Tot Rock

• Coming in Classical: Joplin – Maple Leaf Rag & Entertainer

  Activity Instructions:

  Play music while children enter the room. Allow them to play with an instrument you are not using later in the plan while coming in.

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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: 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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• Lapride: Thanksgiving History

  Activity Instructions:

  There is an American Holiday called Thanksgiving coming up later in the month. We are going to learn a little song with some history about the holiday.

  Lyrics:
  

  VERSE 1
  The pligrims sailed the sea in 1620,
  6 sails unfurled, and powered by the wind
  The Mayflower, she hit a storm
  The storm it changed the ships due course
  The ended far up north, not in virginnie

  VERSE 2
  The pilgrims sailed the sea for 65 days
  They landed in November, it was cold
  The Wampanoag, they came along
  they helped the folks at Plymouth Rock
  They showed them how to hunt, and fish, and grow crops

  CHORUS
  The first Thanksgiving feast
  was in 1621
  to celebrate the first successful harvest
  The coat-men and the Wampanoag
  ate duck and deer, and squash and corn
  at a weeklong feast, with games and tests of skill

  Historical information:

  SOURCE of information in song: https://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/

  
  

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• Color or Shape Song w/Instrument: Looking for a Shape

  Activity Instructions:

  Print out the shapes and hang on the wall before class. Review the shapes, then sing the song, and have children run to the item that you are singing about.

  Lyrics:
  

  I am looking for a [SHAPE], looking for a [SHAPE]
  I am looking for a [SHAPE], looking for a [SHAPE]

  Rhombus, Trapezoid, Star, Heart 

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• Song w/Instrument: I Am Shaking My Egg Shaker

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Explore different things you can do with egg shaker. Then introduce the song.

  Lyrics:
  

  I am shaking my egg shaker then I stop
  I am shaking my egg shaker then I stop
  I am shaking my egg shaker
  I am shaking my egg shaker
  I am shaking my egg shaker then I stop

  v2 I am passing it back and forth
  v3 I am passing to a friend
  v4 I am shaking my egg shaker then it hides

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• Body Awareness: Dancing Leaves

  Activity Instructions:

  Turn on the music and follow the directions with the song to be the leaves.

  Lyrics:
  

  [walk around in a circle]
  The leaves are changing color color color 
  The leaves are changing color and falling to the ground
  The leaves are changing color color color
  The leaves are changing color and falling to the ground
  [spin in a circle]
  V1 The leaves are spinning through the air, through the air, through the air
        The leaves are spinning through the air, through the air, through the air
  [walk around in a circle]
  The leaves are changing color color color
  The leaves are changing color and falling to the ground

  V2 The leaves are jumping in the wind [jump]
  V3 The leaves they run across the ground [run]
  V4 The leaves are rolling on the ground [roll on ground]

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• Solfege Song: Hot Cross Buns

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out microphones, explore speaking into them. Then ask children for some of their favorite songs, and sing them together.
  Introduce Solfege Syllables. Sing – Do – Sol – Do. Then introduce song. Sing a phrase at a time while parents/children echo.
  The sing song with words.

  Lyrics:
  

  Mi Re Do
  Mi Re Do
  Do do do do 
  Re re re re
  Mi re do
  Mi re do

  Hot cross buns
  Hot cross buns
  One a-penny two-a-penny
  Hot cross buns
  Hot cross buns

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• Song w/Ball: If You’re Happy Samba Ball

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out playground balls. Explore tapping the ball, rolling the ball, bouncing on top of the ball, and rolling on top the ball with your belly. Then play recorded song and follow directions.

  Lyrics:
  

  v.1 Tap your hands on the ball
  v.2 Use your hands to roll the ball
  v.3 Bounce your bootie on the ball
  v.4 Roll your belly on the ball

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• World Music Dance: France – C2C – Happy – French Dance Music by 4 DJs

  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: 123, identify me

  

  CASIO-SA-77:
  00 - Grand Piano, 48 - Tuba, 62 - Piccolo

  
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Print out pictures of Keyboard, Tuba, and Piccolo before class. Show the children each picture, and play the matching tone on the keyboard. Then hang the pictures around the room. The children will start in the center of the room. You will play a sound, and they have to go to the matching picture. Try to play in three different octaves (ie C3 tuba, C4 piano, C5 piccolo) so pitch as well as tone quality can help them distinguish between the different sounds.

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• Puppet: Dinosaur Egg

  Activity Instructions:

  Use dinosaur puppet. Start with egg covered with a few scarves. Use track for this one. Repeat if desired.

  Lyrics:
  

  |: Dinosaur, Dinosaur, Dinosaur Egg
  In a nest in the ground, covered with plants
  Hangin’ out with up to 21 eggs!
  Dinosaur, Dinosaur Egg

  Out popped the dinosaur, out of his egg
  He’s a little tiny baby, but he grew up fast
  The “Terrible Lizard”gained 30 pounds a day
  Dinosaur Dinosaur Big :|

  Dinosaur Dinosaur Big x3

  Historical information:

  • Dinosaurs gained up to 30 lbs a day, growing as fast as whales. They doubled in size in their first 6 weeks.
  • The biggest dinosaurs were plant eaters.
  • Dinosaur actually means terrible lizard, referring to the dinosaur’s size.
  • Dinosaurs would have crushed their nests if they sat on them, and likely covered the nests with plants to keep them warm.
  • They laid up to 21 eggs in a nest, hoping that at least a few would survive the predators and hatch.

  
  

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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: Joplin – Maple Leaf Rag & Entertainer

  Activity Instructions:

  Play music while children enter the room. Allow them to play with an instrument you are not using later in the plan while coming 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: Dancing Leaves

  Activity Instructions:

  Turn on the music and follow the directions with the song to be the leaves.

  Lyrics:
  

  [walk around in a circle]
  The leaves are changing color color color 
  The leaves are changing color and falling to the ground
  The leaves are changing color color color
  The leaves are changing color and falling to the ground
  [spin in a circle]
  V1 The leaves are spinning through the air, through the air, through the air
        The leaves are spinning through the air, through the air, through the air
  [walk around in a circle]
  The leaves are changing color color color
  The leaves are changing color and falling to the ground

  V2 The leaves are jumping in the wind [jump]
  V3 The leaves they run across the ground [run]
  V4 The leaves are rolling on the ground [roll on ground]

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• Alphabet Song w/Instrument: Letter B – The Baby loves the Ball

  Activity Instructions:

  Show the children a picture of the letter B and talk about the sound it makes. Then ask the children to identify things that start with the Letter B, the ones in the song are: baby, ball, bounce, bed, birthday balloon. Sing the silly story several times.

  Lyrics:
  

  The BABY loves the BALL, loves the BALL
  The BABY loves the BALL, loves the BALL
  The BABY loves the BALL, as it BOUNCES down the hall
  The BABY loves the BALL, loves the BALL

  The BABY loved to BOUNCE on the BED
  The BABY loved to BOUNCE on the BED
  The BABY loved the BED, till he BOUNCED upon his head (oh no!)
  The BABY loved to BOUNCE on the BED

  The BABY loves his BIRTHDAY BALLOON
  The BABY loves his BIRTHDAY BALLOON
  The BABY loves his BIRTHDAY , he loves his BALLOON
  The BABY loves his BIRTHDAY BALLOON

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• Solfege Song: Hot Cross Buns

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out microphones, explore speaking into them. Then ask children for some of their favorite songs, and sing them together.
  Introduce Solfege Syllables. Sing – Do – Sol – Do. Then introduce song. Sing a phrase at a time while parents/children echo.
  The sing song with words.

  Lyrics:
  

  Mi Re Do
  Mi Re Do
  Do do do do 
  Re re re re
  Mi re do
  Mi re do

  Hot cross buns
  Hot cross buns
  One a-penny two-a-penny
  Hot cross buns
  Hot cross buns

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• Song w/Pitched Instrument: Muffin Man

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out handbells. Allow children to explore ringing them. Then call out colors and have children practice ringing bells when their color is called. Then call out colors and help children play the song.

  Lyrics:
  

  Red Green Green
  Turquoise Blue Green Green
  Yellow Orange Turquoise Turquoise,
  Green yellow red red

  Red Green Green
  Turquoise Blue Green Green
  Green Turqoise Turquoise
  Green Yellow Green

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• Composing Activity: Thanksgiving Musical Mad-Lib

  Activity Instructions:

  We are going to work on writing song lyrics for our composition activity again. Distribute Mad lib sheet and crayons to parent/child pairs. Have them fill in the blanks, then sing each child’s unique song. Make sure you have enough printables ready for this before class!

  Lyrics:
  

  Thank you for the______  (Food)
  Thank you for the ____ (Toy)
  Thank you for my _____(Person)
  I thank you, I give thanks.

  Thank you for the thanksgiving song [CHILD NAME] wrote
  Thank you for her/his thanksgiving song
  Thank you for the thanksgiving song [CHILD NAME] wrote
  Thank you for her/his thanksgiving song

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• Song w/Ball: If You’re Happy Samba Ball

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out playground balls. Explore tapping the ball, rolling the ball, bouncing on top of the ball, and rolling on top the ball with your belly. Then play recorded song and follow directions.

  Lyrics:
  

  v.1 Tap your hands on the ball
  v.2 Use your hands to roll the ball
  v.3 Bounce your bootie on the ball
  v.4 Roll your belly on the ball

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• World Music Dance: France – C2C – Happy – French Dance Music by 4 DJs

  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: 123, identify me

  

  CASIO-SA-77:
  00 - Grand Piano, 48 - Tuba, 62 - Piccolo

  
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Print out pictures of Keyboard, Tuba, and Piccolo before class. Show the children each picture, and play the matching tone on the keyboard. Then hang the pictures around the room. The children will start in the center of the room. You will play a sound, and they have to go to the matching picture. Try to play in three different octaves (ie C3 tuba, C4 piano, C5 piccolo) so pitch as well as tone quality can help them distinguish between the different sounds.

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• Puppet: Dinosaur Egg

  Activity Instructions:

  Use dinosaur puppet. Start with egg covered with a few scarves. Use track for this one. Repeat if desired.

  Lyrics:
  

  |: Dinosaur, Dinosaur, Dinosaur Egg
  In a nest in the ground, covered with plants
  Hangin’ out with up to 21 eggs!
  Dinosaur, Dinosaur Egg

  Out popped the dinosaur, out of his egg
  He’s a little tiny baby, but he grew up fast
  The “Terrible Lizard”gained 30 pounds a day
  Dinosaur Dinosaur Big :|

  Dinosaur Dinosaur Big x3

  Historical information:

  • Dinosaurs gained up to 30 lbs a day, growing as fast as whales. They doubled in size in their first 6 weeks.
  • The biggest dinosaurs were plant eaters.
  • Dinosaur actually means terrible lizard, referring to the dinosaur’s size.
  • Dinosaurs would have crushed their nests if they sat on them, and likely covered the nests with plants to keep them warm.
  • They laid up to 21 eggs in a nest, hoping that at least a few would survive the predators and hatch.

  
  

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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: Joplin – Maple Leaf Rag & Entertainer

  Activity Instructions:

  Play music while children enter the room. Allow them to play with an instrument you are not using later in the plan while coming 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: I hide behind my hands (Farmer in the dell)

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Use hands instead of scarves. Introduce the song, sing several times through.

  Lyrics:
  

  I hide behind my hands
  I hide behind my hands
  [v1 I peek left and peek right
   v2 I peek high and peek low
  v3 I open shut and open shut]
  I hide behind my hands, Boo!

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• Color or Shape Song: Looking for a Shape

  Activity Instructions:

  Print out the shapes and hang on the wall before class. Review the shapes, then sing the song, and have children run to the item that you are singing about.

  Lyrics:
  

  I am looking for a [SHAPE], looking for a [SHAPE]
  I am looking for a [SHAPE], looking for a [SHAPE]

  Rhombus, Trapezoid, Star, Heart 

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• Body Awareness: Dancing Leaves

  Activity Instructions:

  Turn on the music and follow the directions with the song to be the leaves.

  Lyrics:
  

  [walk around in a circle]
  The leaves are changing color color color 
  The leaves are changing color and falling to the ground
  The leaves are changing color color color
  The leaves are changing color and falling to the ground
  [spin in a circle]
  V1 The leaves are spinning through the air, through the air, through the air
        The leaves are spinning through the air, through the air, through the air
  [walk around in a circle]
  The leaves are changing color color color
  The leaves are changing color and falling to the ground

  V2 The leaves are jumping in the wind [jump]
  V3 The leaves they run across the ground [run]
  V4 The leaves are rolling on the ground [roll on ground]

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• Song w/Pitched Instrument: Muffin Man

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out handbells. Allow children to explore ringing them. Then call out colors and have children practice ringing bells when their color is called. Then call out colors and help children play the song.

  Lyrics:
  

  Red Green Green
  Turquoise Blue Green Green
  Yellow Orange Turquoise Turquoise,
  Green yellow red red

  Red Green Green
  Turquoise Blue Green Green
  Green Turqoise Turquoise
  Green Yellow Green

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• Solfege Song: Hot Cross Buns

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out microphones, explore speaking into them. Then ask children for some of their favorite songs, and sing them together.
  Introduce Solfege Syllables. Sing – Do – Sol – Do. Then introduce song. Sing a phrase at a time while parents/children echo.
  The sing song with words.

  Lyrics:
  

  Mi Re Do
  Mi Re Do
  Do do do do 
  Re re re re
  Mi re do
  Mi re do

  Hot cross buns
  Hot cross buns
  One a-penny two-a-penny
  Hot cross buns
  Hot cross buns

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• Song w/Ball: If You’re Happy Samba Ball

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out playground balls. Explore tapping the ball, rolling the ball, bouncing on top of the ball, and rolling on top the ball with your belly. Then play recorded song and follow directions.

  Lyrics:
  

  v.1 Tap your hands on the ball
  v.2 Use your hands to roll the ball
  v.3 Bounce your bootie on the ball
  v.4 Roll your belly on the ball

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• World Music Dance: France – C2C – Happy – French Dance Music by 4 DJs

  Activity Instructions:

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

---

• 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: Thanksgiving Musical Mad-Lib

  Activity Instructions:

  We are going to work on writing song lyrics for our composition activity again. Distribute Mad lib sheet and crayons to parent/child pairs. Have them fill in the blanks, then sing each child’s unique song. Make sure you have enough printables ready for this before class!

  Lyrics:
  

  Thank you for the______  (Food)
  Thank you for the ____ (Toy)
  Thank you for my _____(Person)
  I thank you, I give thanks.

  Thank you for the thanksgiving song [CHILD NAME] wrote
  Thank you for her/his thanksgiving song
  Thank you for the thanksgiving song [CHILD NAME] wrote
  Thank you for her/his thanksgiving song

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• Musical Game: 123, identify me

  

  CASIO-SA-77:
  00 - Grand Piano, 48 - Tuba, 62 - Piccolo

  
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Print out pictures of Keyboard, Tuba, and Piccolo before class. Show the children each picture, and play the matching tone on the keyboard. Then hang the pictures around the room. The children will start in the center of the room. You will play a sound, and they have to go to the matching picture. Try to play in three different octaves (ie C3 tuba, C4 piano, C5 piccolo) so pitch as well as tone quality can help them distinguish between the different sounds.

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• Puppet: Dinosaur Egg

  Activity Instructions:

  Use dinosaur puppet. Start with egg covered with a few scarves. Use track for this one. Repeat if desired.

  Lyrics:
  

  |: Dinosaur, Dinosaur, Dinosaur Egg
  In a nest in the ground, covered with plants
  Hangin’ out with up to 21 eggs!
  Dinosaur, Dinosaur Egg

  Out popped the dinosaur, out of his egg
  He’s a little tiny baby, but he grew up fast
  The “Terrible Lizard”gained 30 pounds a day
  Dinosaur Dinosaur Big :|

  Dinosaur Dinosaur Big x3

  Historical information:

  • Dinosaurs gained up to 30 lbs a day, growing as fast as whales. They doubled in size in their first 6 weeks.
  • The biggest dinosaurs were plant eaters.
  • Dinosaur actually means terrible lizard, referring to the dinosaur’s size.
  • Dinosaurs would have crushed their nests if they sat on them, and likely covered the nests with plants to keep them warm.
  • They laid up to 21 eggs in a nest, hoping that at least a few would survive the predators and hatch.

  
  

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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 :|