After our class today, when we were talking about songs with cultural meaning and making sure that students think about music, I think something like this, easy to sing and beautiful to sing as a round could be incorporated into a Christmas concert or simply something to include in a Social Studies unit on the Fur Trade or any other part of Canadian history.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Sparks Jump Up
So, I lead a Sparks group (tiny pink girl guides, aged 5 and 6) and I realized how much guiding incorporates the arts along with service to the community and basic survival skills. We spent most of our hour and 15 minutes doing crafts and singing. We open with a song and close with a song, but we also sing things that have cultural meaning from girl guiders around the world, including Land of the Silver Birch.
After our class today, when we were talking about songs with cultural meaning and making sure that students think about music, I think something like this, easy to sing and beautiful to sing as a round could be incorporated into a Christmas concert or simply something to include in a Social Studies unit on the Fur Trade or any other part of Canadian history.
After our class today, when we were talking about songs with cultural meaning and making sure that students think about music, I think something like this, easy to sing and beautiful to sing as a round could be incorporated into a Christmas concert or simply something to include in a Social Studies unit on the Fur Trade or any other part of Canadian history.
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Land of the Silver Birch was the song I was trying to think of this morning that the students I was working with at Quinson learned to play on the spirit flute. Pretty cool stuff. This is totally a great song to use to introduce students to music from all different cultures.
ReplyDeleteI LOVED this song when I was in Brownies and Guides! I still try and sing it now and then, but it's been a while...I usually can't remember too many of the words, but I still hum the tune.
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