(Tune: “Deck the Halls”)
Deck the room withletters and sounds,
Fa-la-la-la-la,la-la-la. (Armsout like an opera singer.)
Read and use themall year round,
Fa-la-la-la-la,la-la-la. (Armsout.)
Listen up and thenyou’ll know, (Holdup index finger and shake.)
How the lettersand sounds do go.
Start with A andend with Z.
Happy holidays foryou and me!
A for angels, /a//a/ /a/, (Invitechildren to make up
B for bells, /b//b/ /b/ /b/ /b/ /b/ motionsfor 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 aPowerPoint 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 thesong are not the ones you usually teach. Use this as a “teachable moment” to explain different vowel sounds,blends, etc. If you don’t likesome of the words, then you can change them to meet your needs. Disk Two of my “Happy Everything” CDhas 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 yourschool. Each child could take aletter and step forward as it is sung.
Holiday ABCBook – Write letters on paper ahead of time. Let each child choose a letter and illustrate it. They could use the words in the song ormake up their own verse. Make acover, bind, and you’ll have a book children will want to read the rest of theschool year.
Sign Language– Make the manual signs for the letters as you sing this song.
