Tot Rock

• Coming in Classical: Bach – Brandenburg Concerto #6

  Activity Instructions:

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

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• Kid Rock Hello Song

  

  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 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

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• Song w/Instrument: Playing my Tambourine

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Explore hitting, shaking, and tapping the tambourine. Then sing and play song.

  Lyrics:
  

  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

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• Lapride: Under the Sea

  Activity Instructions:

  Children sit on lap and bounce with hand motions.

  Lyrics:
  

  (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

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• Color or Shape Song w/Instrument: I am looking for a COLOR

  Activity Instructions:

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

  Lyrics:
  

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

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• Song w/Instrument: See the Bell

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Explore shaking, tapping, hiding the bell. Then sing song while performing the activities.

  Lyrics:
  

  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

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• Body Awareness: 123 123, Waltz with Me

  Activity Instructions:

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

  Lyrics:
  

  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)

   

   

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• Solfege Song: Muffin Man

  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.

  Lyrics:
  

  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

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• Song w/Ball: Ring Around the Ball Song

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

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

  Lyrics:
  

  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

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• World Music Dance: Maritius – Li Tourner – DJ Assad – Sega

  Activity Instructions:

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

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• Musical Exploration

  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!

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• Musical Game: Crescendo Decrescendo Parachute Shake

  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.

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• Puppet: Hello Mr. Octopus

  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.

  Lyrics:
  

  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

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• 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 :|

Kid Rock

• Coming In Classical: Bach – Brandenburg Concerto #6

  Activity Instructions:

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

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• Kid Rock Hello Song

  

  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 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

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• Song w/Instrument: See the Bell

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Explore shaking, tapping, hiding the bell. Then sing song while performing the activities.

  Lyrics:
  

  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

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• Body Awareness: 123 123, Waltz with Me

  Activity Instructions:

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

  Lyrics:
  

  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)

   

   

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• Alphabet Song w/Instrument: Letter O – Olive the Otter

  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.

  Lyrics:
  

  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.

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• Solfege Song: Muffin Man

  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.

  Lyrics:
  

  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

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• Song w/Pitched Instrument: Noble Duke of York

  Equipment:
  

  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.

  Lyrics:
  

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

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• Composing Activity: NOT YET ADDED
  Content Not Yet Added

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• Song w/Ball: Ring Around the Ball Song

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

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

  Lyrics:
  

  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

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• World Music Dance: Maritius – Li Tourner – DJ Assad – Sega

  Activity Instructions:

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

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• Musical Exploration

  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!

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• Musical Game: Crescendo Decrescendo Parachute Shake

  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.

---

• Puppet: Hello Mr. Octopus

  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.

  Lyrics:
  

  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

---

• 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 :|

Family Rock

• Coming In Classical: Bach – Brandenburg Concerto #6

  Activity Instructions:

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

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• Family Rock Hello Song

  

  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 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

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• Song w/Instrument: See the Bell

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Explore shaking, tapping, hiding the bell. Then sing song while performing the activities.

  Lyrics:
  

  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

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• Peek-a-boo: Peek a boo Mary

  Equipment:
  

  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,

  Lyrics:
  

  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!

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• Color or Shape Song: I am looking for a COLOR

  Activity Instructions:

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

  Lyrics:
  

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

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• Body Awareness: 123 123, Waltz with Me

  Activity Instructions:

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

  Lyrics:
  

  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)

   

   

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• Song w/Pitched Instrument: Noble Duke of York

  Equipment:
  

  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.

  Lyrics:
  

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

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• Solfege Song: Muffin Man

  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.

  Lyrics:
  

  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

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• Song w/Ball: Ring Around the Ball Song

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

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

  Lyrics:
  

  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

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• World Music Dance: Maritius – Li Tourner – DJ Assad – Sega

  Activity Instructions:

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

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• Musical Exploration

  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!

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• Musical Composition Activity: NOT YET ADDED
  Content Not Yet Added

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• Musical Game: Crescendo Decrescendo Parachute Shake

  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.

---

• Puppet: Hello Mr. Octopus

  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.

  Lyrics:
  

  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

---

• 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 :|