New Activity - Reindeer on my Roof

This month’s activity comes from Christmas with Jamo, a magical collection of new Christmas songs from Paul Jamieson with Rockin' Reindeers, funky feels, and loads of Reggae & Caribbean flavours. Includes songs about Santa Downunder and a stranded reindeer on the roof.

Purchase Christmas with Jamo.

You may have seen London born Carribean musician Paul Jamieson demonstrating reggae on Music Room 6 Or you may have seen him singing Calypso on Foxtel Or you may have seen him entertaining children at festivals around the country.

Paul’s original collection of new Christmas songs is uplifting, joyous, sometimes hilarious and always full of infectious rhythms and contagious grooves. Your kids will love it ... And YOU’LL love it!

You will find the free track here.

You will also find four demo tracks here.


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Silent Night

A free Activity from
Start Singing
A singing resource from Bushfire Press

THIS YEAR’S FINAL ACTIVITY comes from Start Singing.

Start Singing with the Cool Cats Kids is designed to be a useful resource for any choral application, from classroom singing to choirs. It contains sections on voice exploration, warm-ups, exercises in breathing, tone, pitch, diction and harmony. There are also sections on troubleshooting, performance ideas, frequently asked questions - and even microphone technique. And there is an easy recipe for singing sessions.

The sections are arranged in an order for ease of location and use but are not intended to be necessarily used in a sequential way. Use whatever activities, exercises or songs suit your needs, in any order you like.

Many of the songs make excellent performance pieces.

The CD has vocal demonstrations (particularly useful for harmony) and backing tracks (great for performance).

THE FREE ACTIVITY: Silent Night

One of the world’s most well-known and much loved Christmas carols.

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November 2008 Activity - Good King Wenceslas

The activity comes from Cool Cats Red Hot Recorder Band

The activity is ...Good King Wenceslas

Cool Cats Red Hot Recorder Band has 20 great arrangements by Jeff Mead for descant, treble & tenor recorders.
Includes expanded arrangements of some Cool Cats favourites + a grab bag of pieces from around the world, some jazz, blues & rock, a little consort work, pieces for special occasions + a special concert piece, Al E. Cat's 3 Piece Band.
Photocopiable book & CD of demos & backings.

Yule love the cool treatment of this old favourite!
Buy the title, and you can use it at school assembly or in a performance!
In any case, you are welcome to use it in your classroom free.

We have the demo track, backing track and music for you.

You can download the activity by following the links from here

November 2007 Activity - 12 Aussie Days of Christmas

The 12 Aussie Days of Christmas
from A Christmas Pageant
(then and now)
A Musical by Lynne Bartlett, Mark Leehy and Kevin O'Mara
Duration: 60 minutes.

The activity is a new, Aussie version of 'The Twelve Days of Christmas'.

The setting is Bondi Beach (or any other Australian beach) at Christmas time.

It's a lot of fun, and, since there is a backing track, why not use it as a springboard to get your kids writing their own version?

This is an ideal item to perform at your end-of-year concert or your 'Carols by Candlelight' evening, or even your class party or graduation ceremony

... and ... the whole thing can be performed to the backing track we've provided.

AND - IT'S IN A SINGABLE KEY FOR KIDS!
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October 2007 Activity - O Tannenbaum

O Tannenbaum
from A Christmas Pageant
(then and now)
A Musical by Lynne Bartlett, Mark Leehy and Kevin O'Mara
Duration: 60 minutes.

We have the well-known carol sung firstly in German (O Tannenbaum) and then in English (O Christmas Tree).
There is a narration that explains the origins of the song and the tradition of decorating a Christmas tree,
as well as staging ideas for presenting the piece at your end-of-year concert or your 'Carols by Candlelight' evening ...
and ... the whole thing can be performed to the backing track we've provided.

AND - IT'S IN A SINGABLE KEY FOR KIDS!
Click here for more.