Tot Rock

• Coming in Classical: 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.

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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: Drum Counting

  Equipment:
  

  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

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• Lapride: 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.

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• Color or Shape Song w/Instrument: 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]

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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: 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]

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• Solfege Song: 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.

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• Song w/Ball: 123, Roll the Ball

  Equipment:
  

  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.

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

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

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

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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: 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.

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• Puppet: 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

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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: 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.

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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: Drum Counting

  Equipment:
  

  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

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• Body Awareness: 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]

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• Alphabet Song w/Instrument: Letter G – Go Go Go Green Grasshopper

  Activity Instructions:

  Introduce the letter G. What shape is it? What sound does the letter make? Talk about the things in the song that begin with the letter G. Then introduce the song.

  Lyrics:
  

  Go go go green grasshopper
  Go go go green grasshopper
  Go go go green grasshopper

  1. Go and get green grapes
  2. Go and get a gift
  3. Go go go be great

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• Solfege Song: 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.

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• Song w/Pitched Instrument: Frere Jacques

  Activity Instructions:

  Lyrics:
  

  C D E C
  C D E C
  E F G E F G
  G A G F E C
  G A G F E C
  C G C
  C G C

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• Composing Activity: Action with my Person

  Activity Instructions:

  Today we’re writing song lyrics! On the provided printable, have students write down an action, a person, and a place, or you can write down for them. Then collect the sheets and sing through their songs!

  Lyrics:
  

  I am [ACTION] with my [PERSON]
  with my [PERSON]
  with my [PERSON]
  I am [ACTION] with my [PERSON]
  at [PLACE]

  (to the tune of London Bridge)

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• Song w/Ball: 123, Roll the Ball

  Equipment:
  

  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.

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

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

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

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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: 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

  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

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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: 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.

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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: Drum Counting

  Equipment:
  

  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

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• Peek-a-boo: I’m Having Fun

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out scarves, explore playing peek a boo. Then introduce song, sing and be playful, being sure to interact with each child.

  Lyrics:
  

  I’m having fun, hiding from you,
  I’m having fun, hiding from you
  I’m having fun, hiding from you,
  having fun playing peeka-boo
  Boo

  1111 3335
  7777 2224
  1111 3335
  555 55771
  delay 8

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• Color or Shape Song: 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]

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• Body Awareness: 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]

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• Song w/Pitched Instrument: Frere Jacques

  Activity Instructions:

  Lyrics:
  

  C D E C
  C D E C
  E F G E F G
  G A G F E C
  G A G F E C
  C G C
  C G C

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• Solfege Song: 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

  Equipment:
  

  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.

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

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

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

---

• 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: Action with my Person

  Activity Instructions:

  Today we’re writing song lyrics! On the provided printable, have students write down an action, a person, and a place, or you can write down for them. Then collect the sheets and sing through their songs!

  Lyrics:
  

  I am [ACTION] with my [PERSON]
  with my [PERSON]
  with my [PERSON]
  I am [ACTION] with my [PERSON]
  at [PLACE]

  (to the tune of London Bridge)

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• Musical Game: 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

  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

  

  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 :|