Activity Instructions:

Play song while children are coming in.

Activity Instructions:

Call children to circle. Start rhythm on Keyboard, and use each child’s name in the song.

I’m gonna rock rock rock with with my Tots
Rock, rock rock with my Tots
Rock, rock rock with my Tots
in Rockin’ Rhythms music class

Let’s all rock with [Name Here]
Let’s all rock with [Name Here or “together”]
Let’s all rock with [Name Here or “and have fun”]
in Rockin’ Rhythms music class

Activity Instructions:

Explore shaking, tapping, hiding the bell. Then sing song while performing the activities.

See the bell, see the bell, hiding in the cage so well
See the bell, see the bell, this is my cage bell

Shake the bell, shake the bell, hiding in the cage so well
Shake the bell, shake the bell, this is my cage bell

Tap the bell, tap the bell, hiding in the cage so well
Tap the bell, tap the bell, this is my cage bell

See the bell, see the bell, hiding in the cage so well
Shake the bell, shake the bell, shake then hide it well

Activity Instructions:

Bounce during verse. Follow directions during chorus, roll backwards for upside down.

It’s a world of laughter
A world of tears
It’s a world of hopes
And a world of fears
There’s so much that we share
That it’s time we’re aware
It’s a small world after all

Bouncing Bouncing Up and Down
Bumping Bumping all around
Side to Side and Upside Down
It’s a small world after all

It’s a world of laughter
A world of tears
It’s a world of hopes
And a world of fears
There’s so much that we share
That it’s time we’re aware
It’s a small world after all

Bouncing Bouncing Up and Down
Bumping Bumping all around
Side to Side and Upside Down
It’s a small world after all

It’s a world of laughter
A world of tears
It’s a world of hopes
And a world of fears
There’s so much that we share
That it’s time we’re aware
It’s a small world after all

Bouncing Bouncing Up and Down
Bumping Bumping all around
Side to Side and Upside Down
It’s a small world after all

Bouncing Bouncing Up and Down
Bumping Bumping all around
Side to Side and Upside Down
It’s a small world after all

Activity Instructions:

Print out the shapes and hang on the wall before class. Review the shapes, then sing the song, and have children run to the item that you are singing about.

I am looking, I am looking, I am looking for a [heart]!
Help me find one, Help me find one
I am looking for a [heart]!

Heart, Star, Moon, Diamond

To the tune of Darling Clementine

Activity Instructions:

Pass out a set of maracas to students. Allow them to explore tapping them together, on the ground, shaking them, etc. Then introduce song.

These are my maracas
hear me shake them (shake, shake)
These are my maracas
hear me shake them (shake, shake)
These are my maracas
hear me shake them (shake, shake)
Shake [rest]
Shake [rest]
Shake [rest]
Shake [rest]
Shake shake shake shake shake

[You may also substitute “tap” for “shake”]

Activity Instructions:

Practice walking on tiptoe, stomping, jumping, spinning, and running.
“Pizzicato” strings are plucked with the finger.

CHORUS
Tiptoe tiptoe tiptoe tiptoe, tiptoe pizzicato, tiptoe pizzicato, tiptoe pizzicato.
Tiptoe tiptoe tiptoe tiptoe, tiptoe pizzicato, tiptoe pizzicato, yeah.

VERSE 1
Stomp and stomp and stomp and stop.
(repeat x4)

CHORUS

VERSE 2
Run and run and run and stop.
(repeat x4)

CHORUS

VERSE 3
Spin and spin and spin and stop.
(repeat x4)

CHORUS

VERSE 4
Run and run and run and stop.
(repeat x4)

Activity Instructions:

Pass out microphones to children. Ask for some of their favorite songs, and sing them together. Then sing through solfege syllables, allowing class to echo. Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, Fa, Mi, Re, Do. Then introduce song for the week.

Do do sol sol,
la la la la so,
Fa fa mi mi re re do
Sol Sol sol fa fa
mi mi mi re
Sol Sol sol fa fa
mi mi mi re
Do do sol sol,
la la la la sol,
fa fa mi mi re re do

Baa baa black sheep
Have you any wool
Yes sir Yes sir three bags full
One for my master,
One for my dame
One for the little boy
who lives down the lane
Baa baa black sheep
Have you any wool
Yes sir Yes sir three bags full

Activity Instructions:

Pass out balls to children. Explore tapping on the ball, bouncing on the ball, rolling the ball, and passing the ball to a friend. Then start song and follow directions in the lyrics.

I am tapping on the ball
Tapping on the ball
I am tapping on the ball
Tapping on the ball

I am bouncing on my ball
Bouncing on my ball
I am bouncing on my ball
Bouncing on my ball

I am rolling to a friend
Rolling to a friend
I am rolling to a friend
Rolling to a friend

I am passing to a friend
Passing to a friend
I am passing to a friend
Passing to a friend

Activity Instructions:

“For our world music dance today, we are visiting Columbia with a champeta song. This is Carlos Vives song Pa’Mayte.”

Use different movements in similar sections of the song to help children hear the sections of the music. Make a train in the bridge section, use a train whistle to enhance if available.

Activity Instructions:

Dump a variety bucket of instruments out for children to play and try different instruments. Teacher’s choice on background music, make sure that the song lyrics are clean and the topic is child-appropriate. You may want to find out some of your participants favorite popular songs and include them here!

Activity Instructions:

Lay three ropes on the ground.
Sing a note.

Jump forward over the ropes if the pitch goes higher
Jump back over the ropes if the pitch goes lower

Activity Instructions:

Use monkey puppet to sing song.

Swinging swinging spider monkey, swinging through the trees
Swinging swinging spider monkey, swinging through the trees
Swinging swinging spider monkey, swinging through the trees
Swinging swinging through the trees

Swinging swinging spider monkey, looking for some food
fruits and flowers, seeds and leaves, nuts and insects, too
Swinging swinging spider monkey, looking for some food
Swinging swinging through the trees

Swinging swinging spider monkey, looking for some fun
ooh ooh ooh and ahh ahh ahh until the day is done
Swinging swinging spider monkey, looking for some fun
Swinging swinging through the trees

Activity Instructions:

Start rhythm on keyboard. Then sing song, putting each child’s name in the song. Adjust the ending based on the number of children you have – feel free to repeat or not, and add goodbyes to mommies, daddies, instruments, etc, if needed to finish the musical phrasing, depending upon the size of your class.

Goodbye, Cya later, adios my friends
Our time in Rockin’ Rhythms class has come to an end
au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bon voyage, chiao
Until we meet again my friends, I’ll say goodbye for now

|: Goodbye [Name goes here]
    Goodbye [Name here]
    Goodbye [Name goes here]
    Goodbye [Name here]
    Goodbye [Name goes here]
    Goodbye [Name here]
    We’ll rock again next time :|

Activity Instructions:

Play song while children are coming in.

Activity Instructions:

Call children to circle. Start rhythm on Keyboard, and use each child’s name in the song.

I’m gonna rock rock rock with with my big kids
Rock, rock rock with my big kids
Rock, rock rock with my big kids
in Rockin’ Rhythms music class

Let’s all rock with [Name Here]
Let’s all rock with [Name Here or “together”]
Let’s all rock with [Name Here or “and have fun”]
in Rockin’ Rhythms music class

Activity Instructions:

Explore shaking, tapping, hiding the bell. Then sing song while performing the activities.

See the bell, see the bell, hiding in the cage so well
See the bell, see the bell, this is my cage bell

Shake the bell, shake the bell, hiding in the cage so well
Shake the bell, shake the bell, this is my cage bell

Tap the bell, tap the bell, hiding in the cage so well
Tap the bell, tap the bell, this is my cage bell

See the bell, see the bell, hiding in the cage so well
Shake the bell, shake the bell, shake then hide it well

Activity Instructions:

Practice walking on tiptoe, stomping, jumping, spinning, and running.
“Pizzicato” strings are plucked with the finger.

CHORUS
Tiptoe tiptoe tiptoe tiptoe, tiptoe pizzicato, tiptoe pizzicato, tiptoe pizzicato.
Tiptoe tiptoe tiptoe tiptoe, tiptoe pizzicato, tiptoe pizzicato, yeah.

VERSE 1
Stomp and stomp and stomp and stop.
(repeat x4)

CHORUS

VERSE 2
Run and run and run and stop.
(repeat x4)

CHORUS

VERSE 3
Spin and spin and spin and stop.
(repeat x4)

CHORUS

VERSE 4
Run and run and run and stop.
(repeat x4)

Activity Instructions:

Show the children the letter E and talk about the different things in the song that start with the letter E: Elephant, elevator, eggs, eat, exit. Use puppets if desired. Pass egg shakers around the circle, and have the gator and the elephant pretend to eat the egg shakers.

To the tune of  “A Tisket a Tasket”

Elephant and gator
Got on an elevator
They went in search of food to eat
exit right,  “C-ya later!”

They found eggs, they found eggs
They found their friends and ate eggs
They went in search of food to eat
They found their friends and ate eggs.

The End

Activity Instructions:

Pass out microphones to children. Ask for some of their favorite songs, and sing them together. Then sing through solfege syllables, allowing class to echo. Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, Fa, Mi, Re, Do. Then introduce song for the week.

Do do sol sol,
la la la la so,
Fa fa mi mi re re do
Sol Sol sol fa fa
mi mi mi re
Sol Sol sol fa fa
mi mi mi re
Do do sol sol,
la la la la sol,
fa fa mi mi re re do

Baa baa black sheep
Have you any wool
Yes sir Yes sir three bags full
One for my master,
One for my dame
One for the little boy
who lives down the lane
Baa baa black sheep
Have you any wool
Yes sir Yes sir three bags full

Activity Instructions:

Pass out the handbells to children, (lowC D E F G A) give each child 1-2 bells, and take one or two for yourself. You may also give parents a bell too, to complete the set.

C C G G A A G
F F E E D D C

G G F F E E D
G G F F E E D

C C G G A A G
F F E E D D C

Activity Instructions:

Have children point to rhythms on a sheet, and sing what they point to.  

Ta = quarter note
Ti Ti = eight notes
Tika-Tika-Tika-Tika = Sixteenth
Too = Half Note

Activity Instructions:

Pass out balls to children. Explore tapping on the ball, bouncing on the ball, rolling the ball, and passing the ball to a friend. Then start song and follow directions in the lyrics.

I am tapping on the ball
Tapping on the ball
I am tapping on the ball
Tapping on the ball

I am bouncing on my ball
Bouncing on my ball
I am bouncing on my ball
Bouncing on my ball

I am rolling to a friend
Rolling to a friend
I am rolling to a friend
Rolling to a friend

I am passing to a friend
Passing to a friend
I am passing to a friend
Passing to a friend

Activity Instructions:

“For our world music dance today, we are visiting Columbia with a champeta song. This is Carlos Vives song Pa’Mayte.”

Use different movements in similar sections of the song to help children hear the sections of the music. Make a train in the bridge section, use a train whistle to enhance if available.

Activity Instructions:

Dump a variety bucket of instruments out for children to play and try different instruments. Teacher’s choice on background music, make sure that the song lyrics are clean and the topic is child-appropriate. You may want to find out some of your participants favorite popular songs and include them here!

Activity Instructions:

Lay three ropes on the ground.
Sing a note.

Jump forward over the ropes if the pitch goes higher
Jump back over the ropes if the pitch goes lower

Activity Instructions:

Use monkey puppet to sing song.

Swinging swinging spider monkey, swinging through the trees
Swinging swinging spider monkey, swinging through the trees
Swinging swinging spider monkey, swinging through the trees
Swinging swinging through the trees

Swinging swinging spider monkey, looking for some food
fruits and flowers, seeds and leaves, nuts and insects, too
Swinging swinging spider monkey, looking for some food
Swinging swinging through the trees

Swinging swinging spider monkey, looking for some fun
ooh ooh ooh and ahh ahh ahh until the day is done
Swinging swinging spider monkey, looking for some fun
Swinging swinging through the trees

Activity Instructions:

Start rhythm on keyboard. Then sing song, putting each child’s name in the song. Adjust the ending based on the number of children you have – feel free to repeat or not, and add goodbyes to mommies, daddies, instruments, etc, if needed to finish the musical phrasing, depending upon the size of your class.

Goodbye, Cya later, adios my friends
Our time in Rockin’ Rhythms class has come to an end
au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bon voyage, chiao
Until we meet again my friends, I’ll say goodbye for now

|: Goodbye [Name goes here]
    Goodbye [Name here]
    Goodbye [Name goes here]
    Goodbye [Name here]
    Goodbye [Name goes here]
    Goodbye [Name here]
    We’ll rock again next time :|

Activity Instructions:

Play song while children are coming in.

Activity Instructions:

Call children to circle. Start rhythm on Keyboard, and use each child’s name in the song.

I’m gonna rock rock rock with with my families
Rock, rock rock with my families
Rock, rock rock with my families
in Rockin’ Rhythms music class

Let’s all rock with [Name Here]
Let’s all rock with [Name Here or “together”]
Let’s all rock with [Name Here or “and have fun”]
in Rockin’ Rhythms music class

Activity Instructions:

Explore shaking, tapping, hiding the bell. Then sing song while performing the activities.

See the bell, see the bell, hiding in the cage so well
See the bell, see the bell, this is my cage bell

Shake the bell, shake the bell, hiding in the cage so well
Shake the bell, shake the bell, this is my cage bell

Tap the bell, tap the bell, hiding in the cage so well
Tap the bell, tap the bell, this is my cage bell

See the bell, see the bell, hiding in the cage so well
Shake the bell, shake the bell, shake then hide it well

Activity Instructions:

Use hands instead of scarves. Introduce the song, sing several times through.

I hide behind my hands
I hide behind my hands
[v1 I peek left and peek right
 v2 I peek high and peek low
v3 I open shut and open shut]
I hide behind my hands, Boo!

Activity Instructions:

Print out the shapes and hang on the wall before class. Review the shapes, then sing the song, and have children run to the item that you are singing about.

I am looking, I am looking, I am looking for a [heart]!
Help me find one, Help me find one
I am looking for a [heart]!

Heart, Star, Moon, Diamond

To the tune of Darling Clementine

Activity Instructions:

Practice walking on tiptoe, stomping, jumping, spinning, and running.
“Pizzicato” strings are plucked with the finger.

CHORUS
Tiptoe tiptoe tiptoe tiptoe, tiptoe pizzicato, tiptoe pizzicato, tiptoe pizzicato.
Tiptoe tiptoe tiptoe tiptoe, tiptoe pizzicato, tiptoe pizzicato, yeah.

VERSE 1
Stomp and stomp and stomp and stop.
(repeat x4)

CHORUS

VERSE 2
Run and run and run and stop.
(repeat x4)

CHORUS

VERSE 3
Spin and spin and spin and stop.
(repeat x4)

CHORUS

VERSE 4
Run and run and run and stop.
(repeat x4)

Activity Instructions:

Pass out the handbells to children, (lowC D E F G A) give each child 1-2 bells, and take one or two for yourself. You may also give parents a bell too, to complete the set.

C C G G A A G
F F E E D D C

G G F F E E D
G G F F E E D

C C G G A A G
F F E E D D C

Activity Instructions:

Pass out microphones to children. Ask for some of their favorite songs, and sing them together. Then sing through solfege syllables, allowing class to echo. Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, Fa, Mi, Re, Do. Then introduce song for the week.

Do do sol sol,
la la la la so,
Fa fa mi mi re re do
Sol Sol sol fa fa
mi mi mi re
Sol Sol sol fa fa
mi mi mi re
Do do sol sol,
la la la la sol,
fa fa mi mi re re do

Baa baa black sheep
Have you any wool
Yes sir Yes sir three bags full
One for my master,
One for my dame
One for the little boy
who lives down the lane
Baa baa black sheep
Have you any wool
Yes sir Yes sir three bags full

Activity Instructions:

Pass out balls to children. Explore tapping on the ball, bouncing on the ball, rolling the ball, and passing the ball to a friend. Then start song and follow directions in the lyrics.

I am tapping on the ball
Tapping on the ball
I am tapping on the ball
Tapping on the ball

I am bouncing on my ball
Bouncing on my ball
I am bouncing on my ball
Bouncing on my ball

I am rolling to a friend
Rolling to a friend
I am rolling to a friend
Rolling to a friend

I am passing to a friend
Passing to a friend
I am passing to a friend
Passing to a friend

Activity Instructions:

“For our world music dance today, we are visiting Columbia with a champeta song. This is Carlos Vives song Pa’Mayte.”

Use different movements in similar sections of the song to help children hear the sections of the music. Make a train in the bridge section, use a train whistle to enhance if available.

Activity Instructions:

Dump a variety bucket of instruments out for children to play and try different instruments. Teacher’s choice on background music, make sure that the song lyrics are clean and the topic is child-appropriate. You may want to find out some of your participants favorite popular songs and include them here!

Activity Instructions:

Have children point to rhythms on a sheet, and sing what they point to.  

Ta = quarter note
Ti Ti = eight notes
Tika-Tika-Tika-Tika = Sixteenth
Too = Half Note

Activity Instructions:

Lay three ropes on the ground.
Sing a note.

Jump forward over the ropes if the pitch goes higher
Jump back over the ropes if the pitch goes lower

Activity Instructions:

Use monkey puppet to sing song.

Swinging swinging spider monkey, swinging through the trees
Swinging swinging spider monkey, swinging through the trees
Swinging swinging spider monkey, swinging through the trees
Swinging swinging through the trees

Swinging swinging spider monkey, looking for some food
fruits and flowers, seeds and leaves, nuts and insects, too
Swinging swinging spider monkey, looking for some food
Swinging swinging through the trees

Swinging swinging spider monkey, looking for some fun
ooh ooh ooh and ahh ahh ahh until the day is done
Swinging swinging spider monkey, looking for some fun
Swinging swinging through the trees

Activity Instructions:

Start rhythm on keyboard. Then sing song, putting each child’s name in the song. Adjust the ending based on the number of children you have – feel free to repeat or not, and add goodbyes to mommies, daddies, instruments, etc, if needed to finish the musical phrasing, depending upon the size of your class.

Goodbye, Cya later, adios my friends
Our time in Rockin’ Rhythms class has come to an end
au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bon voyage, chiao
Until we meet again my friends, I’ll say goodbye for now

|: Goodbye [Name goes here]
    Goodbye [Name here]
    Goodbye [Name goes here]
    Goodbye [Name here]
    Goodbye [Name goes here]
    Goodbye [Name here]
    We’ll rock again next time :|