Family Rock

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  • Baby Rock Hello

    CASIO-SA-77:
    Pattern 01, Tempo 5


    Activity Instructions:

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

    Lyrics:

    I’m gonna rock rock rock with with my baby
    Rock, rock rock with my baby
    Rock, rock rock with my baby
    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

  • Song w/Instrument: Castanet Scale

    Equipment:

    Activity Instructions:

    Pass out castanets. Allow children to explore clicking with one hand, the other hand, and both hands along with the rhythm of the words.

    Lyrics:

    Click click click my castanet
    Click click click my castanet
    Click click click my castanet
    Click my castanet

    Chomp chomp chomp my castanet
    Chomp chomp chomp my castanet
    Chomp chomp chomp my castanet
    Chomp my castanet

    Talking with my castanet x4

    (1234555 5432111
    1234565 54321)

  • Peek-a-boo: 123, You can’t see me

    Equipment:

    Activity Instructions:

    Have children practice hiding behind hands and opening them like a door on the word “boo.” Then sing through song.

    Lyrics:

    123, you can’t see me,
    hiding behind my hands – boo! x2
    I23, you can’t see me, (peek right)
    I23, you can’t see me, (peek left)
    123, you can’t see me,
    hiding behind my hands – boo!

  • Color or Shape Song: Letter A – A Silly Song-Story

    Activity Instructions:

    Show the children a picture of the letter A. Talk about the things in the song story that start with the Letter A: apple, ant, archer, arrow, alphabet, alligator, then sing the silly story several times.

    Lyrics:

    The ARCHER he AIMED with his ARROW
    For an APPLE on top of my head
    But I shook and I shook ’cause that ARROW was scary
    and down fell my APPLE instead

    Then ANTS who were carrying french fries
    while singing the ALPHABET SONG
    They put down their french fries to lift up my APPLE
    ANOTHER friend, He came along

    Chomp chomp went my friend ALLIGATOR
    Well, it looks like no APPLES for me.
    The ‘gator he snuck in and ATE my poor APPLE
    It’s now in the ‘gators belly.

  • Body Awareness: FINGER PLAY: 5 Days of Christmas

    Activity Instructions:

    Teacher use printable. Look through the printable pictures, talk about what each of the first five are. Teacher point to the pictures, but parents and children should use their fingers to count as we go through the song. We are intentionally only going up to five. Feel free to repeat and count on one hand then the other hand.

    Lyrics:

    On the first day of Christmas
    my true love gave to me:
    A Partridge in a Pear Tree

    On the second day of Christmas
    my true love gave to me:
    Two Turtle Doves
    and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

    On the third day of Christmas
    my true love gave to me:
    Three French Hens
    Two Turtle Doves
    and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

    On the fourth day of Christmas
    my true love gave to me:
    Four Calling Birds
    Three French Hens
    Two Turtle Doves
    and a Partridge in a Pear Tree1

    On the fifth day of Christmas
    my true love gave to me:
    Five Golden Rings
    Four Calling Birds
    Three French Hens
    Two Turtle Doves
    and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

    Historical information:

    “The Twelve Days of Christmas” is an English Christmas carol that enumerates in the manner of a cumulative song a series of increasingly grand gifts given on each of the twelve days of Christmas (the twelve days after Christmas). The song, published in England in 1780 without music as a chant or rhyme, is thought to be French in origin.The standard tune now associated with it is derived from a 1909 arrangement of a traditional folk melody by English composer Frederic Austin, who first introduced the now familiar prolongation of the verse “five gold rings”. [from Wikipedia] The time signature of this song is not constant.


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  • Solfege Song: Row Your Boat

    Activity Instructions:

    Hand out microphones. Say hello to each of the kids. Ask the children what songs they would like to sing.
    Then transition into solfege. Have them sing Do, Re, Mi Fa, Sol, Fa, Mi, Re, then Do (repeat several times, be silly)
    Sing syllables one phrase at a time, repeat phrase with parents.
    Afterwards, sing song on words.

    Lyrics:

    Do, Do, Do Re Me – 11123
    Mi Re Mi Fa Sol  – 32345
    Do Do Do Sol Sol Sol Mi Mi Mi Do Do Do  – 888 555 333 111
    Sol Fa Mi Re Do  – 54321

     

  • Song w/Ball: 123, Roll the Ball

    Equipment:

    Activity Instructions:

    Pair up students, then allow children to practice rolling the ball, then begin song. Depending upon age and ability level, see if children can roll the ball to their partner when you say “roll” in the song. Repeat several times. With a small class, you might sit in a circle and play with everyone instead of pairing off.

    Lyrics:

    One Two Three
    Roll the ball to me
    One Two
    I roll the ball to you

    One two three
    Roll the ball to me
    One Two
    I roll the ball to you.

  • World Music Dance: Africa – He Lives in You from Lion King- African Tribal Music

    Activity Instructions:

    Pass out scarves for children to dance with

  • Baby Rock Exploration

    Activity Instructions:

    Dump a variety bucket of instruments out for children to play with. Allow them to explore and try different instruments. Please make sure there is nothing sharp or swallowable. Teacher’s choice on 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!

  • Musical Composition Activity: Bean Bag Notation

    Activity Instructions:

    Have children throw the bean bags onto the music carpet, or staff lines taped onto the floor.
    Play the notes of the melody they create on the keyboard or xylophone.

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  • Puppet: Caterpillar, Chrysalis, Butterfly

    Activity Instructions:

    Talk about the life cycle of the butterfly. Then sing the song, using puppet and transforming it as you go from caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly. At the end of the song,  give butterfly kisses as desired.

    Lyrics:

    Caterpillar caterpillar grows and eats
    grows and eats lots of leaves
    caterpillar, caterpillar grows and eats
    grows and eats and eats lots of leaves
    Caterpillar caterpillar grows and eats
    He eats and eats lots of leaves

    The caterpillar hides in a chrysalis
    hides inside just like this
    The caterpillar hides in a chrysalis
    hides inside just like this
    The caterpillar hides in a chrysalis
    and undergoes metaphorphasis
     
    Then out pops a beautiful butterfly
    butterfly, butterfly
    Then out pops a beautiful butterfly
    butterfly, butterfly
    Then out pops a beautiful butterfly
    who flies and flies in the sky

  • Goodbye Song

    CASIO-SA-77:
    Pattern 12, Tempo 8


    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.

    Lyrics:

    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 :|