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: Click Click Click the Horses Hooves

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out castanets. Explore clicking with both hands. Then click the rhythm, with the words of the song.

  Lyrics:
  

  Click click click the horses hooves
  Running down the track

  Click click the horses hooves
  Run and don’t turn back

  Quick quick quick, set the pace
  run, run, run, win the race

  Click Click Click the horses hooves
  Running down the track

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• Lapride: Roller Coaster

  Activity Instructions:

  Children sit on parents laps. Bounce during first part, follow directions second part. Repeat several times.

  Lyrics:
  

  Zoom-ing real fast in my rol-ler coas-ter [bounce fast]
  click-e-ty clak click-e-ty clak
  Zoom-ing real fast on my rol-ler coas-ter
  click-e-ty clack down the track

  Whoosh left and right, whoosh up-side down, [lean left, right, rock back]
  Boun-cing boun-cing all a-round [ bounce again ]
  Zoom-ing real fast in my rol-ler coas-ter
  Click-e-ty Click-e-ty Clak

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• Color or Shape Song w/Instrument: Yellow Things

  Activity Instructions:

  Hang pictures on wall before class. Have children run and touch the yellow object you are singing about.

  Lyrics:
  

  Yellow Things are all around
  all around all around
  Yellow things are all around, find me a

  1. Lemon
  2. Bananna
  3. Rubber Duckie
  4. School Bus
  5. Scrambled eggs

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• Song w/Instrument: Pitter Patter

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

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

  Lyrics:
  

  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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• Body Awareness: Robot Dance

  Activity Instructions:

  Invite everyone to stand up for the song. Practice clapping, stomping, then show them “robot moves”
  Then start song.

  Lyrics:
  

  C’mon and clap your hands with me x4
  C’mon and jump along with me x 4
  Do the Robot
  (repeats x3 with longer Robot section on end)

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• Solfege Song: London Bridge

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out microphones, and sing some of the children’s favorite songs.

  In Baby Rock, sing the song using the words.
  In Tot and Kid Rock, proceed to solfege. Introduce solfege, singing syllables from Do-Sol-Do. Be silly and repeat the Do on the end. Then sing the song a little bit at a time using solfege syllables, having parents and children repeat the phrase. Finish by singing the song with the words.

  Lyrics:
  

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

  London Bridge is falling down
  falling down, falling down
  London Bridge is falling down
  My Fair Lady

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• Song w/Ball: Fast as fast can be

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out playground balls. Explore tapping the ball, rolling the ball side to side, bouncing on top of the ball, and rolling to a friend.
  Then start song and follow directions in song.

  Lyrics:
  

  I am tapping, tapping on my ball
  I am tapping, tapping on my ball
  Fast as fast can be tap the ball with me
  I am tapping tapping on my ball

  I am rolling, rolling side to side
  I am rolling, rolling side to side
  Fast as fast can be, roll the ball with me
  I am rolling rolling side to side

  I am bouncing, bouncing up and down
  I am bouncing, bouncing up and down
  Fast as fast can be, bounce on the ball with me
  I am bouncing bouncing up and down

  I am rolling, rolling to a friend
  I am rolling rolling to a friend
  Fast as fast can be, roll the ball with me
  I am rolling, rolling to a friend

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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: EGBDF – Lines

  Activity Instructions:

  Have children repeat after you “Every Good Boy Does Fine” EGBDF are the notes in the treble clef, from the bottom to the top.
  Then show children each of the notes on the wall. Sing song, indicating which line to run to each time you sing through.

  With Kid Rock, test knowledge on music carpet after playing the game by grabbing an egg shaker and placing it on the lines, prompt students if they need help by counting up each line using Every Good Boy Does Fine.

  Lyrics:
  

  Every Good Boy Does Fine
  that’s how we remember the lines
  EGBDF in the treble clef
  From the bottom to the top until we stop
  Every Good Boy Does Fine,
  Will you touch the “E” line

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• Puppet: My Little Brown Dog

  Activity Instructions:

  Use puppet to sing song to children.

  Lyrics:
  

  Ruff Ruff Ruff said my little brown dog
  I wanna come out and play
  Ruff Ruff Ruff said my little brown dog
  as he waggled his tail away

  Ruff ruff said my dog, as he dug for a bone,
  Ruff Ruff, what can I go fetch ?
  Ruff Ruff, said my dog, as he ran for a hug
  Ruff Ruff, what can I go catch?

  Ruff Ruff Ruff said my little brown dog
  I wanna come out and play
  Ruff Ruff Ruff said my little brown dog
  as he waggled his tail away

  Ruff ruff said my dog, as he looked for some food
  Ruff Ruff, please it’s time to eat
  Ruff Ruff, could I have some water too?
  Ruff Ruff, could I have a treat?

  Ruff Ruff Ruff said my little brown dog
  I wanna come out and play
  Ruff Ruff Ruff said my little brown dog
  as he waggled his tail away

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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: Click Click Click the Horses Hooves

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out castanets. Explore clicking with both hands. Then click the rhythm, with the words of the song.

  Lyrics:
  

  Click click click the horses hooves
  Running down the track

  Click click the horses hooves
  Run and don’t turn back

  Quick quick quick, set the pace
  run, run, run, win the race

  Click Click Click the horses hooves
  Running down the track

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• Body Awareness: Robot Dance

  Activity Instructions:

  Invite everyone to stand up for the song. Practice clapping, stomping, then show them “robot moves”
  Then start song.

  Lyrics:
  

  C’mon and clap your hands with me x4
  C’mon and jump along with me x 4
  Do the Robot
  (repeats x3 with longer Robot section on end)

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• Alphabet Song w/Instrument: Letter F – There was a Farmer

  Activity Instructions:

  Ask students if they are able to tell you the name of animals or bugs beginning with the letter F. Help them to guess frog, fish, fox, and fly, and talk about their spelling as they guess each one. Then sing the song.

  Lyrics:
  

  There was a Farmer had a frog
  and FROG it was his name-o
  FROG Frog, FROG Frog, FROG Frog
  and FROG it was his name-frog
  no, that’s not right? Hmm…

  There was a farmer had a fish
  and fish it was his name-o
  FISH fish, FISH fish, FISH fish
  and fish it was his name Fish!

  There was a farmer had a fox
  and fox it was his name-o
  FOX that’s fox x3
  and fox it was his name-o

  There was a famer had a fly
  and fly it was his name-o
  FLY that’s fly x3
  and fox it was his name-o

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• Solfege Song: London Bridge

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out microphones, and sing some of the children’s favorite songs.

  In Baby Rock, sing the song using the words.
  In Tot and Kid Rock, proceed to solfege. Introduce solfege, singing syllables from Do-Sol-Do. Be silly and repeat the Do on the end. Then sing the song a little bit at a time using solfege syllables, having parents and children repeat the phrase. Finish by singing the song with the words.

  Lyrics:
  

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

  London Bridge is falling down
  falling down, falling down
  London Bridge is falling down
  My Fair Lady

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• Song w/Pitched Instrument: Ring Around the Rosie

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out bells. Call out each of the colors, and have children ring the bell. (If they are ringing out of turn, try to have the children put bells on the ground in between rings, which will mute the sound.) Then play the song several times through, switching bell colors in between.

  Lyrics:
  

  GGE AGE – Turquoise Turquoise Yellow Blue Turquoise Yellow – Ring Around the Rosie
  EGGE AGE – Yellow Turquoise Turquoise Yellow Blue Turquoise Yellow – A pocket full of posies
  GE GE – Turquoise Yellow Turquoise Yellow – Ashes ashes
  EGG C – Yellow Turquoise Turquoise Red – We all fall down

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• Composing Activity: Animal Composing Card

  Activity Instructions:

  Make sure to print the printable before class – and practice this one. This is a representational composing activity. Point to a picture, and sing the short melody associated with each picture. Then have the children point, and sing the matching melody for what they point to. They are composing the melody based on what picture they point to.

  Lyrics:
  

  Elephant  – do do do
  Panda Bear – do re mi
  Lion – do sol
  Tiger – do mi
  Zebra – do fa

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• Song w/Ball: Fast as fast can be

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out playground balls. Explore tapping the ball, rolling the ball side to side, bouncing on top of the ball, and rolling to a friend.
  Then start song and follow directions in song.

  Lyrics:
  

  I am tapping, tapping on my ball
  I am tapping, tapping on my ball
  Fast as fast can be tap the ball with me
  I am tapping tapping on my ball

  I am rolling, rolling side to side
  I am rolling, rolling side to side
  Fast as fast can be, roll the ball with me
  I am rolling rolling side to side

  I am bouncing, bouncing up and down
  I am bouncing, bouncing up and down
  Fast as fast can be, bounce on the ball with me
  I am bouncing bouncing up and down

  I am rolling, rolling to a friend
  I am rolling rolling to a friend
  Fast as fast can be, roll the ball with me
  I am rolling, rolling to a friend

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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!

---

• Musical Game: EGBDF – Lines

  Activity Instructions:

  Have children repeat after you “Every Good Boy Does Fine” EGBDF are the notes in the treble clef, from the bottom to the top.
  Then show children each of the notes on the wall. Sing song, indicating which line to run to each time you sing through.

  With Kid Rock, test knowledge on music carpet after playing the game by grabbing an egg shaker and placing it on the lines, prompt students if they need help by counting up each line using Every Good Boy Does Fine.

  Lyrics:
  

  Every Good Boy Does Fine
  that’s how we remember the lines
  EGBDF in the treble clef
  From the bottom to the top until we stop
  Every Good Boy Does Fine,
  Will you touch the “E” line

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• Puppet: My Little Brown Dog

  Activity Instructions:

  Use puppet to sing song to children.

  Lyrics:
  

  Ruff Ruff Ruff said my little brown dog
  I wanna come out and play
  Ruff Ruff Ruff said my little brown dog
  as he waggled his tail away

  Ruff ruff said my dog, as he dug for a bone,
  Ruff Ruff, what can I go fetch ?
  Ruff Ruff, said my dog, as he ran for a hug
  Ruff Ruff, what can I go catch?

  Ruff Ruff Ruff said my little brown dog
  I wanna come out and play
  Ruff Ruff Ruff said my little brown dog
  as he waggled his tail away

  Ruff ruff said my dog, as he looked for some food
  Ruff Ruff, please it’s time to eat
  Ruff Ruff, could I have some water too?
  Ruff Ruff, could I have a treat?

  Ruff Ruff Ruff said my little brown dog
  I wanna come out and play
  Ruff Ruff Ruff said my little brown dog
  as he waggled his tail away

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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: Click Click Click the Horses Hooves

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out castanets. Explore clicking with both hands. Then click the rhythm, with the words of the song.

  Lyrics:
  

  Click click click the horses hooves
  Running down the track

  Click click the horses hooves
  Run and don’t turn back

  Quick quick quick, set the pace
  run, run, run, win the race

  Click Click Click the horses hooves
  Running down the track

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• Peek-a-boo: Under Cover (Hot Cross Buns)

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

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

  Lyrics:
  

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

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• Color or Shape Song: Yellow Things

  Activity Instructions:

  Hang pictures on wall before class. Have children run and touch the yellow object you are singing about.

  Lyrics:
  

  Yellow Things are all around
  all around all around
  Yellow things are all around, find me a

  1. Lemon
  2. Bananna
  3. Rubber Duckie
  4. School Bus
  5. Scrambled eggs

---

• Body Awareness: Robot Dance

  Activity Instructions:

  Invite everyone to stand up for the song. Practice clapping, stomping, then show them “robot moves”
  Then start song.

  Lyrics:
  

  C’mon and clap your hands with me x4
  C’mon and jump along with me x 4
  Do the Robot
  (repeats x3 with longer Robot section on end)

---

• Song w/Pitched Instrument: Ring Around the Rosie

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out bells. Call out each of the colors, and have children ring the bell. (If they are ringing out of turn, try to have the children put bells on the ground in between rings, which will mute the sound.) Then play the song several times through, switching bell colors in between.

  Lyrics:
  

  GGE AGE – Turquoise Turquoise Yellow Blue Turquoise Yellow – Ring Around the Rosie
  EGGE AGE – Yellow Turquoise Turquoise Yellow Blue Turquoise Yellow – A pocket full of posies
  GE GE – Turquoise Yellow Turquoise Yellow – Ashes ashes
  EGG C – Yellow Turquoise Turquoise Red – We all fall down

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• Solfege Song: London Bridge

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out microphones, and sing some of the children’s favorite songs.

  In Baby Rock, sing the song using the words.
  In Tot and Kid Rock, proceed to solfege. Introduce solfege, singing syllables from Do-Sol-Do. Be silly and repeat the Do on the end. Then sing the song a little bit at a time using solfege syllables, having parents and children repeat the phrase. Finish by singing the song with the words.

  Lyrics:
  

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

  London Bridge is falling down
  falling down, falling down
  London Bridge is falling down
  My Fair Lady

---

• Song w/Ball: Fast as fast can be

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out playground balls. Explore tapping the ball, rolling the ball side to side, bouncing on top of the ball, and rolling to a friend.
  Then start song and follow directions in song.

  Lyrics:
  

  I am tapping, tapping on my ball
  I am tapping, tapping on my ball
  Fast as fast can be tap the ball with me
  I am tapping tapping on my ball

  I am rolling, rolling side to side
  I am rolling, rolling side to side
  Fast as fast can be, roll the ball with me
  I am rolling rolling side to side

  I am bouncing, bouncing up and down
  I am bouncing, bouncing up and down
  Fast as fast can be, bounce on the ball with me
  I am bouncing bouncing up and down

  I am rolling, rolling to a friend
  I am rolling rolling to a friend
  Fast as fast can be, roll the ball with me
  I am rolling, rolling to a friend

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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!

---

• Musical Composition Activity: Animal Composing Card

  Activity Instructions:

  Make sure to print the printable before class – and practice this one. This is a representational composing activity. Point to a picture, and sing the short melody associated with each picture. Then have the children point, and sing the matching melody for what they point to. They are composing the melody based on what picture they point to.

  Lyrics:
  

  Elephant  – do do do
  Panda Bear – do re mi
  Lion – do sol
  Tiger – do mi
  Zebra – do fa

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• Musical Game: EGBDF – Lines

  Activity Instructions:

  Have children repeat after you “Every Good Boy Does Fine” EGBDF are the notes in the treble clef, from the bottom to the top.
  Then show children each of the notes on the wall. Sing song, indicating which line to run to each time you sing through.

  With Kid Rock, test knowledge on music carpet after playing the game by grabbing an egg shaker and placing it on the lines, prompt students if they need help by counting up each line using Every Good Boy Does Fine.

  Lyrics:
  

  Every Good Boy Does Fine
  that’s how we remember the lines
  EGBDF in the treble clef
  From the bottom to the top until we stop
  Every Good Boy Does Fine,
  Will you touch the “E” line

---

• Puppet: My Little Brown Dog

  Activity Instructions:

  Use puppet to sing song to children.

  Lyrics:
  

  Ruff Ruff Ruff said my little brown dog
  I wanna come out and play
  Ruff Ruff Ruff said my little brown dog
  as he waggled his tail away

  Ruff ruff said my dog, as he dug for a bone,
  Ruff Ruff, what can I go fetch ?
  Ruff Ruff, said my dog, as he ran for a hug
  Ruff Ruff, what can I go catch?

  Ruff Ruff Ruff said my little brown dog
  I wanna come out and play
  Ruff Ruff Ruff said my little brown dog
  as he waggled his tail away

  Ruff ruff said my dog, as he looked for some food
  Ruff Ruff, please it’s time to eat
  Ruff Ruff, could I have some water too?
  Ruff Ruff, could I have a treat?

  Ruff Ruff Ruff said my little brown dog
  I wanna come out and play
  Ruff Ruff Ruff said my little brown dog
  as he waggled his tail away

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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 :|