Music Lessons for Holidays & Special Days
Do a fun and easy music lesson with your elementary students to prepare for different holidays and special days throughout the year!
You will love the Music Lessons for Holidays & Special Days online course! Music is such a part of our lives and can really help us prepare for the holidays we want to celebrate throughout the year. Learn about, listen to, and do activities with various songs and music which relate to holidays such as New Year's Day, St. Patrick's Day, the Fourth of July, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas! Also included are fun music lessons for special days such as Star Wars Day/May the Fourth, Talk Like a Pirate Day, and Dr. Seuss Day!
Each of the 36 lessons includes:
- Information about the holiday or special day
- Videos of the music to listen to/ watch
- At least one printable
- An online quiz
Note: Music for Holidays & Special Days is aimed mostly toward Americans since many of the holidays and special days included are uniquely American.
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So how does it work? Simple! Gena has done all the work for us. You read the lesson and push the play button for the music and video, and that is pretty much it. The time it takes to listen to each lesson varies greatly. Some take just a few minutes to complete, but a few run an hour or more depending on the length of the compositions.
I personally went through the entire year of lessons and tried out two of them with the kids. The first was the SPRING lesson where six of my grandchildren joined in with the six children who are still at home. I'm telling you, if a lesson can hold the attention of TWELVE kids, ages two through fifteen, it is GOOD. We also did the Dr. Seuss lesson with just my four younger kids and they enjoyed it a lot.
I'm looking forward to using this on the relevant days during our Morning Time throughout the next year. What a low stress and easy way to add musical enrichment, learning about the instruments and musical concepts, AND holidays and special days all wrapped into one easy lesson. Thank you, Gena!
~ R.L., homeschool mom and grandmother
Music for Holidays and Special Days is a delight! I love the variety of music that is presented in this course! From sacred to silly, it was fun to introduce my kids to old favorites as well as new songs and arrangements I had never heard. Just enough background info to make it interesting without being overwhelming. I highly recommend this course if you're looking to add a little fun to your school year!
~ S. B., piano teacher and homeschool mom of 6
Your Instructor
Gena Mayo is a homeschooling mom of 8 who has been teaching music in various forms for over 25 years. She has a Bachelors degree in Music Education and a Masters degree in Vocal Pedagogy (teaching voice lessons). It has been her joy to teach elementary and junior high choir, high school voice classes, private voice lessons for teens through adults, early childhood music and movement classes (babies through preschool), elementary general music, and music appreciation for elementary through high school. But, her favorite music teaching experience has been as musical director for stage musicals such as Seussical, Shrek, Singing in the Rain, Newsies, and Beauty and the Beast. It is Gena's desire to help all homeschoolers include music in their homeschools!
Course Curriculum
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StartNew Year's Day ~ January 1
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StartEpiphany/ Day of the Kings ~ January 6
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StartMartin Luther King Day ~ Third Monday in January
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StartGroundhog Day ~ February 2
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StartChinese New Year ~ Between January 21 and February 20 (Feb. 12, 2021)
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StartValentine's Day ~ February 14
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StartPresident's Day ~ 3rd Monday of February
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StartDr. Seuss Day ~ March 2
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StartSt. Patrick's Day ~ March 17
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StartSpring ~ Between March 19-22 (March 19, 2020)
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StartApril Fools Day ~ April 1
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StartEaster ~ Between March 22 and April 25 (April 12, 2020)
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StartEarth Day ~ April 22
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StartInternational Jazz Day ~ April 30
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PreviewStar Wars Day ~ May 4
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StartCinco de Mayo ~ May 5
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StartMother's Day ~ Second Sunday of May
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StartMemorial Day ~ Last Monday in May
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StartFather's Day ~ Third Sunday in June
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StartJuneteenth ~ June 19
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StartSummer ~ June 20 (for 2020 & 2021)
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StartIndependence Day ~ July 4
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StartLabor Day ~ First Monday in September
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StartPatriot Day ~ September 11
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StartRoald Dahl Day ~ September 13
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StartConstitution Day ~ September 17
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StartTalk Like a Pirate Day ~ September 19
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StartFirst Day of Autumn ~ September 22 (for 2020, 2021, & 2022)
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StartColumbus Day ~ Second Monday in October
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StartReformation Day ~ October 31
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StartHalloween ~ October 31
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PreviewVeterans Day ~ November 11
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StartThanksgiving ~ Fourth Thursday in November
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StartSt. Lucia Day ~ December 13
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StartWinter ~ December 21 (for 2020 & 2021)
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StartHanukkah ~ Hebrew Calendar 25 Kislev
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StartChristmas (sacred) ~ December 25
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StartChristmas (secular) ~ December 25
I am new to homeschooling, so it was awesome to find a resource that has so much already pulled together for me. We do a lot of school work featuring holidays and I had honestly never thought of pulling music into a lot of them. . . .
Multiple songs/videos for each holiday lent itself to different styles of music, instruments, and time periods. All of which easily segued into other area of learning. We love notebooking, so the pages for copywork, writing thoughts and ideas, or drawing how the music makes you feel were so welcome. Pages like for Spring with the compare and contrast were great.
~ K.I., homeschool mom
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