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Writing Stories to Christmas Music

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Writing Stories to Christmas Music {free printable included} | This Reading MamaI simply love to break out the Christmas music. This year I didn’t even wait until after Thanksgiving. Who am I kidding? I rarely wait until after Thanksgiving. 😉 I thought I’d add a little twist this year. We had fun writing stories to Christmas music, like we did a few months ago with classical music.
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Picking Christmas Music

To do this activity, we used only instrumental Christmas music. My favorite resource is The Nutcracker Suite. My kids have never seen The Nutcracker performed, so they did not already have a preconceived idea of each piece. First, we listened to a few excerpts. I let the kids {MBug- age 3, NJoy- age 5 and ALuv- age 8} pick the ones that “moved” them the most.

 

 

Storytelling with Music

We brainstormed for each piece what we visualized happening in our heads. While MBug and NJoy had fun creating stories and telling them to me, they did not have any interest in drawing or writing them this time. But because ALuv is officially “in school”, this was required writing. 😉

Writing Stories to Christmas Music

The piece that spoke the most to ALuv was Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy. We had fun listening to the piece over and over again, acting out the plot he had created as the music played.

drawing pictures to match the music | This Reading MamaHe requested that I create a page with a spot for three pictures, as he wanted to draw what happened first, next and last in his story. As he drew his pictures, he listened to the piece {in repeat mode, mind you}. I’m so thankful it wasn’t the Russian Dance from The Nutcracker!

writing sentences to match your pictures | This Reading MamaI requested that he write a good “2nd grade sentence” to go with each picture to create a storyline. Once finished, he listened to the music one more time and read his story along with the music!

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FREE Christmas Music Writing Pack | This Reading Mama

I have created a free pack of writing templates {seen below}, from preschool templates to upper elementary templates that you can download and try with your own kids. Have fun writing stories to Christmas music! {If I was still in the classroom, I would totally use this as a listening center.}

 

Download the FREE Writing Stories to Christmas Music Pack HERE.

 

 

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~Becky

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Comments

  1. marykprather says

    December 5, 2013 at 7:08 am

    Becky, this is really a great idea! Yesterday while my son building with his Christmas LEGOS I had on the Classical Christmas Pandora station and I KNOW it helped his writing. This is a wonderful download! Thank you!

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      December 5, 2013 at 8:26 am

      Thank you, Mary. We use classical music quite a bit here, too.

      Reply
  2. Terri Thompson says

    December 6, 2013 at 12:10 pm

    This is fabulous! It’s perfect for my daughter who needs some more writing practice. I’ve pinned it & linked to it in my 10 Ways to Play This Weekend post!

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      December 12, 2013 at 12:51 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply
  3. Sara Mullett (Let's Play Music) says

    December 11, 2013 at 12:47 pm

    This is such a wonderful idea! I love it!

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      December 12, 2013 at 12:52 pm

      Thank you, Sara! 🙂

      Reply
  4. Marci says

    December 12, 2013 at 12:27 pm

    My daughter loved this! Thank you!!!

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      December 12, 2013 at 12:51 pm

      I’m so glad to hear.

      Reply

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