Orff for Everyone: Happenin’ Holidays

Description

by Donna Dirksing.

Here’s a collection of seasonal songs and arrangements that embraces the Orff approach and presents it for everyone, from the novice Orff teacher to the most experienced. A suggested grade level, list of objectives, and a suggested process are provided for all 14 arrangements, as is a list of the National Standard(s) for Music Education that they fulfill. Serving a range of grades, many of these songs and arrangements are suitable for performance and may be combined with other music to create a unique Orff concert.

Grades K-6.

Songs include:

• What Did You Do This Summer?
• Improvise With The Seasons
• Autumn
• Trick Or Treat!
• Home Sweet Home
• The First Thanksgiving
• Christmas Is Coming
• Happy Holidays
• Kwanzaa
• I Love Winter
• Love Somebody
• 100th Day Of School
• Tiny Little Leprechaun
• A Canon For Spring
• Green Beats