(Tune: “Deck the Halls”)
Deck the room with
letters and sounds,
Fa-la-la-la-la,
la-la-la. (Arms
out like an opera singer.)
Read and use them
all year round,
Fa-la-la-la-la,
la-la-la. (Arms
out.)
Listen up and then
you’ll know, (Hold
up index finger and shake.)
How the letters
and sounds do go.
Start with A and
end with Z.
Happy holidays for
you and me!
A for angels, /a/
/a/ /a/, (Invite
children to make up
B for bells, /b/
/b/ /b/ /b/ /b/ /b/ motions
for each word.)
C for candles /c/
/c/ /c/
D for dreidel
E for elves
F for fun
G for goodies
H for Hanukah
I for icicles
J for jingle
K for Kwanzaa
L for lights
M for menorah
N is for Noel
O for ornaments
P for presents
Q for quiet
R for Rudolph
S for Santa
T for toys
U for unity
V for vests
W for winter
X for X-mas
Y for yuletide
Z for z end
Want to download a
PowerPoint or book to go with the song?
drjean.org/html/monthly_act/act_2007/12_Dec/pg00.html
Note! I realize some of the sounds in the
song are not the ones you usually teach.
Use this as a “teachable moment” to explain different vowel sounds,
blends, etc. If you don’t like
some of the words, then you can change them to meet your needs. Disk Two of my “Happy Everything” CD
has the instrumental versions of many songs to enable you to do this.
School Program
– This would be a great song if you put on a holiday program at your
school. Each child could take a
letter and step forward as it is sung.
Holiday ABC
Book – Write letters on paper ahead of time. Let each child choose a letter and illustrate it. They could use the words in the song or
make up their own verse. Make a
cover, bind, and you’ll have a book children will want to read the rest of the
school year.
Sign Language
– Make the manual signs for the letters as you sing this song.