Tot Rock

• Coming in Classical: Copland – Rodeo: Hoe-Down, Boston Pops

  Activity Instructions:

  Play music as parents and students are coming in.

  Historical information:

  Aaron Copland was an American composer, composition teacher, writer, and later in his career a conductor of his own and other American music. Instrumental in forging a distinctly American style of composition, in his later years he was often referred to as “the Dean of American Composers.”

  [ more info on Wikipedia ]

  
  

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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: Tambourine Circles

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Distribute instruments. Allow children to explore tapping with fingers, hands, and shaking. Then introduce song. Repeat several times.

  Lyrics:
  

  I see a big circle,  (keep the beat)
  little circles too,
  Tambourine, tambourine
  Right in front of you

  Tap with your fingers (follow directions)
  Tap with your hands
  Pick it up and shake it
  And put it down again

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• Lapride: Bicycle Race

  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.

  Lyrics:
  

  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

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• Color or Shape Song w/Instrument: 3D Shapes – Cone, Cube, Cylinder, Sphere

  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.

  Lyrics:
  

  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

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• Song w/Instrument: Maracas if You Know It

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Explore shaking, tapping together, tapping on floor, shaking high and low. Then introduce song.

  Lyrics:
  

  I am shaking my maracas, then I stop,
  I am shaking my maracas then I stop!
  I am shaking my maracas x2
  I am shaking my maracas then I stop

  Possible Variations:
  I am tapping on the ground
  I am tapping them together
  I am shaking them up high
  I am shaking them down low
  I am shaking with my right hand
  I am shaking with my left had

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• Body Awareness: Tempo Walk

  Activity Instructions:

  Play song, dance and follow motions/movement in lyrics.

  Lyrics:
  

  Walkin’ x5 to the beat
  Walkin’ x5 with my feet
  Walkin’ x5 with a friend
  Walkin’ ’til the song ends

  Repeat Faster

  Repeat even Faster

  Repeat Fastest

  Repeat Slowly… slows down dramatically at the end.

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• Solfege Song: A Tisket A Tasket

  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 Sol Mi, Mi Sol Mi,
  Mi Sol Sol Mi La Sol Mi
  Fa Fa Re Re Fa Fa Re Re
  Sol Fa Mi Re Mi Do :|

  A tisket, a tasket
  A green and yellow basket
  Wrote a letter to my love
  and on the way I dropped it

  I dropped it, I dropped it
  and on the way I dropped it
  Wrote a letter to my love and
  On the way I dropped it

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• Song w/Ball: Tap. Bounce. Play.

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out balls, explore tapping, bouncing, playing. Then start song and follow along.

  Lyrics:
  

  Tap tap tap tap tap tap tapping on my ball, my ball
  Tap tap tap tap tap tap tapping on my ball, my ball
  Tap tap tap tap
  Tap tap tap tap
  Tap tap tap tap
  Tap tap tap tap
  Tap tap tap tap tap tap tapping on my ball, my ball

  Bounce
  Play

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• World Music Dance: Italy – Che La Luna

  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: Musical Hula Hoops

  Activity Instructions:

  This game is like musical chairs. Lay out hula hoops on the ground. Play some music, and when the music stops, each person needs to get into a hoop.
  (If you don’t have hula hoops, you could use chairs, cardstock, or any object!)

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• Puppet: Three Little Bunnies

  Activity Instructions:

  Use bunny finger puppets to sing song.

  Lyrics:
  

  Three little bunnies jumping on the bed
  One fell off and bumped his head
  Mamma called the doctor and the doctor said
  No more bunnies jumping on the bed

  You may jump but on the ground
  Where you will be safe and sound
  You may hop and play around
  But you must do it on the ground

  (continue with 2 and 1…)

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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: Copland – Rodeo: Hoe-Down, Boston Pops

  Activity Instructions:

  Play music as parents and students are coming in.

  Historical information:

  Aaron Copland was an American composer, composition teacher, writer, and later in his career a conductor of his own and other American music. Instrumental in forging a distinctly American style of composition, in his later years he was often referred to as “the Dean of American Composers.”

  [ more info on Wikipedia ]

  
  

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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: Tambourine Circles

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Distribute instruments. Allow children to explore tapping with fingers, hands, and shaking. Then introduce song. Repeat several times.

  Lyrics:
  

  I see a big circle,  (keep the beat)
  little circles too,
  Tambourine, tambourine
  Right in front of you

  Tap with your fingers (follow directions)
  Tap with your hands
  Pick it up and shake it
  And put it down again

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• Body Awareness: Tempo Walk

  Activity Instructions:

  Play song, dance and follow motions/movement in lyrics.

  Lyrics:
  

  Walkin’ x5 to the beat
  Walkin’ x5 with my feet
  Walkin’ x5 with a friend
  Walkin’ ’til the song ends

  Repeat Faster

  Repeat even Faster

  Repeat Fastest

  Repeat Slowly… slows down dramatically at the end.

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• Alphabet Song w/Instrument: Letter I – Instruments In the Igloo

  Activity Instructions:

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

  Lyrics:
  

  I imagine Instruments
  inside the igloo x 3
  I imagine instruments
  inside the igloo
  the igloo floating on the iceberg

  What do I spy?
  I spy [ ]x3
  What do I spy?
  I spy []
  in the igloo floating on the iceberg

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• Solfege Song: A Tisket A Tasket

  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 Sol Mi, Mi Sol Mi,
  Mi Sol Sol Mi La Sol Mi
  Fa Fa Re Re Fa Fa Re Re
  Sol Fa Mi Re Mi Do :|

  A tisket, a tasket
  A green and yellow basket
  Wrote a letter to my love
  and on the way I dropped it

  I dropped it, I dropped it
  and on the way I dropped it
  Wrote a letter to my love and
  On the way I dropped it

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• Song w/Pitched Instrument: This Old Man

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Lyrics:
  

  GEG GEG
  AGFE DEF
  EFG CCCC CDEFG
  GDD FEDC

  Turquoise Yellow Turquoise, Turquoise Yellow Turquoise, 
  Blue Turquoise Green Yellow Orange Yellow Red
  Yellow Green Turquoise Red Red Red Red Red Orange Yellow Green Turquoise
  Turquoise Orange Orange Green Yellow Orange Red

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• Composing Activity: Color Composing 1

  Activity Instructions:

  Before class, print out color composing sheets, and pull crayons that match whatever instrument you are going to play the student compositions on.
  (Boomwhackers, handbells, or xylophone)

  Have students color the squares, and then play their compositions.

   

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• Song w/Ball: Tap. Bounce. Play.

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out balls, explore tapping, bouncing, playing. Then start song and follow along.

  Lyrics:
  

  Tap tap tap tap tap tap tapping on my ball, my ball
  Tap tap tap tap tap tap tapping on my ball, my ball
  Tap tap tap tap
  Tap tap tap tap
  Tap tap tap tap
  Tap tap tap tap
  Tap tap tap tap tap tap tapping on my ball, my ball

  Bounce
  Play

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• World Music Dance: Italy – Che La Luna

  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: Musical Hula Hoops

  Activity Instructions:

  This game is like musical chairs. Lay out hula hoops on the ground. Play some music, and when the music stops, each person needs to get into a hoop.
  (If you don’t have hula hoops, you could use chairs, cardstock, or any object!)

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• Puppet: Three Little Bunnies

  Activity Instructions:

  Use bunny finger puppets to sing song.

  Lyrics:
  

  Three little bunnies jumping on the bed
  One fell off and bumped his head
  Mamma called the doctor and the doctor said
  No more bunnies jumping on the bed

  You may jump but on the ground
  Where you will be safe and sound
  You may hop and play around
  But you must do it on the ground

  (continue with 2 and 1…)

---

• 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: Copland – Rodeo: Hoe-Down, Boston Pops

  Activity Instructions:

  Play music as parents and students are coming in.

  Historical information:

  Aaron Copland was an American composer, composition teacher, writer, and later in his career a conductor of his own and other American music. Instrumental in forging a distinctly American style of composition, in his later years he was often referred to as “the Dean of American Composers.”

  [ more info on Wikipedia ]

  
  

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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: Tambourine Circles

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Distribute instruments. Allow children to explore tapping with fingers, hands, and shaking. Then introduce song. Repeat several times.

  Lyrics:
  

  I see a big circle,  (keep the beat)
  little circles too,
  Tambourine, tambourine
  Right in front of you

  Tap with your fingers (follow directions)
  Tap with your hands
  Pick it up and shake it
  And put it down again

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• Peek-a-boo: London Boo

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out scarves, explore pulling away and saying “boo.” Then sing through song, interacting with parents and children.

  Lyrics:
  

  I am looking
  for [a friend, my mom, my dad, mom-mom]
  I am looking for [ ]
  Look, now, I found them, BOO!

  To the tune of London Bridge

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• Color or Shape Song: 3D Shapes – Cone, Cube, Cylinder, Sphere

  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.

  Lyrics:
  

  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

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• Body Awareness: Tempo Walk

  Activity Instructions:

  Play song, dance and follow motions/movement in lyrics.

  Lyrics:
  

  Walkin’ x5 to the beat
  Walkin’ x5 with my feet
  Walkin’ x5 with a friend
  Walkin’ ’til the song ends

  Repeat Faster

  Repeat even Faster

  Repeat Fastest

  Repeat Slowly… slows down dramatically at the end.

---

• Song w/Pitched Instrument: This Old Man

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Lyrics:
  

  GEG GEG
  AGFE DEF
  EFG CCCC CDEFG
  GDD FEDC

  Turquoise Yellow Turquoise, Turquoise Yellow Turquoise, 
  Blue Turquoise Green Yellow Orange Yellow Red
  Yellow Green Turquoise Red Red Red Red Red Orange Yellow Green Turquoise
  Turquoise Orange Orange Green Yellow Orange Red

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• Solfege Song: A Tisket A Tasket

  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 Sol Mi, Mi Sol Mi,
  Mi Sol Sol Mi La Sol Mi
  Fa Fa Re Re Fa Fa Re Re
  Sol Fa Mi Re Mi Do :|

  A tisket, a tasket
  A green and yellow basket
  Wrote a letter to my love
  and on the way I dropped it

  I dropped it, I dropped it
  and on the way I dropped it
  Wrote a letter to my love and
  On the way I dropped it

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• Song w/Ball: Tap. Bounce. Play.

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out balls, explore tapping, bouncing, playing. Then start song and follow along.

  Lyrics:
  

  Tap tap tap tap tap tap tapping on my ball, my ball
  Tap tap tap tap tap tap tapping on my ball, my ball
  Tap tap tap tap
  Tap tap tap tap
  Tap tap tap tap
  Tap tap tap tap
  Tap tap tap tap tap tap tapping on my ball, my ball

  Bounce
  Play

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• World Music Dance: Italy – Che La Luna

  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 Composition Activity: Color Composing 1

  Activity Instructions:

  Before class, print out color composing sheets, and pull crayons that match whatever instrument you are going to play the student compositions on.
  (Boomwhackers, handbells, or xylophone)

  Have students color the squares, and then play their compositions.

   

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• Musical Game: Musical Hula Hoops

  Activity Instructions:

  This game is like musical chairs. Lay out hula hoops on the ground. Play some music, and when the music stops, each person needs to get into a hoop.
  (If you don’t have hula hoops, you could use chairs, cardstock, or any object!)

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• Puppet: Three Little Bunnies

  Activity Instructions:

  Use bunny finger puppets to sing song.

  Lyrics:
  

  Three little bunnies jumping on the bed
  One fell off and bumped his head
  Mamma called the doctor and the doctor said
  No more bunnies jumping on the bed

  You may jump but on the ground
  Where you will be safe and sound
  You may hop and play around
  But you must do it on the ground

  (continue with 2 and 1…)

---

• 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 :|