Festivals & Folksongs Around The World

(Grades 3-6)

It's a global party, and you're all invited to Oktoberfest in Germany, Children’s Mid-Autumn Festival in Vietnam, Loy Krathong in Thailand, the Festival of Holi in India and lots more! Step into the music and culture of ten regions around the world and read about festivals with moon cakes, sky lanterns, didgeridoos, Kintaro and a host of other interesting facts and legends.

This quality resource features reproducible student articles and folksongs that are fun to read and sing, exceptional standards-based lesson plans, assessment and extension activities to enhance learning, and piano accompaniments with ethnic choreography for that special touch! It all comes in one value-packed Book/CD! The CD features each song recorded with and without singers, pronunciation guidetracks, and PDFs of the articles and songsheets for projection options!

Songs include: Horch, was kommt von draussen rein? (Germany) · Tet Trung Thu (Vietnam) · Tue, Tue (Ghana) · Loy Krathong (Thailand) · Chanukah, Chanukah (Israel) · Good King Wenceslas (Europe) · Holi Re (India) · Koinobori (Japan) · America (United States).


Horch, Was Kommt Von Draussen Rein?
Tet Trung Thu
Tue, Tue
Loy Krathong
Chanukah, Chanukah
Good King Wenceslas
Holi Re
Koinobori
America