Keep onKeep on SingingSinging

Preschool – Fall

Digital Curriculum Adaptable for Distance Learning

CHILDREN’S MUSIC RESOURCES

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Includes: 10 Songs with sing-along videos

10 Activities with videos15 KIDPages

15 Devotionals

CHILDREN’S MUSIC RESOURCES

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Manager PLEASE NOTE: Purchasing this curriculum grants the purchaser a license to use it for students and teachers of ONE choir. If multiple choirs are using this curriculum, an additional curriculum package should be purchased for each choir. Please do not reproduce these resources or share with others outside the specific choir for which they were purchased. Help us ensure that future generations will benefit from Growing in Grace Children’s Music Curriculum.

Keep on Singing is a flexible, digital curriculum for children’s music ministries, suitable for times when routines and schedules are disrupted. Stay connected to children and their families with the spiritual encouragement and uplifting songs and activities found in Keep on Singing. With a greater degree of adaptability than traditional curriculum and more opportunities for video instruction, this engaging resource is easily integrated into the classroom or at home. Keep on Singing is perfect for children’s choirs navigating the world in our current climate.

The Preschool unit of Keep on Singing includes 10 easy-to-learn, scripture-based songs for general use, Thanksgiving, and Christmas as well as scores, student scores, demonstration and accompaniment recordings, and a sing-along video for each song. The curriculum also includes 10 video-based activities designed to work well in groups or for a single student, 15 KIDPages with teaching steps, and 15 age-appropriate devotionals.

• Create custom, digital choirsessions by combining curriculumcomponents that meet the uniqueneeds of your group. Includesong videos, activity videos, and adevotional to fit your schedule.

• Email or send printed copies ofKIDPages to children to completeat home. KIDPage Teaching Stepscontain puzzle answers and can bedistributed to children and theirfamilies.

• Email or deliver Student Scores tohomes. Children may follow theprinted music as they listen to songvideos or participate in online choir

sessions.• Devotionals may be shared online

and/or printed and delivered to homes. Devotionals are formatted to easily fit screen dimensions.

• Share links for song and activity videos for families to access at their convenience. Encourage children to watch videos and sing in between sessions. You may share links for individual videos or you may share a link containing all Preschool videos in our Keep on Singing Showcase.

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CURRICULUM SONGS/RECORDINGS/VIDEOS Be Strong in the Lord – Words and Music by Dennis Allen and Nan Allen © ℗ 2016 Celebrating Grace Music, a division of Celebrating

Grace, Inc. All rights reserved.

Do You Know? (Christmas) – Words and Music by Ruth Elaine Schram © ℗ 2013 Celebrating Grace Music, a division of CelebratingGrace, Inc. All rights reserved.

Everybody Sing, Jesus Is Born! (Christmas) – Words and Music by Milton LeDoux © ℗ 2018 Billingsly Square Music, a divisionof Celebrating Grace, Inc. All rights reserved.

God Cares for You – Based on 1 Peter 5:7 and Matthew 10:29-20/Words and Music by Ann Laurence © ℗ 2018 Celebrating GraceMusic, a division of Celebrating Grace, Inc. All rights reserved.

I Am Growing – Words and Music by Jeremy Hudson and Claire Russell © ℗ 2018 Celebrating Grace Music, a division of CelebratingGrace, Inc. All rights reserved.

I Will Praise the Lord – Words and Music by Joanne LeDoux and Milton LeDoux © ℗ 2017 Billingsly Square Music, a division ofCelebrating Grace, Inc. All rights reserved.

I Will Trust in You – Words and Music by Don Phillips © ℗ 2017 Celebrating Grace Music, a division of Celebrating Grace, Inc. All rightsreserved.

Make a Joyful Noise (Thanksgiving) – Words and Music by Don Phillips © ℗ 2018 Celebrating Grace Music, a division ofCelebrating Grace, Inc. All rights reserved.

This Little Light of Mine – Words and Music by Harry Dixon Loes/Arranged by Sandy Wilkinson Arr. © ℗ 2014 Celebrating GraceMusic, a division of Celebrating Grace, Inc. All rights reserved.

Your Word Is a Lamp – Based on Psalm 119:105/Words and Music by Lynn Russell © ℗ 2014 Celebrating Grace Music, a division ofCelebrating Grace, Inc. All rights reserved.

CURRICULUM COMPONENTS

KIDPAGES• Color Autumn Leaves• Color the Turkey (Thanksgiving)• Counting in Bethlehem (Christmas)• Do I Hear It• Fall Counting Fun• Fast and Slow• Hidden Instruments

• High-Medium-Low• I Spy a Mitten• Instrument or Not• Long and Short Sounds• Music Symbol Maze• Rhyme It• Run to the Manger Maze (Christmas)• Which One is Different

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DEVOTIONALS• Be Strong in the Lord• God Cares for You• God Knew• God Made Us• God Made the Animals• Hope• I Am Growing

• I Will Trust in You• Instruments Praise• Jesus Is Born• Keep on Singing• Let Your Light Shine• Make a Joyful Noise• Praise the Lord• Your Word Is a Lamp

ACTIVITIES/RECORDINGS/VIDEOS Bought Me a Cat – Traditional © ℗ 2014 Celebrating Grace Music, a division of Celebrating Grace, Inc. All rights reserved.

TEACHING NOTE: Sing along with the cumulative animal sounds.

Five Green Frogs – Words and Music by Glenn Eernisse and Susan Eernisse © ℗ 2017 Celebrating Grace Music, a division of CelebratingGrace, Inc. All rights reserved. TEACHING NOTE: Sing and count along as the frogs hop away one at a time.

Four Little Leaves – Words and Music adapted by April Clark Arr. © ℗ 2015 Celebrating Grace Music, a division of Celebrating Grace, Inc.All rights reserved. . TEACHING NOTE: Follow each leaf with your voice as it floats to the ground.

German Instrument Song – Traditional German Folk Song/Arranged by Terry D. Taylor Arr. © ℗ 2016 Celebrating Grace Music, a divisionof Celebrating Grace, Inc. All rights reserved. TEACHING NOTE: “Play” along on your violin, clarinet, trumpet, and bass drum.

Guess the Instrument Sound – Created by Jeremy Russell © ℗ 2020 Celebrating Grace Music, a division of Celebrating Grace, Inc. Allrights reserved. TEACHING NOTE: Listen and guess the instrument sounds.

Head, Nose, Knees, and Toes – Words and Music by Sandy Wilkinson © ℗ 2013 Celebrating Grace Music, a division of CelebratingGrace, Inc. All rights reserved. TEACHING NOTE: Sing and move along, giving thanks to God for making us so special.

I’ve Got Rhythm – Words and Music by Sandy Wilkinson © ℗ 2013 Celebrating Grace Music, a division of Celebrating Grace, Inc. All rightsreserved. TEACHING NOTE: Clap, tap, hop, march, and walk to the steady beat.

Jiggle, Giggle, Wiggle, Freeze! – Words and Music by Sandy Wilkinson © ℗ 2018 Celebrating Grace Music, a division of CelebratingGrace, Inc. All rights reserved. TEACHING NOTE: Have fun as you jiggle, giggle, wiggle, freeze, and much more!

John the Rabbit – African-American Folk Song Arr. © ℗ 2017 Celebrating Grace Music, a division of Celebrating Grace, Inc. All rightsreserved. TEACHING NOTE: Sing the response “Oh, yes,” and tap the foot prints as John the Rabbit hops through the farmer’s garden.

Willum, He Had Seven Sons – Traditional Folk Song © ℗ 2018 Celebrating Grace Music, a division of Celebrating Grace, Inc. All rightsreserved. TEACHING NOTE: Sing along with Willum’s sons about their chores on the farm.

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Choir: ________________________________________________ Date: _________________

o 1. Welcome: _____________________________________________________________________

o 2. Movement or Energizer Video: ___________________________________________________Introduce a fun video that engages children.

o 3. Song Video: ___________________________________________________________________Select a well-known song for immediate success and to build confidence; introduce the song with commentsabout the spiritual truth the song teaches. Discuss and repeat as desired.

o 4. Activity Video: _________________________________________________________________Choose an activity that reinforces a musical concept. Discuss and repeat as desired.

o 5. Song: _________________________________________________________________________Introduce a new song, or review a newer song. Discuss and repeat as desired.

o 6. Group Building: _________________________________________________________________Share birthdays, celebrations, special events, and announcements.

o 7. Devotional/Worship Time: _______________________________________________________Share prayer concerns and a devotional.

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KEEP ON SINGING SESSION PLANNER

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Fast and Slow

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Fast and SlowMATERIALS NEEDED

• Fast and Slow KIDPages• Crayons• CD or MP3 Player (optional)

GUIDING CHILDREN• Have children identify each picture on the left side of the KIDPage and tell whether it moves

fast, slow, or both. (Music can be fast and slow.)• Distribute crayons, and have children circle the rabbit if the object moves fast, the turtle if

the object moves slowly, or both if it moves both fast and slow.

EXTENSION• Play some different styles of music, and decide together if the music is slow like a turtle, or

fast like a rabbit.

KIDPAGE TEACHING STEPS

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Preschool KIDPage Teaching StepsFast and Slow

Fast and SlowAnswers:

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Preschool KIDPage

Rhyme It!Draw an X on the word in each row that does not rhyme.

Draw a circle around the rhyming words in each row.

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KIDPAGE TEACHING STEPS

Rhyme It!MATERIALS NEEDED

• Rhyme It! KIDPages• Crayons

GUIDING CHILDREN• Have children touch the pictures in the first row and name them, listening for the two words

that rhyme.• Repeat for each row.• Distribute crayons.• Have children draw a circle around the two words in each row that rhyme, and draw an X on

the one that does not rhyme.

EXTENSION• Have children speak each row of pictures on a steady beat.• Encourage children to make up a song using the rhyming words in each row.

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Preschool KIDPage Teaching StepsRhyme It!

Rhyme It!Answers:

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ScriptureScripture

DevotionalDevotional

PrayerPrayer

Keep on Singing Fall—Preschool © 2020 Celebrating Grace, Inc. All rights reserved.Keep On Singing

All you people of the earth, sing to the LORD. 1 Chronicles 16:23a (paraphrased)

The Bible tells us to sing!

Singing is a wonderful way to express our love and thanks to God. Singing a song together, whether in person or on the computer with others, also helps us feel close to one another. When God’s Word and God’s promises are put into a song, it helps us remember that God loves us and is faithful.

So, keep on singing and praising God.

Dear God,Thank You for voices to sing Your praise. Thank You for songs that help us remember Your word and Your promises. Amen.

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DEVOTIONAL

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