Scholastic Song and Music Series
| Series Information |
Curricular Areas:
Language Arts and Literature |
| Length: 17/5-15-Minute
Programs, CC |
| Grade Levels: K-2 |
| Teacher's Guide see below
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Scholastic
ETV Consortium |
Celebrate music and literature together with this great
series from Scholastic. Stories such as Alligators All Around, Chicka
Chicka Boom Boom and Hush Little Baby interweave beloved stories and poems
with music, helping students learn the basics such as the months of the
year and the alphabet. And some are just plain fun to sing along with!
Episode Descriptions
1 All the Colors of the Earth — Evocative
text and beautiful art along with a captivating musical score and narration,
celebrate the glorious diversity of children laughing, loving, and glowing
with life. (6:38) Study
Guide
2 Foolish Frog — Pete Seeger's favorite
American folksong about a vain bullfrog will have you singing along. (7:37) Study
Guide
3 Patrick — The countryside comes
alive with Patrick's fiddle music—and children will too! (6:41) Study
Guide
4 Alligators All Around — (2:07)
Study
Guide
5 Frog Went A-Courtin' — John Langstaff
sings and narrates this 400-year -old Scottish ballad about the courtship
of Mr. Frog and Miss Mouse. Audience participation invited. (11:54) Study
Guide
6 This Land is Your Land — Everyone's
favorite folk song, written by Woody Guthrie and sung by son, Arlo, is
brought to glorious, toe-tapping life in this richly illustrated production.
(15:27) Study
Guide
7 Chicken Soup with Rice — Learning
the names of the months of the year is fun and educational with the rhyme
and repetition of Sendak's classic verse. (4:27) Study
Guide
8 Chicka Chicka Boom Boom — In this lively alphabet
rhyme, all the letters of the alphabet race each other up the coconut
tree. (5:06) Study
Guide
9 Changes, Changes — Two enterprising
wooden dolls solve a series of problems by arranging and rearranging,
a set of wooden blocks to music performed solely on wooden instruments.
A nonverbal classic. (5:21) Study
Guide
10 Pierre — Pierre flaunts an "I don't care"
attitude until an encounter with a lion changes everything. (5:51) Study
Guide
11 Hush Little Baby — This popular folk lullaby,
first sung to sleepy children in England before the tune came to America,
is evoked here with authenticity and charm. (4:46) Study
Guide
12 The Erie Canal — All that happens
along 15 miles of the Erie Canal is chronicled in this cheery and informative
song about one of the engineering marvels of the world. (6:53) Study
Guide
13 Keeping House — Musical Lizzie Firkin, hates
housekeeping so much that she sends for Robin Puckertucker to clean, so
that she has time to sing and dance. (9:05) Study
Guide
14 Musical Max — When the neighbors
start complaining about the noise, Max stops practicing his trombone,
bass, xylophone, flute, harmonica, cymbals and synthesizer. A wonderful
introduction to music.
(9:09) Study
Guide
15 Lentil — Lentil and his harmonica save the day
when Colonel Carter comes to town and the marching band can't play a single
note. (8:46) Study
Guide
16 One Was Johnny — Designed to help children learn
to count, Sendak's rhyming verse also introduces them to animals. (2:20) Study
Guide
17 Over in the Meadow — John Langstaff's endearing
version of an old counting song for children is filled with the beauty
and wonder of meadow life. (9:24) Study
Guide
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