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:

Twinkle Twinkle little bat
How I wonder where you’re at
Up above the cave so high
Like a petri in the sky
Twinkle Twinkle little bat
How I wonder where you’re at

Activity Instructions:

Pass out echo microphones. Have children explore speaking into 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.

Sol Sol Mi La Sol Mi
Sol Sol Mi La Sol Mi
Sol Mi Sol Mi Mi Sol Sol Do

Ring around the Rosie
a pocket full of posies
ashes, ashes, we all fall down.

Activity Instructions:

Pass out playground balls, allow children to explore rolling and tapping them. Model tapping with hands and feet, and holding ball in between knees to tap. Then introduce song.

Roll the ball side to side,
Roll the ball side to side,
in my arpeggio song (repeat)

2) Roll the Ball up your legs
3) Roll the Ball ‘Round Yourself
4) Roll the ball to a friend

Activity Instructions:

Pegate is a Puerto Rican Plena dance song by Ricky Martin.  Grab some scarves and dance to the song!
Try to use the same dance moves the same time you do each of the different parts of the song.

Song form:

• Intro
• Verse
• Chorus
• Instrumental
• Verse 2
• Chorus
• Instrumental
• Bridge
• Chorus
• Instrumental
• Drum break/Ending

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 variation on redlight greenlight. The teacher will stand on the opposite side of the room from the students. The students should walk to you while you are conducting and singing any children’s song of your choice, and then stop when you indicate a cutoff, by freezing with both hands in closed fists. When you resume the song, keep going wherever you paused in the song.

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:

Show the children a picture of the letter R and talk about the sound it makes. Then prompt the children to guess the things that start with the letter R in the song. Sing several times while tapping the beat.

Little Red Rabbit Ran down the Road
through the Roses, to a big Red Rocket
Little Red Rabbit, Rode a Rocket in the Rain
To the Robot at the Rock by the Rainbow

Activity Instructions:

Pass out echo microphones. Have children explore speaking into 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.

Sol Sol Mi La Sol Mi
Sol Sol Mi La Sol Mi
Sol Mi Sol Mi Mi Sol Sol Do

Ring around the Rosie
a pocket full of posies
ashes, ashes, we all fall down.

Activity Instructions:

Pass out boomwhackers. Explore hitting them on the ground. Then have children hit colors from the bottom to the top and back down, using only the notes in the song.  Then cue children to play song. If desired, swap colors and repeat.

C FFFFF GAAAAA
C8 CCC A F
GAAGGF

The Farmer in the Dell,
The Farmer in the Dell,
Hi-ho, the derry-o,
The farmer in the dell!

The Farmer takes a Wife…
The Wife takes a Child…
The Child takes a Cow …
Cow takes a Pig…
Pig takes a Dog…
Dog takes a Cat…
Cat takes a Mouse…
Mouse takes the Cheese…
The Cheese stands alone.

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 playground balls, allow children to explore rolling and tapping them. Model tapping with hands and feet, and holding ball in between knees to tap. Then introduce song.

Roll the ball side to side,
Roll the ball side to side,
in my arpeggio song (repeat)

2) Roll the Ball up your legs
3) Roll the Ball ‘Round Yourself
4) Roll the ball to a friend

Activity Instructions:

Pegate is a Puerto Rican Plena dance song by Ricky Martin.  Grab some scarves and dance to the song!
Try to use the same dance moves the same time you do each of the different parts of the song.

Song form:

• Intro
• Verse
• Chorus
• Instrumental
• Verse 2
• Chorus
• Instrumental
• Bridge
• Chorus
• Instrumental
• Drum break/Ending

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 variation on redlight greenlight. The teacher will stand on the opposite side of the room from the students. The students should walk to you while you are conducting and singing any children’s song of your choice, and then stop when you indicate a cutoff, by freezing with both hands in closed fists. When you resume the song, keep going wherever you paused in the song.

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.

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:

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

Peek a boo, where are you?
Hiding under there?
Peek a boo, I see you!
Hiding under there. Boo!

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:

Pass out boomwhackers. Explore hitting them on the ground. Then have children hit colors from the bottom to the top and back down, using only the notes in the song.  Then cue children to play song. If desired, swap colors and repeat.

C FFFFF GAAAAA
C8 CCC A F
GAAGGF

The Farmer in the Dell,
The Farmer in the Dell,
Hi-ho, the derry-o,
The farmer in the dell!

The Farmer takes a Wife…
The Wife takes a Child…
The Child takes a Cow …
Cow takes a Pig…
Pig takes a Dog…
Dog takes a Cat…
Cat takes a Mouse…
Mouse takes the Cheese…
The Cheese stands alone.

Activity Instructions:

Pass out echo microphones. Have children explore speaking into 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.

Sol Sol Mi La Sol Mi
Sol Sol Mi La Sol Mi
Sol Mi Sol Mi Mi Sol Sol Do

Ring around the Rosie
a pocket full of posies
ashes, ashes, we all fall down.

Activity Instructions:

Pass out playground balls, allow children to explore rolling and tapping them. Model tapping with hands and feet, and holding ball in between knees to tap. Then introduce song.

Roll the ball side to side,
Roll the ball side to side,
in my arpeggio song (repeat)

2) Roll the Ball up your legs
3) Roll the Ball ‘Round Yourself
4) Roll the ball to a friend

Activity Instructions:

Pegate is a Puerto Rican Plena dance song by Ricky Martin.  Grab some scarves and dance to the song!
Try to use the same dance moves the same time you do each of the different parts of the song.

Song form:

• Intro
• Verse
• Chorus
• Instrumental
• Verse 2
• Chorus
• Instrumental
• Bridge
• Chorus
• Instrumental
• Drum break/Ending

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 variation on redlight greenlight. The teacher will stand on the opposite side of the room from the students. The students should walk to you while you are conducting and singing any children’s song of your choice, and then stop when you indicate a cutoff, by freezing with both hands in closed fists. When you resume the song, keep going wherever you paused in the song.

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 :|