Superplan Lesson Seven

  • Coming In Classical: Handel – Water Music

    Handel – Water Music

    Activity Instructions:

    Play music as children are entering at the start of class. Allow them to explore with an instrument not used in the rest of class.

  • Hello Song: Tot Rock Hello

    Tot Rock Hello

    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

  • Song w/Instrument: Drum Counting

    Drum Counting

    Activity Instructions:

    Explore tapping drum and stopping. Then sing song and play drums.

    Lyrics:

    1234
    1+2+3+4+
    1e+a 2e+a 3e+a 4e+a
    stop

  • Lapride: Pop Goes the Weasel

    Pop Goes the Weasel

    Activity Instructions:

    Have grownups sit children in their lap. Bounce children to the beat, and follow directions with the lyrics.

    Lyrics:
    All around the mulberry bush,
    The monkey chased the weasel.
    The monkey thought ’twas all in fun, 
    Pop! goes the weasel.

    A penny for a spool of thread,
    A nickel for a needle—
    That’s the way the money goes,
    Pop! goes the weasel.

    My mother taught me how to sew,
    And how to thread the needle,
    Every time my finger slips,
    Pop! goes the weasel.
    You may try to sew and sew,
    And never make something regal,
    So roll it up and let it go,
    Pop! goes the weasel.

    I went a-hunting in the woods,
    It wasn’t very legal,
    The dog and I were caught with the goods,
    Pop! goes the weasel.
    I said I didn’t hunt or sport,
    The warden looked at my beagle,
    He said to tell it to the court,
    Pop! goes the weasel.

    All around the cobbler’s house,
    The monkey chased the people.
    And after them in double haste,
    Pop! goes the weasel.

    All around the cobbler’s house,
    The monkey chased the people.
    And after them in double haste,
    Pop! goes the weasel.

  • Color or Shape Song: Shape Dice

    Shape Dice

    Activity Instructions:

    Print out the dice on cardstock and assemble before class. Alternatively, you could roll a small square box with shape stickers on it. Have the children roll the die and run to the shape that they get.

    Lyrics:

    Roll the die, Roll the Die, Roll the Die, Roll the Die
    Let’s see what you get!
    Roll the die, Roll the Die, Roll the Die, Roll the Die,
    Then run and touch the [SHAPE]

  • Song w/Instrument: Shaking My Egg

    Shaking My Egg

    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

  • Body Awareness: Head and Shoulders

    Head and Shoulders

    Activity Instructions:

    Introduce motions to children, touch head, shoulders, knees, and toes. Then practice jumping. Play song, dance and follow motions/movement in lyrics.

    Lyrics:

    Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes
    Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes
    and eyes and ears and mouth and nose
    Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes

    C’mon and jump with me
    As fast as fast can be
    C’mon and jump with me
    C’mon and jump with me

    C’mon and jump with me
    As fast as fast can be
    C’mon and jump with me
    C’mon and jump with me

    [REPEAT ALL second chorus @ end]

  • Solfege Song: Noble Duke

    Noble Duke

    Activity Instructions:

    Pass out echo microphones. Have children explore speaking in the top of them. Then ask for some of the classes favorite songs and sing them.

    Have the children echo solfege syllables, Do-Sol ascending and descending one syllable at a time.

    Teach the song by singing the syllables a little bit at a time and have children echo back. Then sing the song with regular lyrics.

    Lyrics:

    Sol Do Do Do Do Do
    Re Mi Mi Mi Mi Mi
    Mi Sol Sol Sol Sol Sol Mi Do
    Re Mi Mi Re Re Do

    The Noble Duke of York
    He had ten thousand mem
    He marched them up to the top of the hill
    And he marched them down again

    And when you’re up you’re up
    And when you’re down you’re down
    And when you’re only halfway up
    You’re neither up or down

    He marched them to the left
    He marched them to the right
    He marched them up to the top of the hill
    and he marched them out of sight.

  • Song w/Ball: 123, Roll the Ball

    123, Roll the Ball

    Activity Instructions:

    Pair up students, then allow children to practice rolling the ball, then begin song. Depending upon age and ability level, see if children can roll the ball to their partner when you say “roll” in the song. Repeat several times. With a small class, you might sit in a circle and play with everyone instead of pairing off.

    Lyrics:

    One Two Three
    Roll the ball to me
    One Two
    I roll the ball to you

    One two three
    Roll the ball to me
    One Two
    I roll the ball to you.

  • World Music Dance: Trinidad and Tobago – No More Monkeys

    Trinidad and Tobago – No More Monkeys

    Activity Instructions:

    Pass out scarves, and have children bounce and dance to the song.

  • Musical Exploration: Musical Exploration

    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: Higher or Lower

    Higher or Lower

    Activity Instructions:

    Instruct students that they need to use their listening ears.
    Play or sing two pitches. If the second pitch is higher, have kids jump or reach their hands way up high, if the same, do nothing, if lower, sit down.

  • Puppet: Tommy Turtle Manners

    Tommy Turtle Manners

    Activity Instructions:

    Use turtle puppet to sing song.

    Lyrics:

    Tommy Turtle teach us how to always be nice
    asking we say please
    receiving we say thanks
    Tommy Turtle teach us how to always be nice
    teach us all to be polite

    We say please when we ask for a need
    We say thank you when we receive
    Please and Thank you they are kind
    Teach us how to be polite

    Tommy Turtle teach us how to always be nice
    asking we say please
    receiving we say thanks
    Tommy Turtle teach us how to always be nice
    teach us all to be polite

    We say please when we ask for a need
    We say thank you when we receive
    Please and Thank you they are kind
    Teach us how to be polite

  • Goodbye Song: Goodbye Song

    Goodbye Song

    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]
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        Goodbye [Name goes here]
        Goodbye [Name here]
        Goodbye [Name goes here]
        Goodbye [Name here]
        We’ll rock again next time :|