The Nutcracker - Video
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Kindergarten - 1st Grade
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The Nutcracker
Hannah and Charlie were playing Christmas music on Christmas Eve. A piece of music from a ballet that is often performed at Christmas time is The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky, about a nutcracker toy that also arrived on Christmas Eve. Here's the part of the story where Clara, the girl in the story, finds the nutcracker. Clara goes to sleep and dreams that some little mice are dancing. The children could watch this video first, then listen to the music again and dance to it, pretending to be the little mice with one child (or a doll to prevent falling out!) chosen to be Clara.
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