Activity Instructions:

Play song as children are entering the room, allow them to play with an instrument not used in today’s lesson plan.

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 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

Activity Instructions:

Pass out shakers. Allow children time to explore shaking them. Practice shaking and passing to the right to a friend. Then introduce the song.

Shake my egg up and down, shake my egg all around
Shake my egg up and down, and pass it to a friend
(repeat)

Shake my egg side to side, shake my egg, make it hide
Shake my egg side to side, and pass it to a friend
(repeat)

Activity Instructions:

Have grownups sit children in their lap. Introduce the lap ride, show parents bounce, side to side, up and down, and roll back.
Then start music, repeat if desired.

Riding my bike down the street
Wind in my hair I feel the breeze
Pedalin’ fast as fast can be
Cruisin’ along look at me
Turnin’ right, turnin’ left
Over the hill, and down again
Falling back out of sight
Havin’ some fun on my bicycle ride

Riding my bike down the street
Wind in my hair I feel the breeze
Pedalin’ fast as fast can be
Cruisin’ along look at me
Turnin’ right, turnin’ left
Over the hill, and down again
Falling back out of sight
Havin’ some fun on my bicycle ride

Riding my bike down the street
Wind in my hair I feel the breeze
Pedalin’ fast as fast can be
Cruisin’ along look at me
Turnin’ right, turnin’ left
Over the hill, and down again
Falling back out of sight
Havin’ some fun on my bicycle ride

Activity Instructions:

Make sure to gather items of the three 3D shapes before class.
Suggestions: A traffic cone for the cone, a square tissue box for the cube, a ball for the sphere and a coffee can or tea can for the cylinder. 

Put the shapes in four spots around the room, review what each of them are. Then sing the song, and have the children run to the objects as you sing the song.

123, in 3D, looking for a shape
123, in 3D, looking for a shape 
123, in 3D, looking for a shape 
I am looking for a [Cone, Cube, Cylinder, Sphere]
looking for a shape

Activity Instructions:

Pass out rainsticks. Allow children to explore tapping, shaking, rolling, turning over, etc. Then introduce the song.

I like it when it rains and
the rain goes pitter patter
the rain goes pitter patter
the rain goes pitter patter

I like it when it rains and
the rain goes pitter patter
1. Pitter patter on my window

2. Pitter patter into a puddle
3. Pitter patter on my nose

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Activity Instructions:

Walk around during intro, freestyle during verses, Jump and stomp during call and response chorus.

INTRO/INSTRUMENTAL

A SECTION
Get into the groove
Get into the groove
Show me all your moves
Show me all your moves
(repeat)

B SECTION (call response)
C’mon and jump
C’mon and jump
C’mon and stomp
(repeat x4)

INTRO/INSTRUMENTAL

A SECTION
B SECTION
INSTRUMENTAL

A SECTION
B SECTION
INSTRUMENTAL

Activity Instructions:

Pass out balls to children. Explore tapping on the ball, and rolling the ball from legs up to head and back down again.
Then start song and follow directions in the lyrics.

123, 456, 789, and 10,
Tap My hands on the ball, Counting up to 10
Roll the ball to my head
Roll it down count again
123, 456, 789 and 10

123, 456, 789, and 10,
Tap My hands on the ball, Counting up to 10
Roll the ball to my nose
Roll it down to my toes
123, 456, 789 and 10

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:

Activity Instructions:

Tell the children that Old McDonald has a Zoo today instead of a Farm.  If the animals are loud, they are just saying hello. Then sing song, If by chance you don’t have all four puppets, print out cardstock versions of the animals and mount on a popsicle stick. 

Old McDonald had a Zoo, doo-bee-doo-bee-doo
and at his zoo he had a bear, zoo-bee-zoo-bee-doo
with a *growl* here and a *growl* there
Here a *growl*, there a *growl*, everywhere a *growl*
Old McDonald had a Zoo, doo-bee-doo-bee-doo

Old McDonald had a Zoo, doo-bee-doo-bee-doo
and at his zoo he had a Lion, zoo-bee-doo-bee-doo
with a *roar* here and a *roar* there
Here a *roar* there a *roar*, everywhere a *roar*
Old McDonald had a Zoo, doo-bee-doo-bee-doo

Old McDonald had a Zoo, doo-bee-doo-bee-doo
and at his zoo he had a Monkey, zoo-bee-doo-bee-doo
with a *ooh-ah* here and a *ooh-ah* there
Here a *ooh* there a *ooh*, everywhere a *ooh-ah*
Old McDonald had a Zoo, doo-bee-doo-bee-doo

Old McDonald had a Zoo, doo-bee-doo-bee-doo
and at his zoo he had an Elephant, zoo-bee-doo-bee-doo
with a *twoot* here and a *twoot* there
Here a *twoot* there a *twoot*, everywhere a *twoot*
Old McDonald had a Zoo, doo-bee-doo-bee-doo

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 song as children are entering the room, allow them to play with an instrument not used in today’s lesson plan.

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:

Pass out shakers. Allow children time to explore shaking them. Practice shaking and passing to the right to a friend. Then introduce the song.

Shake my egg up and down, shake my egg all around
Shake my egg up and down, and pass it to a friend
(repeat)

Shake my egg side to side, shake my egg, make it hide
Shake my egg side to side, and pass it to a friend
(repeat)

Activity Instructions:

Walk around during intro, freestyle during verses, Jump and stomp during call and response chorus.

INTRO/INSTRUMENTAL

A SECTION
Get into the groove
Get into the groove
Show me all your moves
Show me all your moves
(repeat)

B SECTION (call response)
C’mon and jump
C’mon and jump
C’mon and stomp
(repeat x4)

INTRO/INSTRUMENTAL

A SECTION
B SECTION
INSTRUMENTAL

A SECTION
B SECTION
INSTRUMENTAL

Activity Instructions:

Show the children a picture of the letter N and talk about the sound it makes. Then prompt the children to guess the things that start with the letter N in the song. Sing several times while tapping the beat.

No No No Number Nine
No No No, it’s Night time
No No No Nancy Nurse
No No No music Note

No No No Not in a Net
No No No Not on my Neck
No No No music Note
No Dancing Numbers up my Nose

Activity Instructions:

Pass out microphones to children. Ask for some of their favorite songs, and sing them together. Then sing through solfege syllables, allowing class to echo. Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, Fa, Mi, Re, Do. Then introduce song for the week.

Do Re Mi Do
Do Re Mi  Do
Mi Fa Sol
Mi Fa Sol
Sol La Sol  Fa  Mi  Do
Sol La Sol Fa Mi Do
Do Sol Do
Do Sol Do

Are you sleeping
Are you sleeping
Brother John
Brother John
Morning bells are ringing
Morning bells are ringing
Ding dong ding
Ding dong ding

Frère Jacques,
Frère Jacques,
Dormez-vous?
Dormez-vous?
Sonnez les matines!
Sonnez les matines!
Ding, dong, ding.
Ding, dong, ding.

Activity Instructions:

Needed Booms: C E F G A C8

C-F-F-F-F-A
C8-A-F G-E-C
C8-A-F
C-F-F-F-F-A
C8-A-F
G-C-C-F

Activity Instructions:

Every word has a natural rhythm.  The best and most memorable songs are the ones where we sing the word with the same rhythms and natural pitches, as we would say the word.

Ask the children something that they like to do. 

IE Liam likes to swim in the ocean. 

Say it, then sing it.

When we write the words to a song, we are writing lyrics.

Activity Instructions:

Pass out balls to children. Explore tapping on the ball, and rolling the ball from legs up to head and back down again.
Then start song and follow directions in the lyrics.

123, 456, 789, and 10,
Tap My hands on the ball, Counting up to 10
Roll the ball to my head
Roll it down count again
123, 456, 789 and 10

123, 456, 789, and 10,
Tap My hands on the ball, Counting up to 10
Roll the ball to my nose
Roll it down to my toes
123, 456, 789 and 10

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:

Activity Instructions:

Tell the children that Old McDonald has a Zoo today instead of a Farm.  If the animals are loud, they are just saying hello. Then sing song, If by chance you don’t have all four puppets, print out cardstock versions of the animals and mount on a popsicle stick. 

Old McDonald had a Zoo, doo-bee-doo-bee-doo
and at his zoo he had a bear, zoo-bee-zoo-bee-doo
with a *growl* here and a *growl* there
Here a *growl*, there a *growl*, everywhere a *growl*
Old McDonald had a Zoo, doo-bee-doo-bee-doo

Old McDonald had a Zoo, doo-bee-doo-bee-doo
and at his zoo he had a Lion, zoo-bee-doo-bee-doo
with a *roar* here and a *roar* there
Here a *roar* there a *roar*, everywhere a *roar*
Old McDonald had a Zoo, doo-bee-doo-bee-doo

Old McDonald had a Zoo, doo-bee-doo-bee-doo
and at his zoo he had a Monkey, zoo-bee-doo-bee-doo
with a *ooh-ah* here and a *ooh-ah* there
Here a *ooh* there a *ooh*, everywhere a *ooh-ah*
Old McDonald had a Zoo, doo-bee-doo-bee-doo

Old McDonald had a Zoo, doo-bee-doo-bee-doo
and at his zoo he had an Elephant, zoo-bee-doo-bee-doo
with a *twoot* here and a *twoot* there
Here a *twoot* there a *twoot*, everywhere a *twoot*
Old McDonald had a Zoo, doo-bee-doo-bee-doo

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 song as children are entering the room, allow them to play with an instrument not used in today’s lesson plan.

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:

Pass out shakers. Allow children time to explore shaking them. Practice shaking and passing to the right to a friend. Then introduce the song.

Shake my egg up and down, shake my egg all around
Shake my egg up and down, and pass it to a friend
(repeat)

Shake my egg side to side, shake my egg, make it hide
Shake my egg side to side, and pass it to a friend
(repeat)

Activity Instructions:

Pass out scarves, explore, playing peek-a-boo. Then sing song.

Peek-a-boo, Where are you?
Under cover, hiding under
Peek-a-boo (boo!) Peek-a-boo (boo!)

Activity Instructions:

Make sure to gather items of the three 3D shapes before class.
Suggestions: A traffic cone for the cone, a square tissue box for the cube, a ball for the sphere and a coffee can or tea can for the cylinder. 

Put the shapes in four spots around the room, review what each of them are. Then sing the song, and have the children run to the objects as you sing the song.

123, in 3D, looking for a shape
123, in 3D, looking for a shape 
123, in 3D, looking for a shape 
I am looking for a [Cone, Cube, Cylinder, Sphere]
looking for a shape

Activity Instructions:

Invite everyone to stand up. Practice the motions in the song. Then start music, following motions. Repeat as desired.

Wiggle my fingers, hands to the sky, [wiggle fingers]
Reach my arms out – look I can fly! [airplane arms]
Arms in close, I’m drivin’ my car, [steering wheel arms]
Hands on my knees, I’m crossin my arms. [cross and open hands on knees]

I’m having some fun with my fingers [wiggle fingers]
Havin’ some fun with my hands [clap hands]
Moving myself to the music [twist]
Playin air guitar with the band [play air guitar]

Activity Instructions:

Needed Booms: C E F G A C8

C-F-F-F-F-A
C8-A-F G-E-C
C8-A-F
C-F-F-F-F-A
C8-A-F
G-C-C-F

Activity Instructions:

Pass out balls to children. Explore tapping on the ball, and rolling the ball from legs up to head and back down again.
Then start song and follow directions in the lyrics.

123, 456, 789, and 10,
Tap My hands on the ball, Counting up to 10
Roll the ball to my head
Roll it down count again
123, 456, 789 and 10

123, 456, 789, and 10,
Tap My hands on the ball, Counting up to 10
Roll the ball to my nose
Roll it down to my toes
123, 456, 789 and 10

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:

Every word has a natural rhythm.  The best and most memorable songs are the ones where we sing the word with the same rhythms and natural pitches, as we would say the word.

Ask the children something that they like to do. 

IE Liam likes to swim in the ocean. 

Say it, then sing it.

When we write the words to a song, we are writing lyrics.

Activity Instructions:

Activity Instructions:

Tell the children that Old McDonald has a Zoo today instead of a Farm.  If the animals are loud, they are just saying hello. Then sing song, If by chance you don’t have all four puppets, print out cardstock versions of the animals and mount on a popsicle stick. 

Old McDonald had a Zoo, doo-bee-doo-bee-doo
and at his zoo he had a bear, zoo-bee-zoo-bee-doo
with a *growl* here and a *growl* there
Here a *growl*, there a *growl*, everywhere a *growl*
Old McDonald had a Zoo, doo-bee-doo-bee-doo

Old McDonald had a Zoo, doo-bee-doo-bee-doo
and at his zoo he had a Lion, zoo-bee-doo-bee-doo
with a *roar* here and a *roar* there
Here a *roar* there a *roar*, everywhere a *roar*
Old McDonald had a Zoo, doo-bee-doo-bee-doo

Old McDonald had a Zoo, doo-bee-doo-bee-doo
and at his zoo he had a Monkey, zoo-bee-doo-bee-doo
with a *ooh-ah* here and a *ooh-ah* there
Here a *ooh* there a *ooh*, everywhere a *ooh-ah*
Old McDonald had a Zoo, doo-bee-doo-bee-doo

Old McDonald had a Zoo, doo-bee-doo-bee-doo
and at his zoo he had an Elephant, zoo-bee-doo-bee-doo
with a *twoot* here and a *twoot* there
Here a *twoot* there a *twoot*, everywhere a *twoot*
Old McDonald had a Zoo, doo-bee-doo-bee-doo

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 :|