Activity Instructions:

Play music while children enter the room. Allow them to play with an instrument you are not using later in the plan while 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:

Pass out castanets. Explore clicking with both hands. Then click the rhythm, with the words of the song.

Click click click the horses hooves
Running down the track

Click click the horses hooves
Run and don’t turn back

Quick quick quick, set the pace
run, run, run, win the race

Click Click Click the horses hooves
Running down the track

Activity Instructions:

Children sit on parents laps. Bounce during first part, follow directions second part. Repeat several times.

Zoom-ing real fast in my rol-ler coas-ter [bounce fast]
click-e-ty clak click-e-ty clak
Zoom-ing real fast on my rol-ler coas-ter
click-e-ty clack down the track

Whoosh left and right, whoosh up-side down, [lean left, right, rock back]
Boun-cing boun-cing all a-round [ bounce again ]
Zoom-ing real fast in my rol-ler coas-ter
Click-e-ty Click-e-ty Clak

Activity Instructions:

Hang pictures on wall before class. Have children run and touch the yellow object you are singing about.

Yellow Things are all around
all around all around
Yellow things are all around, find me a

1. Lemon
2. Bananna
3. Rubber Duckie
4. School Bus
5. Scrambled eggs

Activity Instructions:

Pass out rainsticks. Allow children to explore tapping, shaking, rolling, turning over, etc. Then introduce the song.

I like it when it rains and
the rain goes pitter patter
the rain goes pitter patter
the rain goes pitter patter

I like it when it rains and
the rain goes pitter patter
1. Pitter patter on my window

2. Pitter patter into a puddle
3. Pitter patter on my nose

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Activity Instructions:

Invite everyone to stand up for the song. Practice clapping, stomping, then show them “robot moves”
Then start song.

C’mon and clap your hands with me x4
C’mon and jump along with me x 4
Do the Robot
(repeats x3 with longer Robot section on end)

Activity Instructions:

Pass out microphones, and sing some of the children’s favorite songs.

In Baby Rock, sing the song using the words.
In Tot and Kid Rock, proceed to solfege. Introduce solfege, singing syllables from Do-Sol-Do. Be silly and repeat the Do on the end. Then sing the song a little bit at a time using solfege syllables, having parents and children repeat the phrase. Finish by singing the song with the words.

Sol La Sol Fa Mi Fa Sol
Re Mi Fa Mi Fa Sol
Sol La Sol Fa Mi Fa Sol
Re Sol Mi Do

London Bridge is falling down
falling down, falling down
London Bridge is falling down
My Fair Lady

Activity Instructions:

Pass out playground balls. Explore tapping the ball, rolling the ball side to side, bouncing on top of the ball, and rolling to a friend.
Then start song and follow directions in song.

I am tapping, tapping on my ball
I am tapping, tapping on my ball
Fast as fast can be tap the ball with me
I am tapping tapping on my ball

I am rolling, rolling side to side
I am rolling, rolling side to side
Fast as fast can be, roll the ball with me
I am rolling rolling side to side

I am bouncing, bouncing up and down
I am bouncing, bouncing up and down
Fast as fast can be, bounce on the ball with me
I am bouncing bouncing up and down

I am rolling, rolling to a friend
I am rolling rolling to a friend
Fast as fast can be, roll the ball with me
I am rolling, rolling to a friend

Activity Instructions:

Pass out scarves, and have children bounce, dance, etc.

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 repeat after you “Every Good Boy Does Fine” EGBDF are the notes in the treble clef, from the bottom to the top.
Then show children each of the notes on the wall. Sing song, indicating which line to run to each time you sing through.

With Kid Rock, test knowledge on music carpet after playing the game by grabbing an egg shaker and placing it on the lines, prompt students if they need help by counting up each line using Every Good Boy Does Fine.

Every Good Boy Does Fine
that’s how we remember the lines
EGBDF in the treble clef
From the bottom to the top until we stop
Every Good Boy Does Fine,
Will you touch the “E” line

Activity Instructions:

Use puppet to sing song to children.

Ruff Ruff Ruff said my little brown dog
I wanna come out and play
Ruff Ruff Ruff said my little brown dog
as he waggled his tail away

Ruff ruff said my dog, as he dug for a bone,
Ruff Ruff, what can I go fetch ?
Ruff Ruff, said my dog, as he ran for a hug
Ruff Ruff, what can I go catch?

Ruff Ruff Ruff said my little brown dog
I wanna come out and play
Ruff Ruff Ruff said my little brown dog
as he waggled his tail away

Ruff ruff said my dog, as he looked for some food
Ruff Ruff, please it’s time to eat
Ruff Ruff, could I have some water too?
Ruff Ruff, could I have a treat?

Ruff Ruff Ruff said my little brown dog
I wanna come out and play
Ruff Ruff Ruff said my little brown dog
as he waggled his tail away

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 music while children enter the room. Allow them to play with an instrument you are not using later in the plan while 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:

Pass out castanets. Explore clicking with both hands. Then click the rhythm, with the words of the song.

Click click click the horses hooves
Running down the track

Click click the horses hooves
Run and don’t turn back

Quick quick quick, set the pace
run, run, run, win the race

Click Click Click the horses hooves
Running down the track

Activity Instructions:

Invite everyone to stand up for the song. Practice clapping, stomping, then show them “robot moves”
Then start song.

C’mon and clap your hands with me x4
C’mon and jump along with me x 4
Do the Robot
(repeats x3 with longer Robot section on end)

Activity Instructions:

Ask students if they are able to tell you the name of animals or bugs beginning with the letter F. Help them to guess frog, fish, fox, and fly, and talk about their spelling as they guess each one. Then sing the song.

There was a Farmer had a frog
and FROG it was his name-o
FROG Frog, FROG Frog, FROG Frog
and FROG it was his name-frog
no, that’s not right? Hmm…

There was a farmer had a fish
and fish it was his name-o
FISH fish, FISH fish, FISH fish
and fish it was his name Fish!

There was a farmer had a fox
and fox it was his name-o
FOX that’s fox x3
and fox it was his name-o

There was a famer had a fly
and fly it was his name-o
FLY that’s fly x3
and fox it was his name-o

Activity Instructions:

Pass out microphones, and sing some of the children’s favorite songs.

In Baby Rock, sing the song using the words.
In Tot and Kid Rock, proceed to solfege. Introduce solfege, singing syllables from Do-Sol-Do. Be silly and repeat the Do on the end. Then sing the song a little bit at a time using solfege syllables, having parents and children repeat the phrase. Finish by singing the song with the words.

Sol La Sol Fa Mi Fa Sol
Re Mi Fa Mi Fa Sol
Sol La Sol Fa Mi Fa Sol
Re Sol Mi Do

London Bridge is falling down
falling down, falling down
London Bridge is falling down
My Fair Lady

Activity Instructions:

Pass out bells. Call out each of the colors, and have children ring the bell. (If they are ringing out of turn, try to have the children put bells on the ground in between rings, which will mute the sound.) Then play the song several times through, switching bell colors in between.

GGE AGE – Turquoise Turquoise Yellow Blue Turquoise Yellow – Ring Around the Rosie
EGGE AGE – Yellow Turquoise Turquoise Yellow Blue Turquoise Yellow – A pocket full of posies
GE GE – Turquoise Yellow Turquoise Yellow – Ashes ashes
EGG C – Yellow Turquoise Turquoise Red – We all fall down

Activity Instructions:

Make sure to print the printable before class – and practice this one. This is a representational composing activity. Point to a picture, and sing the short melody associated with each picture. Then have the children point, and sing the matching melody for what they point to. They are composing the melody based on what picture they point to.

Elephant  – do do do
Panda Bear – do re mi
Lion – do sol
Tiger – do mi
Zebra – do fa

Activity Instructions:

Pass out playground balls. Explore tapping the ball, rolling the ball side to side, bouncing on top of the ball, and rolling to a friend.
Then start song and follow directions in song.

I am tapping, tapping on my ball
I am tapping, tapping on my ball
Fast as fast can be tap the ball with me
I am tapping tapping on my ball

I am rolling, rolling side to side
I am rolling, rolling side to side
Fast as fast can be, roll the ball with me
I am rolling rolling side to side

I am bouncing, bouncing up and down
I am bouncing, bouncing up and down
Fast as fast can be, bounce on the ball with me
I am bouncing bouncing up and down

I am rolling, rolling to a friend
I am rolling rolling to a friend
Fast as fast can be, roll the ball with me
I am rolling, rolling to a friend

Activity Instructions:

Pass out scarves, and have children bounce, dance, etc.

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 repeat after you “Every Good Boy Does Fine” EGBDF are the notes in the treble clef, from the bottom to the top.
Then show children each of the notes on the wall. Sing song, indicating which line to run to each time you sing through.

With Kid Rock, test knowledge on music carpet after playing the game by grabbing an egg shaker and placing it on the lines, prompt students if they need help by counting up each line using Every Good Boy Does Fine.

Every Good Boy Does Fine
that’s how we remember the lines
EGBDF in the treble clef
From the bottom to the top until we stop
Every Good Boy Does Fine,
Will you touch the “E” line

Activity Instructions:

Use puppet to sing song to children.

Ruff Ruff Ruff said my little brown dog
I wanna come out and play
Ruff Ruff Ruff said my little brown dog
as he waggled his tail away

Ruff ruff said my dog, as he dug for a bone,
Ruff Ruff, what can I go fetch ?
Ruff Ruff, said my dog, as he ran for a hug
Ruff Ruff, what can I go catch?

Ruff Ruff Ruff said my little brown dog
I wanna come out and play
Ruff Ruff Ruff said my little brown dog
as he waggled his tail away

Ruff ruff said my dog, as he looked for some food
Ruff Ruff, please it’s time to eat
Ruff Ruff, could I have some water too?
Ruff Ruff, could I have a treat?

Ruff Ruff Ruff said my little brown dog
I wanna come out and play
Ruff Ruff Ruff said my little brown dog
as he waggled his tail away

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 music while children enter the room. Allow them to play with an instrument you are not using later in the plan while 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:

Pass out castanets. Explore clicking with both hands. Then click the rhythm, with the words of the song.

Click click click the horses hooves
Running down the track

Click click the horses hooves
Run and don’t turn back

Quick quick quick, set the pace
run, run, run, win the race

Click Click Click the horses hooves
Running down the track

Activity Instructions:

Pass out scarves, explore, playing peek-a-boo. Then sing song.

Peek-a-boo, Where are you?
Under cover, hiding under
Peek-a-boo (boo!) Peek-a-boo (boo!)

Activity Instructions:

Hang pictures on wall before class. Have children run and touch the yellow object you are singing about.

Yellow Things are all around
all around all around
Yellow things are all around, find me a

1. Lemon
2. Bananna
3. Rubber Duckie
4. School Bus
5. Scrambled eggs

Activity Instructions:

Invite everyone to stand up for the song. Practice clapping, stomping, then show them “robot moves”
Then start song.

C’mon and clap your hands with me x4
C’mon and jump along with me x 4
Do the Robot
(repeats x3 with longer Robot section on end)

Activity Instructions:

Pass out bells. Call out each of the colors, and have children ring the bell. (If they are ringing out of turn, try to have the children put bells on the ground in between rings, which will mute the sound.) Then play the song several times through, switching bell colors in between.

GGE AGE – Turquoise Turquoise Yellow Blue Turquoise Yellow – Ring Around the Rosie
EGGE AGE – Yellow Turquoise Turquoise Yellow Blue Turquoise Yellow – A pocket full of posies
GE GE – Turquoise Yellow Turquoise Yellow – Ashes ashes
EGG C – Yellow Turquoise Turquoise Red – We all fall down

Activity Instructions:

Pass out microphones, and sing some of the children’s favorite songs.

In Baby Rock, sing the song using the words.
In Tot and Kid Rock, proceed to solfege. Introduce solfege, singing syllables from Do-Sol-Do. Be silly and repeat the Do on the end. Then sing the song a little bit at a time using solfege syllables, having parents and children repeat the phrase. Finish by singing the song with the words.

Sol La Sol Fa Mi Fa Sol
Re Mi Fa Mi Fa Sol
Sol La Sol Fa Mi Fa Sol
Re Sol Mi Do

London Bridge is falling down
falling down, falling down
London Bridge is falling down
My Fair Lady

Activity Instructions:

Pass out playground balls. Explore tapping the ball, rolling the ball side to side, bouncing on top of the ball, and rolling to a friend.
Then start song and follow directions in song.

I am tapping, tapping on my ball
I am tapping, tapping on my ball
Fast as fast can be tap the ball with me
I am tapping tapping on my ball

I am rolling, rolling side to side
I am rolling, rolling side to side
Fast as fast can be, roll the ball with me
I am rolling rolling side to side

I am bouncing, bouncing up and down
I am bouncing, bouncing up and down
Fast as fast can be, bounce on the ball with me
I am bouncing bouncing up and down

I am rolling, rolling to a friend
I am rolling rolling to a friend
Fast as fast can be, roll the ball with me
I am rolling, rolling to a friend

Activity Instructions:

Pass out scarves, and have children bounce, dance, etc.

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:

Make sure to print the printable before class – and practice this one. This is a representational composing activity. Point to a picture, and sing the short melody associated with each picture. Then have the children point, and sing the matching melody for what they point to. They are composing the melody based on what picture they point to.

Elephant  – do do do
Panda Bear – do re mi
Lion – do sol
Tiger – do mi
Zebra – do fa

Activity Instructions:

Have children repeat after you “Every Good Boy Does Fine” EGBDF are the notes in the treble clef, from the bottom to the top.
Then show children each of the notes on the wall. Sing song, indicating which line to run to each time you sing through.

With Kid Rock, test knowledge on music carpet after playing the game by grabbing an egg shaker and placing it on the lines, prompt students if they need help by counting up each line using Every Good Boy Does Fine.

Every Good Boy Does Fine
that’s how we remember the lines
EGBDF in the treble clef
From the bottom to the top until we stop
Every Good Boy Does Fine,
Will you touch the “E” line

Activity Instructions:

Use puppet to sing song to children.

Ruff Ruff Ruff said my little brown dog
I wanna come out and play
Ruff Ruff Ruff said my little brown dog
as he waggled his tail away

Ruff ruff said my dog, as he dug for a bone,
Ruff Ruff, what can I go fetch ?
Ruff Ruff, said my dog, as he ran for a hug
Ruff Ruff, what can I go catch?

Ruff Ruff Ruff said my little brown dog
I wanna come out and play
Ruff Ruff Ruff said my little brown dog
as he waggled his tail away

Ruff ruff said my dog, as he looked for some food
Ruff Ruff, please it’s time to eat
Ruff Ruff, could I have some water too?
Ruff Ruff, could I have a treat?

Ruff Ruff Ruff said my little brown dog
I wanna come out and play
Ruff Ruff Ruff said my little brown dog
as he waggled his tail away

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 :|