December 25, 2002

Barbara Hyler and Patti Barns, a learning disabilities specialist and a fourth grade teacher at Bettie Weaver Elementary School in Midlothian, Virginia

This song was created to teach a fourth-grade collaborative language arts class. We enhance our appearance with anything we can find in the music teacher’s storage closet. Top hats and sequin bow ties are among our favorite costumes. The song and costumes all make for a memorable lesson and provide the added benefit of a multi-sensory approach needed for the L.D. children:

The Twelve Days of Christmas

• On the first day of Christmas,
  My true love gave to me
  A very noisy song to sing.
   
• On the second day of Christmas,
  My true love gave to me
  Two tapping feet,
  And a very noisy song to sing.
   
• On the third day of Christmas,
  My true love gave to me
  Three laughing children,
  Two tapping feet,
  And a very noisy song to sing.
   
• Four hammering men...
• Five stirring women... 
• Six geese a-honking... 
• Seven mice a-squeaking... 
• Eight reindeer playing... 
• Nine teeth a-chattering... 
• Ten fish a-bubbling... 
• Eleven sheep a-baaing...
• Twelve moose a-calling...