Tot Rock

• Coming in Classical: Tchaikovsky – March, from The Nutcracker

  Activity Instructions:

  Play music as children are coming in. Give children an instrument we are not using, such as shakers or maracas, to play during the song.

  Historical information:

  The Nutcracker is a 2-act Russian Ballet. Although the original production was not a success, the complete Nutcracker has enjoyed enormous popularity since the late 1960s, and is now performed by countless ballet companies, primarily during the Christmas season, especially in North America. Major American ballet companies generate around 40 percent of their annual ticket revenues from performances of The Nutcracker.

  
  

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• Tot 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 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

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• Song w/Instrument: Jingle Bells

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out cage bells to students. Explore shaking and tapping on ground, shake with one hand, pass to the other hand. Then sing song through, keep beat with bells on verses and choruses, try matching rhythms to what is sung on the word” jin-gle bells” in the choruses.

  Lyrics:
  

  CHORUS
  Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way
  Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh
  Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way
  Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh

  VERSE
  Dashing through the snow
  On a one horse open sleigh
  O’er the fields we go
  Laughing all the way

  Bells on bobtail ring
  Making spirits bright
  What fun it is to ride and sing
  A sleighing song tonight

  CHORUS

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• Lapride: Sleigh Ride

  Activity Instructions:

  Have children seated on parents lap. Follow directions next to phrases in song. Repeat 3x.

  Lyrics:
  

  Ha ha ha and ho ho ho  [ bounce on legs ]
  Riding on a sleigh
  Dashing quickly through the snow [lean child l & r ]
  on this winter day 

  Up the hill and down the hill  [follow directions in song ]
  Roll back out of sight
  Bouncing bouncing up and down
  On this bumpy ride [both legs move quickly, then drop through center @ end]

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• Color or Shape Song w/Instrument: COLOR: Christmas Colors

  

  CASIO-SA-77:
  Pattern 27, Tempo 06

  
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out balls to students. Have them sit on top and bounce. Alternatively, you can always use a new instrument and stand up… but we want some movement on this one!

  Lyrics:
  

  Green like a tree
  Like a christmas wreath
  green like mistletoe
  Red like a hat
  Like Santa’s suit
  Red like rudolph’s nose

  White like a snowflake
  White like a snowman
  White like santa’s beard
  These are the colors of the holidays
  Christmas time is near

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• Song w/Instrument: Paradiddle Drum Song

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out drums to students, with 2 drumsticks each (use a mix of wood and plastic drumsticks). Explain that there are different ways that drummers hit the drums, and that today we are going to learn one, a paradiddle. A paradiddle consists of two single strokes followed by a double stroke, i.e., RLRR or LRLL. When multiple paradiddles are played in succession, the first note always alternates between right and left. A single paradiddle is often used to switch the “lead hand” in drumming music. Also demonstrate a drum roll. Then sing and play the song.

  Lyrics:
  

  Par-a-did-dle par-a-did-dle, 
  left right left left, right, left, right, right,
  Par-a-did-dle par-a-did-dle, 
  left right left left, right, left, right, right,
  Par-a-did-dle par-a-did-dle, 
  left right left left, right, left, right, right,
  Par-a-did-dle par-a-did-dle,
  roll

  Par-a-did-dle par-a-did-dle, 
  learn-ing how to play the drums now
  Par-a-did-dle par-a-did-dle, 
  learn-ing how to play the drums now
  Par-a-did-dle par-a-did-dle, 
  learn-ing how to play the drums now
  Par-a-did-dle par-a-did-dle,
  roll

  par-a-did-dle par-a-did-dle
  watch me drum-ming watch me drum-ming
  par-a-did-dle par-a-did-dle
  watch me drum-ming watch me drum-ming
  par-a-did-dle par-a-did-dle
  watch me drum-ming watch me drum-ming
  Par-a-did-dle par-a-did-dle,
  roll

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• Body Awareness: Touch my toes and stand up

  Activity Instructions:

  Introduce motions in song. Then use track for complete song 2-3 times.

  Lyrics:
  

  Walk and walk and walk and stop x3
  Touch my toes and stand up

  Clap and clap and clap and stop x3
  touch my toes and stand up

  Spin and spin and spin and stop x3
  Touch my toes and stand up

  Tap and tap and tap and stop x3
  Touch my toes and stand up

  Run and run and run and stop x3
  Touch my toes and stand 

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• Solfege Song: NOT YET ADDED
  Content Not Yet Added

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• Song w/Ball: Tap and Stop

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out balls, practice tapping, bouncing, rolling between own hands, rolling to friend.

  Lyrics:
  

  I tap the ball with my hands x3 and then I stop
  I roll the ball between my hands x3 and then I stop
  I bounce my ball up and down x3 and then I stop
  I roll the ball to my friends x3 and then I stop

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• World Music Dance: Mele Kalikimaka – Jimmy Buffet

  Activity Instructions:

  Introduce the song, and give some background, then let children and parents dance to the song. Doing similar movements in similar parts of the song allows parents and children to more easily hear the different musical sections.

  Historical information:

  “Mele Kalikimaka” is a Hawaiian-themed Christmas song written in 1949 by Robert Alex Anderson. The song takes its title from the Hawaiian phrase Mele Kalikimaka, meaning “Merry Christmas”.^[1] The phrase is borrowed directly from English but since Hawaiian has a different phonological system—Hawaiian does not have the /r/ or /s/ of English and its phonotactic constraints do not permit consonants at the end of syllables or consonant clusters—”Merry Christmas” becomes Mele Kalikimaka. [From Wikipedia]

  
  

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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: Cutoff & Conduct

  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.

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• Puppet: New Year’s Wish (Star)

  Activity Instructions:

  Sing song with star puppet several times. Then give kisses. :)

  Lyrics:
  

  Star light, star bright,
  First star I see tonight;
  I wish I may, I wish I might,
  Have the wish I wish tonight.

  I wish for peace and love to reign
  For joyful hearts, and dreams to chase
  For kindness and compassion too
  Happy New Year, all of 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: Tchaikovsky – March, from The Nutcracker

  Activity Instructions:

  Play music as children are coming in. Give children an instrument we are not using, such as shakers or maracas, to play during the song.

  Historical information:

  The Nutcracker is a 2-act Russian Ballet. Although the original production was not a success, the complete Nutcracker has enjoyed enormous popularity since the late 1960s, and is now performed by countless ballet companies, primarily during the Christmas season, especially in North America. Major American ballet companies generate around 40 percent of their annual ticket revenues from performances of The Nutcracker.

  
  

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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: Up on the Housetop

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out castanets to students. Explore clicking them together, clicking with one hand, with the other hand. Then click along with the words in the song.

  Lyrics:
  

  Up on the housetop reindeer pause
  Out jumps good old Santa Claus
  Down thru the chimney with lots of toys
  All for the little ones, Christmas joys

  Ho, ho, ho! Who wouldn’t go?
  Ho, ho, ho! Who wouldn’t go?
  Up on the housetop, click, click, click
  Down thru the chimney with good Saint Nick

  First comes the stocking of little Nell
  Oh, dear Santa fill it well
  Give her a dolly that laughs and cries
  One that will open and shut her eyes

  Ho, ho, ho! Who wouldn’t go?
  Ho, ho, ho! Who wouldn’t go?
  Upon on the housetop, click, click, click
  Down thru the chimney with good Saint Nick

  Next comes the stocking of little Will
  Oh, just see what a glorious fill
  Here is a hammer and lots of tacks
  A whistle and a ball and a whip that cracks

  Ho, ho, ho! Who wouldn’t go?
  Ho, ho, ho! Who wouldn’t go?
  Up on the housetop, click, click, click
  Down thru the chimney with good Saint Nick

  Historical information:

  “Up on the House Top” is a Christmas song written by Benjamin Hanby in 1864 .According to William Studwell in The Christmas Carol Reader, “Up on the House Top” was the second-oldest secular Christmas song, outdone only by “Jingle Bells“, which was written in 1857. It is also considered the first Yuletide song to focus primarily on Santa Claus. According to Readers Digest Merry Christmas Song Book, Hanby probably owes the idea that Santa and his sleigh land on the roof of homes to Clement C. Moore’s 1822 poem, “A Visit from St. Nicholas” (also commonly known as “The Night Before Christmas”).^[4] Benjamin Russell Hanby was born in 1833 near Rushville, Ohio, the son of a minister involved with the Underground Railroad. During his short life, he wrote some 80 songs before dying of tuberculosis in 1867.

  
  

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• Body Awareness: Touch my toes and stand up

  Activity Instructions:

  Introduce motions in song. Then use track for complete song 2-3 times.

  Lyrics:
  

  Walk and walk and walk and stop x3
  Touch my toes and stand up

  Clap and clap and clap and stop x3
  touch my toes and stand up

  Spin and spin and spin and stop x3
  Touch my toes and stand up

  Tap and tap and tap and stop x3
  Touch my toes and stand up

  Run and run and run and stop x3
  Touch my toes and stand 

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• Alphabet Song w/Instrument: Letter E – Elephant and Gator

  Activity Instructions:

  Show the children the letter E and talk about the different things in the song that start with the letter E: Elephant, elevator, eggs, eat, exit. Use puppets if desired. Pass egg shakers around the circle, and have the gator and the elephant pretend to eat the egg shakers.

  Lyrics:
  

  To the tune of  “A Tisket a Tasket”

  Elephant and gator
  Got on an elevator
  They went in search of food to eat
  exit right,  “C-ya later!”

  They found eggs, they found eggs
  They found their friends and ate eggs
  They went in search of food to eat
  They found their friends and ate eggs.

  The End

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• Solfege Song: NOT YET ADDED
  Content Not Yet Added

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• Song w/Pitched Instrument: Jingle Bells (w/Handbells)

  Activity Instructions:

  Lyrics:
  

  EEE EEE EGCDE 
  FFFF FEEE EDDE  D G
  EEE EEE EGCDE
  FFFF FEEE GGFD C

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• Composing Activity: Snowman Composing Activity

  Activity Instructions:

  Before the lesson, make there is a gaffe tape a line on the wall with six measures, and that you have printed the printables for this activity. Students will decide how to order the snowmen so that there are three snowballs in each 3/4 measure. Then tap the beat together, shuffle, and repeat. We are working on composing rhythm.

  Snowman with 3 balls = 3 beats
  Snowman with 2 balls = 2 beats
  Snowman with 1 ball = 1 beat.

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• Song w/Ball: Paradiddle Drum Song

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out drums to students, with 2 drumsticks each (use a mix of wood and plastic drumsticks). Explain that there are different ways that drummers hit the drums, and that today we are going to learn one, a paradiddle. A paradiddle consists of two single strokes followed by a double stroke, i.e., RLRR or LRLL. When multiple paradiddles are played in succession, the first note always alternates between right and left. A single paradiddle is often used to switch the “lead hand” in drumming music. Also demonstrate a drum roll. Then sing and play the song.

  Lyrics:
  

  Par-a-did-dle par-a-did-dle, 
  left right left left, right, left, right, right,
  Par-a-did-dle par-a-did-dle, 
  left right left left, right, left, right, right,
  Par-a-did-dle par-a-did-dle, 
  left right left left, right, left, right, right,
  Par-a-did-dle par-a-did-dle,
  roll

  Par-a-did-dle par-a-did-dle, 
  learn-ing how to play the drums now
  Par-a-did-dle par-a-did-dle, 
  learn-ing how to play the drums now
  Par-a-did-dle par-a-did-dle, 
  learn-ing how to play the drums now
  Par-a-did-dle par-a-did-dle,
  roll

  par-a-did-dle par-a-did-dle
  watch me drum-ming watch me drum-ming
  par-a-did-dle par-a-did-dle
  watch me drum-ming watch me drum-ming
  par-a-did-dle par-a-did-dle
  watch me drum-ming watch me drum-ming
  Par-a-did-dle par-a-did-dle,
  roll

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• World Music Dance: Mele Kalikimaka – Jimmy Buffet

  Activity Instructions:

  Introduce the song, and give some background, then let children and parents dance to the song. Doing similar movements in similar parts of the song allows parents and children to more easily hear the different musical sections.

  Historical information:

  “Mele Kalikimaka” is a Hawaiian-themed Christmas song written in 1949 by Robert Alex Anderson. The song takes its title from the Hawaiian phrase Mele Kalikimaka, meaning “Merry Christmas”.^[1] The phrase is borrowed directly from English but since Hawaiian has a different phonological system—Hawaiian does not have the /r/ or /s/ of English and its phonotactic constraints do not permit consonants at the end of syllables or consonant clusters—”Merry Christmas” becomes Mele Kalikimaka. [From Wikipedia]

  
  

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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: Cutoff & Conduct

  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.

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• Puppet: NOT YET ADDED
  Content Not Yet Added

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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 :|

Family Rock

• Coming In Classical: Tchaikovsky – March, from The Nutcracker

  Activity Instructions:

  Play music as children are coming in. Give children an instrument we are not using, such as shakers or maracas, to play during the song.

  Historical information:

  The Nutcracker is a 2-act Russian Ballet. Although the original production was not a success, the complete Nutcracker has enjoyed enormous popularity since the late 1960s, and is now performed by countless ballet companies, primarily during the Christmas season, especially in North America. Major American ballet companies generate around 40 percent of their annual ticket revenues from performances of The Nutcracker.

  
  

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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: Up on the Housetop

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out castanets to students. Explore clicking them together, clicking with one hand, with the other hand. Then click along with the words in the song.

  Lyrics:
  

  Up on the housetop reindeer pause
  Out jumps good old Santa Claus
  Down thru the chimney with lots of toys
  All for the little ones, Christmas joys

  Ho, ho, ho! Who wouldn’t go?
  Ho, ho, ho! Who wouldn’t go?
  Up on the housetop, click, click, click
  Down thru the chimney with good Saint Nick

  First comes the stocking of little Nell
  Oh, dear Santa fill it well
  Give her a dolly that laughs and cries
  One that will open and shut her eyes

  Ho, ho, ho! Who wouldn’t go?
  Ho, ho, ho! Who wouldn’t go?
  Upon on the housetop, click, click, click
  Down thru the chimney with good Saint Nick

  Next comes the stocking of little Will
  Oh, just see what a glorious fill
  Here is a hammer and lots of tacks
  A whistle and a ball and a whip that cracks

  Ho, ho, ho! Who wouldn’t go?
  Ho, ho, ho! Who wouldn’t go?
  Up on the housetop, click, click, click
  Down thru the chimney with good Saint Nick

  Historical information:

  “Up on the House Top” is a Christmas song written by Benjamin Hanby in 1864 .According to William Studwell in The Christmas Carol Reader, “Up on the House Top” was the second-oldest secular Christmas song, outdone only by “Jingle Bells“, which was written in 1857. It is also considered the first Yuletide song to focus primarily on Santa Claus. According to Readers Digest Merry Christmas Song Book, Hanby probably owes the idea that Santa and his sleigh land on the roof of homes to Clement C. Moore’s 1822 poem, “A Visit from St. Nicholas” (also commonly known as “The Night Before Christmas”).^[4] Benjamin Russell Hanby was born in 1833 near Rushville, Ohio, the son of a minister involved with the Underground Railroad. During his short life, he wrote some 80 songs before dying of tuberculosis in 1867.

  
  

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• Peek-a-boo: Carol of the Peek-a-Boos

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Distribute scarves and explore peek-a-boo. Then play peek-a-boo with recording.

  Historical information:

  “Carol of the Bells” is a popular Christmas carol composed by Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych in 1914^[1] with lyrics by Peter J. Wilhousky. The song is based on a Ukrainian folk chant called “Shchedryk“.^[2]  Wilhousky’s lyrics are copyrighted, although the original musical composition is not. The song is recognized by its iconic four-note ostinato motif. It has been arranged many times for different genres, styles of singing and settings and has been covered by artists and groups of many genres.

  
  

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• Color or Shape Song: COLOR: Christmas Colors

  

  CASIO-SA-77:
  Pattern 27, Tempo 06

  
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out balls to students. Have them sit on top and bounce. Alternatively, you can always use a new instrument and stand up… but we want some movement on this one!

  Lyrics:
  

  Green like a tree
  Like a christmas wreath
  green like mistletoe
  Red like a hat
  Like Santa’s suit
  Red like rudolph’s nose

  White like a snowflake
  White like a snowman
  White like santa’s beard
  These are the colors of the holidays
  Christmas time is near

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• Body Awareness: Touch my toes and stand up

  Activity Instructions:

  Introduce motions in song. Then use track for complete song 2-3 times.

  Lyrics:
  

  Walk and walk and walk and stop x3
  Touch my toes and stand up

  Clap and clap and clap and stop x3
  touch my toes and stand up

  Spin and spin and spin and stop x3
  Touch my toes and stand up

  Tap and tap and tap and stop x3
  Touch my toes and stand up

  Run and run and run and stop x3
  Touch my toes and stand 

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• Song w/Pitched Instrument: Jingle Bells (w/Handbells)

  Activity Instructions:

  Lyrics:
  

  EEE EEE EGCDE 
  FFFF FEEE EDDE  D G
  EEE EEE EGCDE
  FFFF FEEE GGFD C

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• Solfege Song: NOT YET ADDED
  Content Not Yet Added

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• Song w/Ball: Paradiddle Drum Song

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out drums to students, with 2 drumsticks each (use a mix of wood and plastic drumsticks). Explain that there are different ways that drummers hit the drums, and that today we are going to learn one, a paradiddle. A paradiddle consists of two single strokes followed by a double stroke, i.e., RLRR or LRLL. When multiple paradiddles are played in succession, the first note always alternates between right and left. A single paradiddle is often used to switch the “lead hand” in drumming music. Also demonstrate a drum roll. Then sing and play the song.

  Lyrics:
  

  Par-a-did-dle par-a-did-dle, 
  left right left left, right, left, right, right,
  Par-a-did-dle par-a-did-dle, 
  left right left left, right, left, right, right,
  Par-a-did-dle par-a-did-dle, 
  left right left left, right, left, right, right,
  Par-a-did-dle par-a-did-dle,
  roll

  Par-a-did-dle par-a-did-dle, 
  learn-ing how to play the drums now
  Par-a-did-dle par-a-did-dle, 
  learn-ing how to play the drums now
  Par-a-did-dle par-a-did-dle, 
  learn-ing how to play the drums now
  Par-a-did-dle par-a-did-dle,
  roll

  par-a-did-dle par-a-did-dle
  watch me drum-ming watch me drum-ming
  par-a-did-dle par-a-did-dle
  watch me drum-ming watch me drum-ming
  par-a-did-dle par-a-did-dle
  watch me drum-ming watch me drum-ming
  Par-a-did-dle par-a-did-dle,
  roll

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• World Music Dance: Mele Kalikimaka – Jimmy Buffet

  Activity Instructions:

  Introduce the song, and give some background, then let children and parents dance to the song. Doing similar movements in similar parts of the song allows parents and children to more easily hear the different musical sections.

  Historical information:

  “Mele Kalikimaka” is a Hawaiian-themed Christmas song written in 1949 by Robert Alex Anderson. The song takes its title from the Hawaiian phrase Mele Kalikimaka, meaning “Merry Christmas”.^[1] The phrase is borrowed directly from English but since Hawaiian has a different phonological system—Hawaiian does not have the /r/ or /s/ of English and its phonotactic constraints do not permit consonants at the end of syllables or consonant clusters—”Merry Christmas” becomes Mele Kalikimaka. [From Wikipedia]

  
  

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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: Snowman Composing Activity

  Activity Instructions:

  Before the lesson, make there is a gaffe tape a line on the wall with six measures, and that you have printed the printables for this activity. Students will decide how to order the snowmen so that there are three snowballs in each 3/4 measure. Then tap the beat together, shuffle, and repeat. We are working on composing rhythm.

  Snowman with 3 balls = 3 beats
  Snowman with 2 balls = 2 beats
  Snowman with 1 ball = 1 beat.

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• Musical Game: NOT YET ADDED
  Content Not Yet Added

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• Puppet: New Year’s Wish (Star)

  Activity Instructions:

  Sing song with star puppet several times. Then give kisses. :)

  Lyrics:
  

  Star light, star bright,
  First star I see tonight;
  I wish I may, I wish I might,
  Have the wish I wish tonight.

  I wish for peace and love to reign
  For joyful hearts, and dreams to chase
  For kindness and compassion too
  Happy New Year, all of 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

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      We’ll rock again next time :|