Behind the Nursery Rhyme (Children's Music Program)

One day a kindergarten student in my music class wondered out loud why Jack and Jill went up the hill and why they came tumbling down, which prompted a discussion. The students eventually created their own interconnected backgrounds for a number of nursery rhymes (not related to the dark histories often associated with these tales) which I worked into the songs for their music program.

Scan the QR code above or click this link to hear samples of the songs:

1. Castle Chaos :00-:20 5. Milk and Eggs 2:07-3:00

2. Practice Signal :21-:53 6. Make the Pie 3:01-3:26

3. Royal Birthday Cake :54-1:24 7. Happy Birthday, Your Majesty 3:27-3:49

4. We Need Some Wheat 1:25-2:06

This package includes:

*Script

*Practice and Performance Audio Tracks for 8 songs (one an Overture)

*Students' drawings to project as stage backdrops

*A video we used to stage our performance using those backdrops and synchronized to student narration and performance tracks

*Lyrics Sheet

*Sheet music

*The story book the students illustrated with their drawings