A Christmas-bell Drill

A Christmas-bell Drill.

By Ella M. Powers.

(This drill may be given by eight little girls provided with wands. At

the top of each wand are tacked three streamers of red, white, and blue

ribbon or cambric. At the end of each streamer a little tinkling bell is

sewed. The children sing, and wave wands in time to the music. The

words may be sung to the tune of " Lightly Row.")

Sweetly chime, sweetly chime,

Happy bells of Christmas time ;

Sweetly chime, sweetly chime,

Christ the Lord is born.

Christ is born, our Savior dear,

Joyous words we love to hear ;

Sweetly chime, sweetly chime,

Christ the Lord is born.

(Between first and second verses, all march singing same tune to " Tra

la la.'' -- " Tra la la," wands waving, up, down, right, left, up, down, right ;

left, throughout. Resume places and sing second verse.)

Sweetly chime, sweetly chime,

Happy bells of Christmas time ;

Sweetly chime, sweetly chime,

Glory be to God.

Let us carol sweetly then,

Peace on earth, good will to men ;

Sweetly chime, sweetly chime,

Christ the Lord is born.

(All march out, singing, and waving wands.)

Old Santa Claus

Old Santa Claus.

By M. Nora Boylan.

(To be sung to the tune of "Yankee Doodle." The verses may be

given by a single voice, with the chorus by the school, or selected voices

on the platform.)

Old Santa Claus is a jolly man

Who brings us lots of toys, sir ;

And none are happier Christmas time

Than little girls and boys, sir.

Have you not seen our Santa Claus,

With hair so snowy white, sir ?

Just hang your stocking Christmas eve --

He'll come that very night, sir.

And if you watch, perhaps you'll see

This friend in furs hid deep, sir.

But I have never seen him once --

I'm always fast asleep, sir.

Chorus -- Santa Claus is jolly, sir ;

Santa Claus is kind, sir ;

Santa Claus on Christmas eve

Comes riding on the wind, sir.

Santa Claus is Coming

Santa Claus is Coming.

By Maud L. Betts.

(To be sung to the tune of " Marching- thro' Georgia.")

Santa Claus is coming -- we shall welcome him with glee;

He'll hang a gift for every one upon the Christmas-tree ;

He'll not forget a single child. How happy we shall be;

For Santa Claus is coming.

Chorus --

Hurrah ! hurrah ! for Christmas time is near ;

Hurrah ! hurrah ! the time to all so dear ;

We all shall hang our stockings up when Christmas eve is

here,

For Santa Claus is coming.

But we must remember all that we must do our part ;

Christmas is the time of times, to give with all our heart.

We must always share our joys with those who have no

part,

When Santa Claus is coming.

Time for Santa Claus

Time for Santa Claus.

By M. Nora Boylan.

(To be sung to the tune of " Ta-ra-ra, boom-de-ay.")

Now's the time for Santa Claus;

Christmas comes with loud huzzas.

Hark ! the bells ! Oh, hear them ring!

Ting-a-ling-ling ting-a-ling.

Cho. -- Ting-a-ling-ling ting-a-ling,

Ting-a-ling-ling ting-a-ling,

Ting-a-ling-ling ting-a-ling,

Ting-a-ling-ling ting-a-ling.

See his prancing reindeer brave,

Hear him tell them to behave --

Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen,

Comet, Cupid, Donder, Blitzen. -- Chorus.

Yes, hurrah for Santa Claus )

Blow the trumpets, shout huzzas !

We'll be happy while we sing --

Ting-a-ling-ling ting-a-ling. -- Chorus.

Colorful Crayon Resist Llamas

       These colorful crayon pictures of llamas were made by an enthusiastic bunch of first graders at the school where I worked several years ago. After completing their pictures they washed them with thin watercolors; the results are stunning, don't you think?

How fibers from llamas is processed to make sweaters.

Caterpillar Finger Plays

This nursery finger play comes with pictures, hand motions and piano sheet music for early learning and kindergarten teachers.

 Fuzzy little caterpillar,

Crawling, crawling on the ground!

Fuzzy little caterpillar, 

Nowhere, nowhere to be found

Though we've looked and looked and hunted 

Everywhere around!

 When the little caterpillar 

Found his furry coat too tight,

Then a snug cocoon he made him

Spun of silk so soft and light;

Rolled himself away within it--

Slept there day and night.

See how this cocoon is stirring!

Now a little head we spy--

What! Is this our caterpillar 

Spreading gorgeous wings to dry?

Soon the free and happy creature

Flutters gayly by.

Sheet music to accompany the finger play.

How to make a paper pinwheel

Illustrations of pinwheels

       No mechanical toy is more interesting to make, nor more interesting to watch in operation, than a miniature windmill. It is a very simple toy to construct, and the material for making one can usually be found at hand, which are two reasons why nearly every boy and girl at one time or another builds one.

       The Paper Pin wheel shown in Fig. i is one of the best whirlers ever devised. A slight forward thrust of the stick handle upon which it is mounted starts it in motion, and when you run with the stick extended in front of you it whirls at a merry speed.

        A piece of paper 8 or 10 inches square is needed for the pinwheel. Fold this piece of paper diagonally from corner to corner, both ways. Then open the paper, and with a pair of scissors cut along the diagonal creases, from the corners to within J inch of the center (Fig. 2). Next, fold corners A, B, C, and D over to the center, as shown in Fig. 3, run a pin through the corners and through the center of the sheet Fig. 2. - Diagram for Paper f paper, drive the point of this pin into the end of the stick handle, and the pinwheel will be completed.

pinwheel pattern

Decorate with pinwheels

Thanksgiving Clip Art for Crafts

       Enjoy celebrating Thanksgiving with your students using my clip art for personal crafts and classrooms. Read the Terms of Use before downloading. 

A pastel drawing of a flocked turkey.

A native American teepee.

Vintage Indian travel doll

A pilgrim's hat, corn and pumpkin

Horn of plenty and text "Happy Thanksgiving"

Spooky Clip Art for All Hallow's Eve

       Teachers, parents and little ones may decorate their personal Halloween crafts and treats with this clip art by Kathy Grimm. Read the Terms of Use.

An owl seated on top of a jack-o-lantern, text "Whoo Whooo"

"Happy Halloween!" spider and web

A creepy jack-o-lantern

"MEOW" black cat and text

Thoroughly Irish Clip Art

       Below are some Irish themed clip art for your classroom's St. Patrick's Day celebrations. Decorate worksheets, games, and craft projects with students too! This clip art is original to my site and copyrighted, Read the Terms of Use before downloading.

A ladies hat trimmed with a plaid bow and shamrocks.

A tiny leprechaun, barrel and potatoes.

The Irish flag and lucky shamrocks.

A happy leprechaun carries a sack of potatoes

A leprechaun dressed in a green suit smoking a lucky pipe.

Valentine Cuties Clip Art

Valentine flowers

       These little Valentine doodles were made years ago by my mother for her classroom projects. They would be fun to print on sticker paper and cut out for your students' next Valentine card craft. The clip art is free only for personal crafts and classrooms. Do not include it in any other online collections.

Valentine lady bugs

Valentines and ribbons

Valentines in a vase

Heart and stems for a Valentine

Salt Lifting Some Sand Castles

       Here you can see, third and fourth grade art students have added a bit of table salt to their wet watercolor paintings of sand castles; this is called salt lifting. Although the end product is unpredictable, it is a fun additional step to add to your young student's watercolor painting experiences. That last additional step will give their castles a bit of extra sandy grit.

Use ordinary table salt to add texture to

 your watercolor paintings.