What will the children experience?
The little boat sets off on a big voyage: from song to song it travels through the fairy tales – to Africa, through a storm on the blue sea, to Buratino, to Umka the polar bear cub, into the fairy-tale kingdom and all the way to America. In the end it reaches Bremen and the town musicians.
Along the way, the children dance with maracas, blow soap bubbles, solve fairy-tale riddles and may nod off during the lullaby. In between, we explain what swing, blues, Dixieland and boogie-woogie are – for example, why boogie-woogie sounds like a train on its tracks.
What music will you hear?
Swing, blues, Dixieland, boogie-woogie and Latin, wrapped up in songs from Russian cartoons and children’s films:
- Chunga-Changa
- Song from “Little Red Riding Hood”
- In the Blue Sea, in the White Foam
- Song of Alice the Fox and Basilio the Cat
- Mother Bear’s Lullaby
- Dog Blues
- Princess Zabava’s Song
- 33 Cows
- The Barber
- I Love Lying in the Sun
- Have a Good Journey
- The Bremen Town Musicians
How to join in
Dancing with maracas
The boat casts off to “Chunga-Changa”: everyone dances with maracas and then collects them again together.
Mountains and rivers
With the song from “Little Red Riding Hood” the boat travels to Africa, and the children dance the “Mountains and Rivers” dance.
Bubbles in the storm
Out on the blue sea, the boat runs into a storm. We blow soap bubbles, and the children swim through the white foam.
Fairy-tale riddle
In which fairy tale does a little wooden boy travel to the Field of Wonders to get rich? The children guess along.
Falling asleep on the ice floe
During Mother Bear’s lullaby, the swing rocks like an ice floe at the North Pole. The children may fall asleep and rest.
Paper-plate clapping
During Princess Zabava’s song, the children clap paper plates together in time.
What do parents take home?
If you grew up with these cartoons, you’ll recognise many of the melodies – sit back and hum along. Your children get to know swing, blues and boogie-woogie along the way, and you get an hour in which you don’t have to do a thing.
