Activity Instructions:

Play music as children are entering at the start of class.  Allow them to explore with an instrument as they come 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 hitting, shaking, and tapping the tambourine. Then sing and play song.

I am playing my tambourine
I am playing my tambourine
I am playing my tambourine
Playing my tambourine

V2) I am hitting my tambourine
V3) I am shaking my tambourine
V4) I am tapping my tambourine

Activity Instructions:

Children sit on lap and bounce with hand motions.

(bounce)
The submarine goes dip and dive
dip and dive
dip and dive
The submarine goes dip and dive
under the sea

(put palms together, move side to side)
Fish in the sea they swim on by
swim on by
swim on by
The fish in the sea they swim on by
under the sea

(wiggle arms side to side)
The octopus he wiggles his arms
wiggles his arms
wiggles his arms
The octopus he wiggles his arms
under the sea

(legs up and down)
The dolphins the jump up and under
up and under
up and under
The dolphins they jump
up and under
up and under the sea

(side to side, either sitting or lay on bellies on legs, swimming arms)
The divers swim side to side
side to side
side to side
The divers swim side to side
Underneath the sea

Activity Instructions:

Spread out objects, children must bring you something of the color you sing about. Use the colors of the objects you have.

I am looking for a color
I am looking for a color
I am looking for a color
Would you show me something red

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:

Introduce song to children. Have them practice bowing and spinning. Then play song waltzing. Repeat if desired.

Instrumental Verse (walk/waltz 123, 123)

SECTION A
123 123 Come now and waltz with me (continue)
Watch me as I take a bow (stop and take a bow)
123 123 Come now and waltz with me (walk/waltz 123, 123)
Watch me as I spin around (spin around)

SECTION B
123 123 Spinning so gracefully (freestyle)
Waltzing now in Section B
123 123 Spinning so gracefully
Come now and waltz with me

Instrumental Verse (walk/waltz 123, 123)

SECTION A
123 123 Come now and waltz with me (continue)
Watch me as I take a bow (stop and take a bow)
123 123 Come now and waltz with me (walk/waltz 123, 123)
Watch me as I spin around (spin around)

Activity Instructions:

Explore singing some of the children’s favorite songs, Then sing syllables. (use pitch pipe or keyboard as desired)
Do ti la sol la ti do do re me re do.

Sol Do Do
Re Mi Do Do
Ti La Re Re
Do Ti Sol Sol
Sol Do Do
Re Mi Do Do 
Do Re Re Do Ti Do

Activity Instructions:

Distribute Balls to children. Explore tapping with hands and feet, rolling, and rolling around selves. Then play song and follow directions.

I’m tapping on the ball, tapping on the ball
Tapping tapping, tapping with my hands

I’m tapping on the ball, tapping on the ball
Tapping tapping, tapping with my feet

Rolling to a friend, rolling to a friend
rolling rolling the ball to a friend

Roll the ball around me roll the ball around me
around, and around, and around around around

I’m passing to a friend, passing to a friend
Passing, Passing, Passing 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:

Get out small parachute, have children hold the edge. Raise parachute when the your singing gets louder, and lower when your singing gets softer. You can also bounce back and forth quickly between loud and soft. The movement helps the children hear and distinguish the concept of dynamics/crescendo/descrescendo.

Activity Instructions:

Ask children what animal you have. Introduce some of the facts in the lyrics, then sing song. Be playful with puppet swimming and waving arms, etc.

Hello Mr. Octopus, swimming in the sea
Thanks for coming to play with me!
Don’t get scared and squirt your ink
Or change your color to hide from me!

You have so many arms to swim and play
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
You have three hearts, and blue blood too!
Mr. Octopus it’s fun to play with you

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 as children are entering at the start of class.  Allow them to explore with an instrument as they come 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:

Introduce song to children. Have them practice bowing and spinning. Then play song waltzing. Repeat if desired.

Instrumental Verse (walk/waltz 123, 123)

SECTION A
123 123 Come now and waltz with me (continue)
Watch me as I take a bow (stop and take a bow)
123 123 Come now and waltz with me (walk/waltz 123, 123)
Watch me as I spin around (spin around)

SECTION B
123 123 Spinning so gracefully (freestyle)
Waltzing now in Section B
123 123 Spinning so gracefully
Come now and waltz with me

Instrumental Verse (walk/waltz 123, 123)

SECTION A
123 123 Come now and waltz with me (continue)
Watch me as I take a bow (stop and take a bow)
123 123 Come now and waltz with me (walk/waltz 123, 123)
Watch me as I spin around (spin around)

Activity Instructions:

Talk to children about letter O words in the song, have them point out the letter O on the alphabet chart. The sing song, have children use their hands to tap the beat.

Olive the Otter climbed Onto the Oak Tree
to look for the Ocean blue
Olive the Otter climbed Off Of me
and she climbed Onto you.

Activity Instructions:

Explore singing some of the children’s favorite songs, Then sing syllables. (use pitch pipe or keyboard as desired)
Do ti la sol la ti do do re me re do.

Sol Do Do
Re Mi Do Do
Ti La Re Re
Do Ti Sol Sol
Sol Do Do
Re Mi Do Do 
Do Re Re Do Ti Do

Activity Instructions:

Pass out Handbells. Allow children to explore hitting them on the ground freely. Then ask them to only hit when you cue them by pointing or calling out the color of the handbell. Have children play song several times through. Switch colors and repeat, if desired, depending upon time.

C-FFFFF
G-AAAAA
A-CCC
CC-AF
G-AA-GG-F

Activity Instructions:

Distribute Balls to children. Explore tapping with hands and feet, rolling, and rolling around selves. Then play song and follow directions.

I’m tapping on the ball, tapping on the ball
Tapping tapping, tapping with my hands

I’m tapping on the ball, tapping on the ball
Tapping tapping, tapping with my feet

Rolling to a friend, rolling to a friend
rolling rolling the ball to a friend

Roll the ball around me roll the ball around me
around, and around, and around around around

I’m passing to a friend, passing to a friend
Passing, Passing, Passing 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:

Get out small parachute, have children hold the edge. Raise parachute when the your singing gets louder, and lower when your singing gets softer. You can also bounce back and forth quickly between loud and soft. The movement helps the children hear and distinguish the concept of dynamics/crescendo/descrescendo.

Activity Instructions:

Ask children what animal you have. Introduce some of the facts in the lyrics, then sing song. Be playful with puppet swimming and waving arms, etc.

Hello Mr. Octopus, swimming in the sea
Thanks for coming to play with me!
Don’t get scared and squirt your ink
Or change your color to hide from me!

You have so many arms to swim and play
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
You have three hearts, and blue blood too!
Mr. Octopus it’s fun to play with you

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 as children are entering at the start of class.  Allow them to explore with an instrument as they come 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:

Distribute scarves. Explore putting over head, then pulling off saying boo. Allow children to do the same with you. Then sing the song,

I am looking for my friends,
for my friends,
for my friends,
I am looking for my friends,
Oh where did my friends go? BOO!

There they are I found my friends,
found my friends, found my friends,
There they are I found my friends,
Peek-a-boo! Hello!

Activity Instructions:

Spread out objects, children must bring you something of the color you sing about. Use the colors of the objects you have.

I am looking for a color
I am looking for a color
I am looking for a color
Would you show me something red

Activity Instructions:

Introduce song to children. Have them practice bowing and spinning. Then play song waltzing. Repeat if desired.

Instrumental Verse (walk/waltz 123, 123)

SECTION A
123 123 Come now and waltz with me (continue)
Watch me as I take a bow (stop and take a bow)
123 123 Come now and waltz with me (walk/waltz 123, 123)
Watch me as I spin around (spin around)

SECTION B
123 123 Spinning so gracefully (freestyle)
Waltzing now in Section B
123 123 Spinning so gracefully
Come now and waltz with me

Instrumental Verse (walk/waltz 123, 123)

SECTION A
123 123 Come now and waltz with me (continue)
Watch me as I take a bow (stop and take a bow)
123 123 Come now and waltz with me (walk/waltz 123, 123)
Watch me as I spin around (spin around)

Activity Instructions:

Pass out Handbells. Allow children to explore hitting them on the ground freely. Then ask them to only hit when you cue them by pointing or calling out the color of the handbell. Have children play song several times through. Switch colors and repeat, if desired, depending upon time.

C-FFFFF
G-AAAAA
A-CCC
CC-AF
G-AA-GG-F

Activity Instructions:

Explore singing some of the children’s favorite songs, Then sing syllables. (use pitch pipe or keyboard as desired)
Do ti la sol la ti do do re me re do.

Sol Do Do
Re Mi Do Do
Ti La Re Re
Do Ti Sol Sol
Sol Do Do
Re Mi Do Do 
Do Re Re Do Ti Do

Activity Instructions:

Distribute Balls to children. Explore tapping with hands and feet, rolling, and rolling around selves. Then play song and follow directions.

I’m tapping on the ball, tapping on the ball
Tapping tapping, tapping with my hands

I’m tapping on the ball, tapping on the ball
Tapping tapping, tapping with my feet

Rolling to a friend, rolling to a friend
rolling rolling the ball to a friend

Roll the ball around me roll the ball around me
around, and around, and around around around

I’m passing to a friend, passing to a friend
Passing, Passing, Passing 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:

Get out small parachute, have children hold the edge. Raise parachute when the your singing gets louder, and lower when your singing gets softer. You can also bounce back and forth quickly between loud and soft. The movement helps the children hear and distinguish the concept of dynamics/crescendo/descrescendo.

Activity Instructions:

Ask children what animal you have. Introduce some of the facts in the lyrics, then sing song. Be playful with puppet swimming and waving arms, etc.

Hello Mr. Octopus, swimming in the sea
Thanks for coming to play with me!
Don’t get scared and squirt your ink
Or change your color to hide from me!

You have so many arms to swim and play
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
You have three hearts, and blue blood too!
Mr. Octopus it’s fun to play with you

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 :|