Tot Rock

• Coming in Classical: Strauss – Sunrise Fanfare

  Activity Instructions:

  Play music as children enter. Allow them to play with an instrument or dance while waiting for class to start.

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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: Rainstick Roll

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out rainsticks. Explore turning over, shaking, rolling, tapping. Then sing through song at least twice following directions in the song.

  Lyrics:
  

  (To the tune of Frere Jacques)
  Tap tap tap tap
  tap tap tap tap
  Roll and Roll
  Roll and Roll
  Shake and Shake and
  Shake and Shake and
  Shake and hide, Shake and hide

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• Lapride: Instrumental Lapride

  Activity Instructions:

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

  Lyrics:
  

  1) Bouncing
  2) Up and Down
  3) Side to Side
  4) Bump Around

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• Color or Shape Song w/Instrument: Bunny Colors (Pink, Blue, Purple, Yellow, White)

  Activity Instructions:

  Hang pictures on wall before class. Have children touch the color rabbit you are singing about.

  Lyrics:
  

  [ A Tisket A Tasket]
  The Bunny, The Bunny, Where’s the COLOR Bunny
  The Bunny, The Bunny, Go touch the COLOR Bunny

  COLOR = Pink, Blue, Purple, Yellow, White

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• Song w/Instrument: Shaking My Egg

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out shakers. Allow children time to explore shaking them. Practice shaking up and down, side to side, pass back and forth between hands, and tap on the ground. Then introduce the song.

  Lyrics:
  

  I’m sha-king my egg up and down
  up and down, up and down
  I’m sha-king my egg up and down
  Shake shake shake shake shake

  I’m sha-king my egg side to side
  side to side side to side
  I’m sha-king my egg side to side
  Shake shake shake shake shake

  I’m pass-ing my egg back and forth
  back and forth back and forth
  I’m pass-ing my egg back and forth
  Shake shake shake shake shake

  I’m tap-ping my egg on the ground
  on the ground on the ground
  I’m tap-ping my egg on the ground
  shake shake shake shake shake

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• Body Awareness: Just Dance

  Activity Instructions:

  This song is instrumental… meaning there are instruments, but no words.

  The instrumental repeats four times, with an extended ending on the fourth verse.

  v1. Run and stop
  v2. Tap your knees – and stop
  v3. Spin- and stop
  v4. Dance – and stop

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• Solfege Song: BINGO

  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.

  Lyrics:
  

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

  There was a farmer had a dog
  and Bingo was his name-o
  B-I-N-G-O
  B-I-N-G-O
  B-I-N-G-O
  and Bingo was his name-o.

  Repeat, but clap one letter, then two, etc, until you clap all 5.

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• Song w/Ball: Ball Body Break

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out playground balls. Explore tapping the ball with hands and feet, passing hand to hand, and rolling to a friend. Then play recorded song and follow directions.

  Lyrics:
  

  V1) I am tapping with my hands
  V2) I am tapping with my feet
  V3) I am passing hand to hand
  V4) I am rolling to a friend

  Put the ball on your head
  Put the ball on your nose
  Put the ball on your knees
  Put the ball on your toes

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• World Music Dance: Africa – He Lives in You from Lion King- African Tribal Music

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out scarves for children to dance with

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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: A Tisket a Tasket

  Activity Instructions:

  With Tots, Teacher drops beanbag behind child, parent helps child run to catch teacher. Repeat so all children get a turn. Invite children to sing the song with you as you play the game.

  With Kid Rock, children drop beanbag behind another child, second child chases the first, repeat.

  Lyrics:
  

   A Tisket a tasket, a green and yellow basket
  wrote some music for my friend
  and on the way I dropped it.
  ( drop beanbag behind a child, who chases teacher)

  She/he dropped it, she/he dropped it, on the way she/he dropped it
  A little [boy/girl] picked it up
  and put it in her pocket.

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• Puppet: Waggle Dance

  Activity Instructions:

  Get puppet, and ask children if they know what this puppet is? You can be silly and say a few things it’s not. Ask them what sound the bee makes (Buzz) Then begin song.

  Lyrics:
  

  |: Bzz Bzz Bzz goes the honey bee
  Bzz Bzz Bzz to the hive
  Bzz Bzz Bzz with some news to share
  Bzz Bzz Bzz Bzz Bzz :|

  Waggle dance, figure -8
  that’s how he communicates
  Waggle waggle waggle goes the bee Buzz Buzz
  Waggle dance, happy day
  Pollen, nectar, right this way
  Waggle waggle waggle goes the bee Buzz Buzz

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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: Strauss – Sunrise Fanfare

  Activity Instructions:

  Play music as children enter. Allow them to play with an instrument or dance while waiting for class to start.

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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: Rainstick Roll

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out rainsticks. Explore turning over, shaking, rolling, tapping. Then sing through song at least twice following directions in the song.

  Lyrics:
  

  (To the tune of Frere Jacques)
  Tap tap tap tap
  tap tap tap tap
  Roll and Roll
  Roll and Roll
  Shake and Shake and
  Shake and Shake and
  Shake and hide, Shake and hide

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• Body Awareness: Just Dance

  Activity Instructions:

  This song is instrumental… meaning there are instruments, but no words.

  The instrumental repeats four times, with an extended ending on the fourth verse.

  v1. Run and stop
  v2. Tap your knees – and stop
  v3. Spin- and stop
  v4. Dance – and stop

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• Alphabet Song w/Instrument: Letter P – Pizza Party Day

  Activity Instructions:

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

  Lyrics:
  

  Pig, Penguin, Peackock, Panda, Parrot, Puppy
  they all gathered to Play
  Pig, Penguin, Peackock, Panda, Parrot, Puppy
  are Playing at a Pizza Party day.
  12231 223342 222343
  12231 223344 655577771

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• Solfege Song: BINGO

  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.

  Lyrics:
  

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

  There was a farmer had a dog
  and Bingo was his name-o
  B-I-N-G-O
  B-I-N-G-O
  B-I-N-G-O
  and Bingo was his name-o.

  Repeat, but clap one letter, then two, etc, until you clap all 5.

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• Song w/Pitched Instrument: London Bridge

  Activity Instructions:

  Lyrics:
  

  London Bridge
  GAGF EFG, DEF, EFG, GAGF EFG, DGEC

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• Composing Activity: Lyricist Mad Lib 1

  Activity Instructions:

  Tell the children you have a song for them – but you need their help to write the words – lyrics. Ask each child for a place, person, size, and object. Then insert their lyrics into the song, like you would in a mad lib.

  Lyrics:
  

  I am go-ing to [a place]
  [per-son] takes me to [a place]
  I am go-ing to [a place]
  To buy/get a [size of] [ob-ject]

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• Song w/Ball: Ball Body Break

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out playground balls. Explore tapping the ball with hands and feet, passing hand to hand, and rolling to a friend. Then play recorded song and follow directions.

  Lyrics:
  

  V1) I am tapping with my hands
  V2) I am tapping with my feet
  V3) I am passing hand to hand
  V4) I am rolling to a friend

  Put the ball on your head
  Put the ball on your nose
  Put the ball on your knees
  Put the ball on your toes

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• World Music Dance: Africa – He Lives in You from Lion King- African Tribal Music

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out scarves for children to dance with

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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: A Tisket a Tasket

  Activity Instructions:

  With Tots, Teacher drops beanbag behind child, parent helps child run to catch teacher. Repeat so all children get a turn. Invite children to sing the song with you as you play the game.

  With Kid Rock, children drop beanbag behind another child, second child chases the first, repeat.

  Lyrics:
  

   A Tisket a tasket, a green and yellow basket
  wrote some music for my friend
  and on the way I dropped it.
  ( drop beanbag behind a child, who chases teacher)

  She/he dropped it, she/he dropped it, on the way she/he dropped it
  A little [boy/girl] picked it up
  and put it in her pocket.

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• Puppet: Waggle Dance

  Activity Instructions:

  Get puppet, and ask children if they know what this puppet is? You can be silly and say a few things it’s not. Ask them what sound the bee makes (Buzz) Then begin song.

  Lyrics:
  

  |: Bzz Bzz Bzz goes the honey bee
  Bzz Bzz Bzz to the hive
  Bzz Bzz Bzz with some news to share
  Bzz Bzz Bzz Bzz Bzz :|

  Waggle dance, figure -8
  that’s how he communicates
  Waggle waggle waggle goes the bee Buzz Buzz
  Waggle dance, happy day
  Pollen, nectar, right this way
  Waggle waggle waggle goes the bee Buzz Buzz

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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: Strauss – Sunrise Fanfare

  Activity Instructions:

  Play music as children enter. Allow them to play with an instrument or dance while waiting for class to start.

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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: Rainstick Roll

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out rainsticks. Explore turning over, shaking, rolling, tapping. Then sing through song at least twice following directions in the song.

  Lyrics:
  

  (To the tune of Frere Jacques)
  Tap tap tap tap
  tap tap tap tap
  Roll and Roll
  Roll and Roll
  Shake and Shake and
  Shake and Shake and
  Shake and hide, Shake and hide

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• Peek-a-boo: Hiding under there

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

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

  Lyrics:
  

  Peek a boo, where are you?
  Hiding under there?
  Peek a boo, I see you!
  Hiding under there. Boo!

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• Color or Shape Song: Bunny Colors (Pink, Blue, Purple, Yellow, White)

  Activity Instructions:

  Hang pictures on wall before class. Have children touch the color rabbit you are singing about.

  Lyrics:
  

  [ A Tisket A Tasket]
  The Bunny, The Bunny, Where’s the COLOR Bunny
  The Bunny, The Bunny, Go touch the COLOR Bunny

  COLOR = Pink, Blue, Purple, Yellow, White

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• Body Awareness: Just Dance

  Activity Instructions:

  This song is instrumental… meaning there are instruments, but no words.

  The instrumental repeats four times, with an extended ending on the fourth verse.

  v1. Run and stop
  v2. Tap your knees – and stop
  v3. Spin- and stop
  v4. Dance – and stop

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• Song w/Pitched Instrument: London Bridge

  Activity Instructions:

  Lyrics:
  

  London Bridge
  GAGF EFG, DEF, EFG, GAGF EFG, DGEC

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• Solfege Song: BINGO

  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.

  Lyrics:
  

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

  There was a farmer had a dog
  and Bingo was his name-o
  B-I-N-G-O
  B-I-N-G-O
  B-I-N-G-O
  and Bingo was his name-o.

  Repeat, but clap one letter, then two, etc, until you clap all 5.

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• Song w/Ball: Ball Body Break

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out playground balls. Explore tapping the ball with hands and feet, passing hand to hand, and rolling to a friend. Then play recorded song and follow directions.

  Lyrics:
  

  V1) I am tapping with my hands
  V2) I am tapping with my feet
  V3) I am passing hand to hand
  V4) I am rolling to a friend

  Put the ball on your head
  Put the ball on your nose
  Put the ball on your knees
  Put the ball on your toes

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• World Music Dance: Africa – He Lives in You from Lion King- African Tribal Music

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out scarves for children to dance with

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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: Lyricist Mad Lib 1

  Activity Instructions:

  Tell the children you have a song for them – but you need their help to write the words – lyrics. Ask each child for a place, person, size, and object. Then insert their lyrics into the song, like you would in a mad lib.

  Lyrics:
  

  I am go-ing to [a place]
  [per-son] takes me to [a place]
  I am go-ing to [a place]
  To buy/get a [size of] [ob-ject]

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• Musical Game: A Tisket a Tasket

  Activity Instructions:

  With Tots, Teacher drops beanbag behind child, parent helps child run to catch teacher. Repeat so all children get a turn. Invite children to sing the song with you as you play the game.

  With Kid Rock, children drop beanbag behind another child, second child chases the first, repeat.

  Lyrics:
  

   A Tisket a tasket, a green and yellow basket
  wrote some music for my friend
  and on the way I dropped it.
  ( drop beanbag behind a child, who chases teacher)

  She/he dropped it, she/he dropped it, on the way she/he dropped it
  A little [boy/girl] picked it up
  and put it in her pocket.

---

• Puppet: Waggle Dance

  Activity Instructions:

  Get puppet, and ask children if they know what this puppet is? You can be silly and say a few things it’s not. Ask them what sound the bee makes (Buzz) Then begin song.

  Lyrics:
  

  |: Bzz Bzz Bzz goes the honey bee
  Bzz Bzz Bzz to the hive
  Bzz Bzz Bzz with some news to share
  Bzz Bzz Bzz Bzz Bzz :|

  Waggle dance, figure -8
  that’s how he communicates
  Waggle waggle waggle goes the bee Buzz Buzz
  Waggle dance, happy day
  Pollen, nectar, right this way
  Waggle waggle waggle goes the bee Buzz Buzz

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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 :|