Activity Instructions:

Play song as children are entering class.

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:

Use an instrument of your choice, explore the different things you can do with it, then use it to keep the beat while singing the song.

Three black cats
Three black cats
See how they run
See how the run
They chase their tail when it’s light
Meow and meow all through the night
Have you ever seen such a sight in your life
as three black cats
three black cats

Activity Instructions:

Have grownups sit children in their lap. Introduce the lap ride. Go up the spout and down the spout wash out by tipping to the side.
Then start music, repeat if desired.

The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout
Down came the rain and washed the spider out
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain
And the itsy bitsy spider went up the spout again

The itsy bitsy spider is dancing in his web
The itsy bitsy spider is rockin’ with the band
The itsy bitsy spider is playin’ his guitar
The itsy bitsy spider’s makin’ music for us all

The great big giant spider went up the water spout
Down came the rain and washed the spider out
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain
And the great big giant spider went up the spout again

The great big giant spider is dancing in his web
The great big giant spider is rockin’ with the band
The great big giant spider is playin’ his guitar
The great big giant spider’s makin’ music for us all

Activity Instructions:

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

(to the tune of Farmer in the Dell)

BAT | PUMPKIN | GHOST | CAT

I’m looking for a ______
I’m looking for a ______
I am looking for a ______
I’m looking for a ______

Activity Instructions:

Use an instrument of your choice, explore the different things you can do with it, then use it to keep the beat while singing the song.

One little, two little, three little pumpkins
Four little, five little, six little pumpkins
Seven little, eight little, nine little pumpkins
Ten little Halloween Pumpkins

Activity Instructions:

For the body awareness song today, tell the kids that you are going to go flying. Ask them to name some things that fly… today we are going to be an airplane (show airplane arms), a bird (show flapping wings), a rocket ship (stand straight and tall and jump into the air), and a leaf (spin and twirl in a circle). Repeat song several times.

I’m fly-ing fly-ing through the sky
Fly-ing fly-ing way up high
Fly-ing fly-ing through the sky
Fly-ing way up high

Arms out straight and glide a-long
Arms out straight and glide a-long
Arms out straight and glide a-long
Glide like an air-plane

I flap my wings like a bird
Flap my wings like a bird
Flap my wings like a bird
Fly like a bird

Feet to-get-her and jump up high
Feet to-get-her and jump up high
Feet to-get-her and jump up high
Blast off like a rock-et

Spin and twirl like a fall-ing leaf
Spin and twirl like a fall-ing leaf
Spin and twirl like a fall-ing leaf
Fall-ing from the trees

Activity Instructions:

Pass out echo microphones. Have children explore speaking in the top of them. Then ask for some of the classes favorite songs and sing them.
Have the children echo solfege syllables, Do-Sol ascending and descending one syllable at a time.
Teach the song by singing the syllables a little bit at a time and have children echo back. Then sing the song with regular lyrics.

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

Twinkle Twinkle Little Bat
How I wonder where you’re at
Up above the cave so high
Like a tea tray in the sky
Twinkle Twinkle Little Bat
How I wonder where you’re at

Activity Instructions:

Pass out balls to children, explore tapping, rolling, etc. Then introduce song, following directions in lyrics. Repeat several times.

I’m tapping on my ball today [tap on ball]
I’m Tapping on my ball
I’m tapping on my ball today
until you holler STOP!

I hold my hands so very still
I hold my hands so still
I hold my hand so very still
until you holler GO!

I’m tapping on my ball today,  [sing and tap super fast!]
I’m tapping super fast,
I’m tapping on my ball today,
until you holler holler SLOW!

I’m tapping on my ball today,  [slow tempo slow taps]
I’m tapping very slow,
I’m tapping on my ball today,
until we say no more!

Activity Instructions:

Pass out scarves, and have children bounce and dance to the music. This is a Columbian Song.

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:

This is a dancing/listening game… children dance while music is playing, but have to freeze when the music stops.
If you’d like to add more movement, you can stop or clap on “they did the mash” in the choruses.

Activity Instructions:

Use any Halloween puppet to sing song.

I am going trick or treat
Trick or treat
trick or treat
I am going trick or treat
with my family

I am going trick or treat,
trick or treat,
trick or treat
Wear your costume, come with me!
Happy Halloween

I am going trick or treat,
trick or treat,
trick or treat
May I have some candy please?
Happy Halloween

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 as children are entering class.

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:

Use an instrument of your choice, explore the different things you can do with it, then use it to keep the beat while singing the song.

One little, two little, three little pumpkins
Four little, five little, six little pumpkins
Seven little, eight little, nine little pumpkins
Ten little Halloween Pumpkins

Activity Instructions:

For the body awareness song today, tell the kids that you are going to go flying. Ask them to name some things that fly… today we are going to be an airplane (show airplane arms), a bird (show flapping wings), a rocket ship (stand straight and tall and jump into the air), and a leaf (spin and twirl in a circle). Repeat song several times.

I’m fly-ing fly-ing through the sky
Fly-ing fly-ing way up high
Fly-ing fly-ing through the sky
Fly-ing way up high

Arms out straight and glide a-long
Arms out straight and glide a-long
Arms out straight and glide a-long
Glide like an air-plane

I flap my wings like a bird
Flap my wings like a bird
Flap my wings like a bird
Fly like a bird

Feet to-get-her and jump up high
Feet to-get-her and jump up high
Feet to-get-her and jump up high
Blast off like a rock-et

Spin and twirl like a fall-ing leaf
Spin and twirl like a fall-ing leaf
Spin and twirl like a fall-ing leaf
Fall-ing from the trees

Activity Instructions:

This song teaches how to spell Halloween. :)

There is a holiday where we dress up and trick or treat
HALLO WEE and N
HALLO WEE and N

(to the tune of BINGO)

Activity Instructions:

Pass out echo microphones. Have children explore speaking in the top of them. Then ask for some of the classes favorite songs and sing them.
Have the children echo solfege syllables, Do-Sol ascending and descending one syllable at a time.
Teach the song by singing the syllables a little bit at a time and have children echo back. Then sing the song with regular lyrics.

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

Twinkle Twinkle Little Bat
How I wonder where you’re at
Up above the cave so high
Like a tea tray in the sky
Twinkle Twinkle Little Bat
How I wonder where you’re at

Activity Instructions:

Pass out Handbells. Allow children to explore shaking them. Then ask them to only shake when you cue them by pointing or calling out the color of the handbell. Practice muting on the ground when they are not playing. Have children play song several times through. Switch colors and repeat, if desired, depending upon time.

CCCC D EEE DCDEC
EEFGG FEFGE
CCD EE DCDEC
CCCC D EEE DCDEC

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.

Halloween Pictures
Pumpkin  – do do do do
Black Bat – do fa do fa
Black Cat – do sol do sol
Skeleton – Sol Fa Mi Fa Mi Re
Candy – Do Re Do Re 

Activity Instructions:

Pass out balls to children, explore tapping, rolling, etc. Then introduce song, following directions in lyrics. Repeat several times.

I’m tapping on my ball today [tap on ball]
I’m Tapping on my ball
I’m tapping on my ball today
until you holler STOP!

I hold my hands so very still
I hold my hands so still
I hold my hand so very still
until you holler GO!

I’m tapping on my ball today,  [sing and tap super fast!]
I’m tapping super fast,
I’m tapping on my ball today,
until you holler holler SLOW!

I’m tapping on my ball today,  [slow tempo slow taps]
I’m tapping very slow,
I’m tapping on my ball today,
until we say no more!

Activity Instructions:

Pass out scarves, and have children bounce and dance to the music. This is a Columbian Song.

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:

This is a dancing/listening game… children dance while music is playing, but have to freeze when the music stops.
If you’d like to add more movement, you can stop or clap on “they did the mash” in the choruses.

Activity Instructions:

Use any Halloween puppet to sing song.

I am going trick or treat
Trick or treat
trick or treat
I am going trick or treat
with my family

I am going trick or treat,
trick or treat,
trick or treat
Wear your costume, come with me!
Happy Halloween

I am going trick or treat,
trick or treat,
trick or treat
May I have some candy please?
Happy Halloween

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 as children are entering class.

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:

Use an instrument of your choice, explore the different things you can do with it, then use it to keep the beat while singing the song.

Three black cats
Three black cats
See how they run
See how the run
They chase their tail when it’s light
Meow and meow all through the night
Have you ever seen such a sight in your life
as three black cats
three black cats

Activity Instructions:

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

All my little monsters,
All my little monsters,
hiding, hiding,
playing peek-a-boo, boo!
(to the tune of ring around the rosie)

Activity Instructions:

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

(to the tune of Farmer in the Dell)

BAT | PUMPKIN | GHOST | CAT

I’m looking for a ______
I’m looking for a ______
I am looking for a ______
I’m looking for a ______

Activity Instructions:

For the body awareness song today, tell the kids that you are going to go flying. Ask them to name some things that fly… today we are going to be an airplane (show airplane arms), a bird (show flapping wings), a rocket ship (stand straight and tall and jump into the air), and a leaf (spin and twirl in a circle). Repeat song several times.

I’m fly-ing fly-ing through the sky
Fly-ing fly-ing way up high
Fly-ing fly-ing through the sky
Fly-ing way up high

Arms out straight and glide a-long
Arms out straight and glide a-long
Arms out straight and glide a-long
Glide like an air-plane

I flap my wings like a bird
Flap my wings like a bird
Flap my wings like a bird
Fly like a bird

Feet to-get-her and jump up high
Feet to-get-her and jump up high
Feet to-get-her and jump up high
Blast off like a rock-et

Spin and twirl like a fall-ing leaf
Spin and twirl like a fall-ing leaf
Spin and twirl like a fall-ing leaf
Fall-ing from the trees

Activity Instructions:

Pass out Handbells. Allow children to explore shaking them. Then ask them to only shake when you cue them by pointing or calling out the color of the handbell. Practice muting on the ground when they are not playing. Have children play song several times through. Switch colors and repeat, if desired, depending upon time.

CCCC D EEE DCDEC
EEFGG FEFGE
CCD EE DCDEC
CCCC D EEE DCDEC

Activity Instructions:

Pass out echo microphones. Have children explore speaking in the top of them. Then ask for some of the classes favorite songs and sing them.
Have the children echo solfege syllables, Do-Sol ascending and descending one syllable at a time.
Teach the song by singing the syllables a little bit at a time and have children echo back. Then sing the song with regular lyrics.

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

Twinkle Twinkle Little Bat
How I wonder where you’re at
Up above the cave so high
Like a tea tray in the sky
Twinkle Twinkle Little Bat
How I wonder where you’re at

Activity Instructions:

Pass out balls to children, explore tapping, rolling, etc. Then introduce song, following directions in lyrics. Repeat several times.

I’m tapping on my ball today [tap on ball]
I’m Tapping on my ball
I’m tapping on my ball today
until you holler STOP!

I hold my hands so very still
I hold my hands so still
I hold my hand so very still
until you holler GO!

I’m tapping on my ball today,  [sing and tap super fast!]
I’m tapping super fast,
I’m tapping on my ball today,
until you holler holler SLOW!

I’m tapping on my ball today,  [slow tempo slow taps]
I’m tapping very slow,
I’m tapping on my ball today,
until we say no more!

Activity Instructions:

Pass out scarves, and have children bounce and dance to the music. This is a Columbian Song.

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.

Halloween Pictures
Pumpkin  – do do do do
Black Bat – do fa do fa
Black Cat – do sol do sol
Skeleton – Sol Fa Mi Fa Mi Re
Candy – Do Re Do Re 

Activity Instructions:

This is a dancing/listening game… children dance while music is playing, but have to freeze when the music stops.
If you’d like to add more movement, you can stop or clap on “they did the mash” in the choruses.

Activity Instructions:

Use any Halloween puppet to sing song.

I am going trick or treat
Trick or treat
trick or treat
I am going trick or treat
with my family

I am going trick or treat,
trick or treat,
trick or treat
Wear your costume, come with me!
Happy Halloween

I am going trick or treat,
trick or treat,
trick or treat
May I have some candy please?
Happy Halloween

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 :|