MILLIKEN PUBLISHING COMPANY

Three Nanny Goats Gruff

Milliken Publishing Companya Lorenz companyP.O. Box 802Dayton, OH 45401-0802

www.LorenzEducationalPress.com ISBN: 978-1-4291-1643-5

AN OPERA FOR YOUNG “KIDS”, AGES 4-7 RESOURCE BOOK & CD EMC003

By Carol Kaplan & Sandi Becker

Milliken’s Musical PlaysMilliken’s musical plays allow children to bring stories to life through drama, music, art, language, gross-motor activities, and more! Even non-musical teachers will find it easy to put on a class production. Each package contains a spiral-bound resource book and a CD of wonderful songs with catchy lyrics that children will want to sing again and again.

Three Piggy Opera“The Three Little Pigs” has been transformed into a wonderful opera for young children.

Stone Soup—A “Rock Opera”Now an opera that is sure to delight your young actors, your audience, and you—the director.

Three Nanny Goats GruffThis opera adds a fun twist to the classic story of “The Three Billy Goats Gruff.”

Holiday PlaysMilliken’s Holiday Plays package contains “No Turkey for Perky” and “Bob Humbug, The Christmas

Grump”—Two lighthearted musicals that make it easy to plan your seasonal performances.

Tikki Tikki TemboChildren will enjoy learning about China and its customs as they prepare and perform this musical.

The Little Red HenFollow The Little Red Hen and her neighbors as they learn an important lesson about cooperation.

THREE NANNY GOATS GRUFFby Carol B. Kaplan and

Sandi Becker

Table of Contents

Preface 1Introduction to Three Nanny Goats Gruff 2Music 3Gross-Motor Development 4Dramatic Play 5Block Area 6Language Development/Reading 6Science 7Cooking 7Art 8Rehearsal 10Dress Rehearsal and Performance 11Illustration for Set and Staging 12Musical Score, Lyrics, and Narration 13Overture 14Good-bye Song 16Watch Out Song 18Trip Trap Song 19Troll’s Song 20Recitative 21Rolling Song 21Finale 22Optional Conclusion 24Lyrics to Songs 25Cast of Characters 28Narration and Placement of Songs 28Related Learning Experiences 32Bibliography 35

Permission to reproduce pages extends only to the teacher/ purchaser for individual classroom use, not to exceed in any event more than one copy per pupil in a course

The reproduction of any part for an entire school or school system or for commercial use is strictly prohibited

CD by Carol B. Kaplan, Lynne Glickert, and Michael Lyss

Illustrations by Kathy Mitter Cover by Lyner Photography

Copyright © 1988 — Milliken Publishing Company, a Lorenz company All rights reserved

This book includes activities to help you integrate the opera into your curriculum Most of these activities appear in sections devoted to specific components of the curriculum; some, however, are described in a separate section called RELATED LEARNING EXPERIENCES The musical score, the lyrics, a CD, and a bibliography are also included Hopefully, these materials will help you develop your own Three Nanny Goats Gruff opera Each teacher should determine how to use these materials and allocate time based on the needs of a particular class It is important to remember that this project is to be enjoyed by both the teacher and the students

The teaching materials include a CD Tracks 1-10 contain the words to each song, and tracks 11-25 have only the accompanying music Put the CD and a CD player in a reading or quiet corner The children will enjoy listening to the CD while reading the story This will also allow them to learn the music in a comfortable atmosphere

It will be helpful to give the children an opportu-nity to listen to the accompaniment tracks of the CD They can listen to the music to help them imagine the movements of the characters in the opera