Christmas around the world_GREECE
Looking for a Christmas lesson that feels a little different this year? In Greece, children traditionally go from door to door on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve singing carols, often accompanied by a small triangle. This season I'd love to bring that tradition into your music room. I've put together "Greek Traditional Carols for Christmas and New Year", a ready-to-use resource for elementary and middle school music classes. It's more than simply learning to play the carols; it's about learning the history and traditions around the celebrations in Greece: - 2 easy instrumental Greek carols (a Christmas carol and a New Year carol), with scores for melody and chords and simple accompaniments for small percussion (you don't need to learn the words in Greek, just enjoy the music!) - Play-along videos for metallophone - A short cultural presentation about Greek holiday customs - Coloring pages, worksheets and reflection pages where students compare the...