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Children's Singing Games from Scotland and Trinidad Grade Level: 1–3ACE/Lomax Resources World Library of Folk and Primitive Music, vol. 4: Spain Duérmete niño — Dolores Fernández Sounds of the South, vol 4: American Folk Songs for Children Go to Sleep Little Baby — Bessie Jones The Spanish Recordings: Basque Country: Aragón & Valčncia Nana Naneta — Maria Escrihuela The Spanish Recordings: Biscay And Guipuzcoa Hiru Lo — Kanta Italian Treasury: Emilia—Romagna Ninna Nanna — Venturina Marandella Southern Journey/Ballads and Breakdowns Whole Heap a Little Horses — Texas Gladden Return to All Lessons Lesson Plans
Activity #1: Lullaby Recognition 1. Listen to two different American women sing their children to sleep, in "Whole Heap a Little Horses" and "Go to Sleep Little Baby". Find a beat to move to by pretending to rock a baby to sleep. 2. Listen again, and raise your hand when you hear the singer asking the baby to take a nap in each of the recordings. 3. Find the book, Hush—a—Bye: A Folk Lullaby (illustrated by Aliki), to read aloud to children. 4. Have the children talk about songs and stories that put them to sleep. Activity #2: Lullaby Vocal Timbre 1. Create a play list of the six lullabies. 2. Have the children sit in a circle, each with a stuffed animal that they can rock as they listen to the lullabies. 3. Listen to three different women sing their children to sleep, in Spain ("Nana Naneta", "Hiru Lo—Kanta") and Italy ("Ninna Nanna"). Encourage them to talk about what seems lullaby—like in these songs. 4. Each time they hear a different singer, have the children pass their animal to a neighbor. Cultural Link Spain Italy Basque Country The American South Designed by Rita Klinger and Patricia Shehan Campbell |