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I love this song.  Festive and a fun spin on the traditional "Jingle Bells!"  Since it's a little more up-tempo, it's a great carol for kids, and since it's older, it's familiar and fun for adults, too! For my youngest kiddos, I do a simple add-on. Verses/Chorus ("Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock..."): Play jingle bells. Bridge ("What a bright time...") : Wave scarves. Use Christmas colors or fabric for the scarves for an added holiday touch. :) If you use the original , you can also add an easy xylophone/boomwhacker/keyboard pattern at the beginning of most stanzas: JINGLE BELL , JINGLE BELL , JINGLE BELL ROCK D                    C#                   B                    F# The...

Here is a fun and simple activity for your holiday music groups! Christmas Carol Bingo.   You can use recordings (YouTube helps me in a pinch) or provide the musical cues yourself with live music. I print these on white cardstock and laminate.  Groups members use bingo chips, beans, bingo daubers, or scraps of paper to cover the carols as they're used. I have small prizes that I give out, too, something simple like stickers, holiday Hershey's kisses, a mini holiday coloring book, or a small plush. I tweaked this idea originally found here .  Download Christmas Carol Bingo Version 1.0 here ! Included in this PDF are five different bingo cards and a list of the Christmas carols used on the cards, 25 in total.  These are a mix of religious and secular carols, and only for Christmas--I will update with religious only and secular only versions, plus more diverse versions, eventually! :) Thanks for visiting!