Submitted by Karen Reynolds, De Witt, Nebraska

Idea posted April 7, 2009

The program consisted of four grade levels, each with 22-30 students per grade. Each grade level sang songs representing one season of the year. All the songs, with the exception of a couple of piggy-back songs for kindergarten, were from Music K-8.

Kindergarten - Autumn
Autumn Leaf (from Music K-8, Vol. 11, No. 1) - Each student had two leaves cut from construction paper. They gently held the leaves in their hands during the verses, and moved them in rainbow arches during the chorus. They tossed them into the air at the end so they fluttered down to the ground.
Kindergarten - Also performed Hayride (from Music K-8, Vol. 13, No. 1), Vote! (from Music K-8, Vol. 11, No. 1) and I Like The Colors Of The Fall (from Music K-8, Vol. 18, No. 1).
1st grade - Winter
Wintertime (from Music K-8, Vol. 11, No. 2)
The Little Snowflake (from Music K-8, Vol. 8, No. 2)
My Red Sled (from Music K-8, Vol. 19, No. 2)
Freeze! (from Music K-8, Vol. 14, No. 2)
In The Snow (from Music K-8, Vol. 9, No. 2) - Students began their segment of the program by laying their winter coats across the front of the stage. During the interlude of this song, they moved to their coats and put them on. Hidden inside their coat pocket was a "snowball" made from crumpled white paper taped with clear tape to help keep its shape. They reached into their pockets on the last phrase of the song and threw their snowballs at the audience at the end of the song.
2nd Grade - Spring
Spring Is Coming Soon (from Music K-8, Vol. 19, No. 4)
Plant A Tree (from Music K-8, Vol. 9, No. 4)
Rain, Rain, Go Away (from Music K-8, Vol. 13, No. 4) - The girls were positioned across the front of the stage with opened umbrellas and did a little choreographed "dance."
Mud (from Music K-8, Vol. 15, No. 4)
Hey, May! (from Music K-8, Vol. 7, No. 5)
3rd grade - Summer
Summer Is Coming (from Music K-8, Vol. 2, No. 5)
Summer Skies (from Music K-8, Vol. 9, No. 5)
Take Me Out To The Ball Game (with kazoos, ball gloves, and ball caps) (from Music K-8, Vol. 8, No. 5)
Summer Vacation (from Music K-8, Vol. 6, No. 5)
Grades 1-2-3 combined at the end to sing Summertime, Please Come Soon! (from Music K-8, Vol. 16, No. 5)