/Do (P4)

• Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth, sixteenth; rests: none; excellent practice for reading/practicing the divisions of the beat into halves and quarters.

• Key Words: Clock sounds, tick tock, tick, tocky, marking time, measuring time

**“Clocks”**
Big clock mark time slowly, tick-tock, tick-tock, Small clocks mark time faster, tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock And little watches mark time ticky-tocky, ticky-tocky, ticky-tocky, ticky-tocky.

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Christmas Time is Coming

“Songs of a Little Child’s Day”
Times and Seasons

Intermediate level Christmas tune.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: Emilie Poulsson, Eleanor Smith
Key: E Flat Major
Time: 6/8
Form: ABCD
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ta ti | ti ti ti ta ti |
| ta/_a |
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Do
Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, Do\La, La\Fa, Mi/So, So\Mi, Fa\Re
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rests: eighth; tempo: merrily; dynamics: mezzo forte/medium loud, crescendo, decrescendo, tie
Key Words: sacred, Christmas, holiday songs, Christmas tree, Santa Claus, sleigh, piled, toys, candies, leaf, feather, windy weather, whirl, twirl, sink

**“Christmas Time is Coming”**

		1.	Christmas time is coming, tra-la! And happy we shall be When we hang our stockings, tra-la! And see the Christmas tree.

		2.	Santa Claus is coming, tra-la! And high his sleigh is piled Full of toys and candies, tra-la! To please each little child.

		3.	Like a leaf or feather In the windy, windy weather, We will whirl about and twirl about, Then all sink down here.

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Choosing a Flower

“Songs of a Little Child’s Day”
In the Garden

Each format includes instructional questions
for greater understanding.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: Emilie Poulsson, Eleanor Smith
Key: D Major
Time: 6/8
Form: ABCD
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ta ti | ta/a ti ti |
|ta ti ta_ ti ti | ta/a (ti) (ti) | (_=fermata)
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do Re
Intervals: intermediate: So\Mi, Fa/Do, Do\Mi, Fa\Re, Mi\Do
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rests: eighth; tempo: allegretto; dynamics: mezzo forte/medium loud, crescendo, decrescendo; fermata, repeat
Key Words: gardening, earth science, pansy, lily, tulip, flow’rs (flowers), choice

**“Choosing a Flower”**
If among the garden flow’rs A choice I had to make, I would look a this, I would look at that, But a pansy I would take. If among the garden flow’rs A choice I had to make, I would look a this, I would look at that, But a lily I would take. If among the garden flow’rs A choice I had to make, I would look a this, I would look at that, But a tulip I would take.

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Chirpings

“Songs of a Little Child’s Day”
With the Birds

Excellent for introducing 6/8 meter.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: Emilie Poulsson, Eleanor Smith
Key: G Major
Time: 6/8
Form: AaBAaBC
Rhythm: intermediate: ti | ta ti ta ti | rhythm pattern: (6 | 1/2 3 4/5 |) | ta/a ti |
Pitches: intermediate: So Do Re Mi So
Intervals: intermediate: Mi/So, So\Re, So\Do, Do/Mi, Do\So, So/Mi, Mi\Do
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; Tempo: moderato; dynamics: piano/soft, crescendo, decrescendo; pickup beat, horizontal accent mark
Key Words: animal science, Mother’s day, Father’s Day, swallow, chirp, bird sounds, art, o’re (over), children, repeat

The Horizontal Accent: “accent mark” – when you see an accent sign over or under a note you should play that note louder.

**“Chirpings”**

		1.	The baby swallow chirps “Chee-chee!” And only chirps no song has he But “chip! chip chip! chip chee!” And yet that chirp is sweet and dear To parents birds that hover near, “Chip chip! chip chip! chip chee. Chip chip! chip chip! chip chee!”

		2.	Like birds that have but little art, And yet can please the parents’ heart With “chip! chip chip! chip chee,” We children o’er and o’er repeat Our simple chirp with meaning sweet “We love you, Mother dear, We love you father dear.”

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Careful

“Songs of a Little Child’s Day”
At Home

Mastering the tonic triad with running eighth notes.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: Emilie Poulsson, Eleanor Smith
Key: F Major
Time: 6/8
Form: AB
Rhythm: beginners: running eighth notes
Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: intermediate: So\Mi\Do, Do/Mi/So, La\Fa/La, So\Mi/So, Fa\Re, Re/So
Musical Elements: notes: eighth; rests: eighth; pickup beat, tempo: allegro grazioso; accent mark
Key Words: jingle, character education, newborn baby, teaparty, dishes, dolly, break, child

**“Careful”**

		1.	Oh! little Miss Careful whenever she wishes May play with her very best teaparty dishes.

		2.	Her best dolly, too, any time she may take it, For little Miss Careful we know will not break it.

		3.	Indeed this dear child is so careful that maybe Her mother will soon let her hold the new baby.

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The Canary

“Songs of a Little Child’s Day”
With the Birds

Sixteenth rhythms and tempo changes for bird sounds.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: Emilie Poulsson, Eleanor Smith
Key: C Major
Time: 3/8
Form: AaBCBC
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti | ta/ | ti ri ti ri ti ri |
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: intermediate: Fa/La, La\Re, Re/So, So\Mi, Mi\Do, Fa\Re
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, eighth, sixteenth; tempo: allegro, poco rit. (ritardando); dynamics: piano/soft, mezzo forte/medium loud, crescendo, decrescendo
Key Words: animal science, bird sounds, canary

**“The Canary”**
Yellow canary is trying his wings; Here he flies, there he flies, then sits and sings: “Twitter, twitter, twitter, twee-wee-wee! Tira, tira, tira, lee! “Twitter, twitter, twitter, twee-wee-wee! Tira, tira, tira, lee!”

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The Cackling Hen

“Songs of a Little Child’s Day”
At the Farm

Introducing tempo and tempo changes.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: Emilie Poulsson, Eleanor Smith
Key: E Flat Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABCCDE
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti | ta/ ti | ta ti ti |
| ta ta | ta (ti) ti |
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do
Intervals: intermediate: So\Mi, Re/Do, Ti\So, So/Do, So\Mi, Fa\Re
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: eighth; tempo: allegro moderato, poco ritardando (slow tempo), a tempo (resume tempo); 1st and 2nd endings, repeat, pickup beat
Key Words: farming, raising chickens, biddy hen, animal science, grand air, hen, cackle, queen, egg

**“The Cackling Hen”**

		1.	“Good day, my biddy hen, good day! What does your grand air mean? You step about so proudly, You cackle out so loudly; Have you been made a queen? Have you been made a queen?”

		2.	“Look. look, look, look!” said biddy hen; “Look in my nest, I beg. I step about so proudly, I cackle out so loudly Because I have laid an egg! Because I have laid an egg!”

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Button, You Must Wander

Keeping a steady beat and developing the individual voice.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: United States Singing Game
Key: F Major
Time: 2/4
Form: AaBa
Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ti ti | ta ta | ta/a |
Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi So La
Intervals: intermediate: Mi/So, So\Re/So, Mi\Do, Re/La, La\Do, So\Do
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth, movement with a steady beat, singing alone and with others
Key Words: button, singing games, wander, sharp, ev’rywhere (everywhere)

GAME INSTRUCTIONS:

Using a single button, one student is surrounded by the class in a circle. The center student closes their eyes as the class sings the tune while passing the button to student on their right, using a steady beat.1 At the end of the song all students place their hands behind their backs as if hiding the button. The center student has three chances to pick who has the button. If chosen, the student with the button takes the place of the student in the middle of the circle.

1 Variation: student with the button sings the third (3rd) line alone.

**“Button, You Must Wander”**
Button, you must wander, wander, wander, Button, you must wander, ev’rywhere. Bright eyes will find you, sharp eyes will find you. Button, you must wander ev’rywhere.

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The Butterfly Dance

“Songs of a Little Child’s Day”
Playtime

Uncommon intervals in 3/4 time to allegro grazioso!

Description

Grade: First
Origin: Emilie Poulsson, Eleanor Smith
Key: D Major
Time: 3/4
Form: ABAC
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ti ta | ta ta ta |
| ta/a ta | ta/a (ta) |
Pitches: intermediate: Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Re
Intervals: advanced: So\Mi, La/Re, Re\Ti, Ti\So, So\Re, Fa\Ti
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; rests: quarter; tempo: allegro grazioso; dynamics: piano/soft, mezzo piano/medium soft, mezzo forte/medium loud, crescendo, decrescendo; tie, vocal slur
Key Words: waltz, dance, earth science, animals, butterfly, airily, merrily, silent, swift, prance, tripping, skipping, nimble

**“The Butterfly Dance”**

	1.	White butterflies, Bright butterflies Frolic and drift, Dance airily, Prance merrily, Silent and swift.

	2.	Who’ll dance with me? Who’ll prance with me To music sweet, Tripping along, Skipping along, With nimble feet?

	3.	I’ll dance with you, I’ll prance with you To music sweet, Tripping along, Skipping along, With nimble feet.

	4.	We’ll dance away, We’ll prance away To music sweet, Tripping along, Skipping along, With nimble feet.

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Burn Little Candles

Reinforcing La (6) as the tonal center for minor keys.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: Hebrew Folk Song
Key: F Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABAC
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ti ta ta | ta ta ta\a |
| ta ta ta ta | ta/a/a (ta) | ta/a/a/a |
Pitches: beginners: La Ti Do Re Mi
Intervals: beginners: Mi\La, La/Mi
Musical Elements: notes: whole, half, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; minor tonality (sad), sounds happy with a fast tempo
Key Words: Hanukah (Hanukkah), candles, dance, Jewish holiday celebration, sacred
Keyboard: beginners: excellent five finger exercise for left and right hand, or together.
Recorder: intermediate: for upper grades who have completed the Beginning Recorder Songs, and for accompaniment with lower grades performance.

**Burn Little Candles**

		1.	Burn little candles, burn, burn, burn, Hanukah is here. Burn little candles burn, burn, burn, Burn so bright and clear.

		2.	Eight little candles in a row, Hanukah is here. Eight little candles in a row, Burn so bright and clear.

		3.	Dance, little candles dance, dance, dance, Hanukah is here. Dance, little candles dance, dance, dance, Hanukah is here.

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1st Grade

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