Tot Rock

• Coming in Classical: Mozart – 12 variations in C on Ah! vous dirai-je, maman

  Activity Instructions:

  Play in background before class as students and parents enter. Allow children to play with an instrument not used in the lesson plan.

  Historical information:

  Twelve Variations on “Ah vous dirai-je, Maman”, K. 265/300e, is a piano composition by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composed when he was around 25 years old (1781 or 1782). This piece consists of twelve variations on the French folk song “Ah! vous dirai-je, maman”. The French melody first appeared in 1761, and has been used for many children’s songs, such as “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”, “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep” and the “Alphabet Song”. (from 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: Chomp Castanet

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out the castanets – one to each student. Allow them to explore squeezing the castanets shut with one hand, the other hand, both hands, etc. Then introduce song.

  Lyrics:
  

  Chomp Chomp Chomp goes the cas-ta-net
  when my fin-gers squeeze it shut
  Chomp Chomp Chomp goes the cas-ta-net
  like a mouth try-ing to talk
  Chomp chomp chomp, and click click click
  o-pen shut it, just like this
  Chomp chomp chomp goes my cas-ta-net
  Chomp chomp chomp chomp chomp

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• Lapride: Turtle and the Bunny (Tortoise and the Hare)

  Activity Instructions:

  Have children sit in parent’s laps. Explore Bumping and Bouncing fast, and walking slowly with left or right leg up. This is a version of the tortise (turtle) and the hare (bunny). Use the turtle and the bunny in your lap.

  Lyrics:
  

  [FAST- bounce Part 1, bump Part 2]
  The turtle and the bunny met one day, met one day, met one day
  The turtle and the bunny met one day, met one day, met one day
  The turtle and the bunny met one day, met one day, met one day
  and they decided to race

  Hopalong bunny sped away, sped away, sped away
  Hopalong bunny sped away, sped away, sped away
  Hopalong bunny sped away, sped away, sped away
  Hopalong bunny sped away
  and the turtle began his chase

  [SLOW – one knee up, other knee up, alternate]
  Slow and steady wins the race
  wins the race, wins the race
  Slow and steady wins the race
  Turtle followed at his own pace

  [FAST- bounce Part 1, bump Part 2]
  Hopalong bunny turned around, turned around, turned around
  Hopalong bunny turned around, turned around, turned around
  Hopalong bunny turned around, turned around, turned around
  Couldn’t see the turtle so he sat down

  Hopalong bunny, tired out, tired out, tired out
  Hopalong bunny, tired out, tired out, tired out
  Hopalong bunny, tired out, tired out, tired out
  Shut his eyes and took a nap

  [SLOWLY – one knee up, other knee up, alternate]
  Mr. Turtle kept on walking
  past the bunny’s napping place
  Mr. Turtle kept on walking
  Slow and steady wins the race

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• Color or Shape Song w/Instrument: Pop Go the Animal Colors

  Activity Instructions:

  Print and hang the animal pictures on the wall in your classroom space. Before beginning the activity, review the animals and their colors. As you sing the song, the children go and touch the animal picture that is hanging on the wall.

  Lyrics:
  

  I am looking for a frog
  looking for a green frog
  I am looking for a frog
  Help me find a green frog

  Replace frog with:
  Bird: Blue bird,
  Duck:Yellow Duck,
  Tiger:Orange Tiger,
  Flamingo:Pink Flamingo

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• Song w/Instrument: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out Cage Bells to children. Allow them to explore shaking them and tapping them on the ground. Then begin song.

  Lyrics:
  

  Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
  How I wonder what you are,
  Up above the world so high
  Like a diamond in the sky
  Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
  How I wonder what you are.

  When the blazing sun is gone,
  When he nothing shines upon,
  Then you show your little light
  Twinkle, twinkle, all the night
  Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
  How I wonder what you are.

  Then the trav’ller in the dark
  Thanks you for your tiny spark
  He could not see where to go,
  If you did not twinkle so
  Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
  Thank you for your tiny spark.

  In the dark blue sky you keep
  Often through my curtains peep
  For you never shut your eyes
  Till the sun is in the sky
  Twinkle Twinkle little star,
  Thank you for your tiny spark.

  Historical information:

  “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” is a popular English lullaby. The lyrics are adapted from an early 19th-century English poem by Jane Taylor, “The Star”. The poem, which is in couplet form, was first published in 1806 in Rhymes for the Nursery, a collection of poems by Taylor and her sister Ann. [ Source:Wikipedia]

  
  

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• Body Awareness: Rockin’ ABCs

  Activity Instructions:

  Tell the children you will be doing a dance to the ABC song this week. Introduce the moves in the chorus, jump, stomp, spin, clap, touch the ground. Then start the song, walk and sing during the ABC verses. Repeat if desired.

  Lyrics:
  

  ABCDEFG
  HIJKLMNOP
  QRS TUV
  WXY and Z
  Now I know my ABCs
  Won’t you sing and dance with me

  Jumping to my ABCs, jump along with me
  Stomping to my ABCs, stompin’ to the beat
  Spinning to my ABCs, watch me spin around
  Clapping to my ABCs, and then I touch the ground

  ABCDEFG
  HIJKLMNOP
  QRS TUV
  WXY and Z
  Now I know my ABCs
  Won’t you sing and dance with me

  Jumping to my ABCs, Jump along with me
  Stomping to my ABCs, stompin’ to the beat
  Spinning to my ABCs, watch me spin around
  Clapping to my ABCs, and then I touch the ground

  ABCDEFG
  HIJKLMNOP
  QRS TUV
  WXY and Z
  Now I know my ABCs
  Thanks for singin’ and dancin’ with me.

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• Solfege Song: Ring Around the Rosie

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out echo microphones. Have children explore speaking into 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 Sol Mi La Sol Mi
  Sol Sol Mi La Sol Mi
  Sol Mi Sol Mi Mi Sol Sol Do

  Ring around the Rosie
  a pocket full of posies
  ashes, ashes, we all fall down.

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• Song w/Ball: If You’re Happy Samba Ball

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out playground balls. Explore tapping the ball, rolling the ball, bouncing on top of the ball, and rolling on top the ball with your belly. Then play recorded song and follow directions.

  Lyrics:
  

  v.1 Tap your hands on the ball
  v.2 Use your hands to roll the ball
  v.3 Bounce your bootie on the ball
  v.4 Roll your belly on the ball

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• World Music Dance: Puerto Rico – Pegate – Ricky Martin – Plena

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pegate is a Puerto Rican Plena dance song by Ricky Martin.  Grab some scarves and dance to the song!
  Try to use the same dance moves the same time you do each of the different parts of the song.

  Song form:

  • Intro
  • Verse
  • Chorus
  • Instrumental
  • Verse 2
  • Chorus
  • Instrumental
  • Bridge
  • Chorus
  • Instrumental
  • Drum break/Ending

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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: 123, identify me

  

  CASIO-SA-77:
  00 - Grand Piano, 48 - Tuba, 62 - Piccolo

  
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Print out pictures of Keyboard, Tuba, and Piccolo before class. Show the children each picture, and play the matching tone on the keyboard. Then hang the pictures around the room. The children will start in the center of the room. You will play a sound, and they have to go to the matching picture. Try to play in three different octaves (ie C3 tuba, C4 piano, C5 piccolo) so pitch as well as tone quality can help them distinguish between the different sounds.

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• Puppet: Caterpillar, Chrysalis, Butterfly

  Activity Instructions:

  Talk about the life cycle of the butterfly. Then sing the song, using puppet and transforming it as you go from caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly. At the end of the song,  give butterfly kisses as desired.

  Lyrics:
  

  Caterpillar caterpillar grows and eats
  grows and eats lots of leaves
  caterpillar, caterpillar grows and eats
  grows and eats and eats lots of leaves
  Caterpillar caterpillar grows and eats
  He eats and eats lots of leaves

  The caterpillar hides in a chrysalis
  hides inside just like this
  The caterpillar hides in a chrysalis
  hides inside just like this
  The caterpillar hides in a chrysalis
  and undergoes metaphorphasis
   
  Then out pops a beautiful butterfly
  butterfly, butterfly
  Then out pops a beautiful butterfly
  butterfly, butterfly
  Then out pops a beautiful butterfly
  who flies and flies in the sky

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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: Mozart – 12 variations in C on Ah! vous dirai-je, maman

  Activity Instructions:

  Play in background before class as students and parents enter. Allow children to play with an instrument not used in the lesson plan.

  Historical information:

  Twelve Variations on “Ah vous dirai-je, Maman”, K. 265/300e, is a piano composition by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composed when he was around 25 years old (1781 or 1782). This piece consists of twelve variations on the French folk song “Ah! vous dirai-je, maman”. The French melody first appeared in 1761, and has been used for many children’s songs, such as “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”, “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep” and the “Alphabet Song”. (from 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: Chomp Castanet

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out the castanets – one to each student. Allow them to explore squeezing the castanets shut with one hand, the other hand, both hands, etc. Then introduce song.

  Lyrics:
  

  Chomp Chomp Chomp goes the cas-ta-net
  when my fin-gers squeeze it shut
  Chomp Chomp Chomp goes the cas-ta-net
  like a mouth try-ing to talk
  Chomp chomp chomp, and click click click
  o-pen shut it, just like this
  Chomp chomp chomp goes my cas-ta-net
  Chomp chomp chomp chomp chomp

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• Body Awareness: Rockin’ ABCs

  Activity Instructions:

  Tell the children you will be doing a dance to the ABC song this week. Introduce the moves in the chorus, jump, stomp, spin, clap, touch the ground. Then start the song, walk and sing during the ABC verses. Repeat if desired.

  Lyrics:
  

  ABCDEFG
  HIJKLMNOP
  QRS TUV
  WXY and Z
  Now I know my ABCs
  Won’t you sing and dance with me

  Jumping to my ABCs, jump along with me
  Stomping to my ABCs, stompin’ to the beat
  Spinning to my ABCs, watch me spin around
  Clapping to my ABCs, and then I touch the ground

  ABCDEFG
  HIJKLMNOP
  QRS TUV
  WXY and Z
  Now I know my ABCs
  Won’t you sing and dance with me

  Jumping to my ABCs, Jump along with me
  Stomping to my ABCs, stompin’ to the beat
  Spinning to my ABCs, watch me spin around
  Clapping to my ABCs, and then I touch the ground

  ABCDEFG
  HIJKLMNOP
  QRS TUV
  WXY and Z
  Now I know my ABCs
  Thanks for singin’ and dancin’ with me.

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• Alphabet Song w/Instrument: Letter A – A Silly Song-Story

  Activity Instructions:

  Show the children a picture of the letter A. Talk about the things in the song story that start with the Letter A: apple, ant, archer, arrow, alphabet, alligator, then sing the silly story several times.

  Lyrics:
  

  The ARCHER he AIMED with his ARROW
  For an APPLE on top of my head
  But I shook and I shook ’cause that ARROW was scary
  and down fell my APPLE instead

  Then ANTS who were carrying french fries
  while singing the ALPHABET SONG
  They put down their french fries to lift up my APPLE
  ANOTHER friend, He came along

  Chomp chomp went my friend ALLIGATOR
  Well, it looks like no APPLES for me.
  The ‘gator he snuck in and ATE my poor APPLE
  It’s now in the ‘gators belly.

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• Solfege Song: Ring Around the Rosie

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out echo microphones. Have children explore speaking into 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 Sol Mi La Sol Mi
  Sol Sol Mi La Sol Mi
  Sol Mi Sol Mi Mi Sol Sol Do

  Ring around the Rosie
  a pocket full of posies
  ashes, ashes, we all fall down.

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• Song w/Pitched Instrument: Noble Duke of York

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out Handbells. Allow children to explore hitting them on the ground freely. Then ask them to only hit when you cue them by pointing or calling out the color of the handbell. Have children play song several times through. Switch colors and repeat, if desired, depending upon time.

  Lyrics:
  

  C-FFFFF
  G-AAAAA
  A-CCC
  CC-AF
  G-AA-GG-F

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• Composing Activity: Musical Madlib – Darling Clementine

  Activity Instructions:

  If parents are actively participating, pass out sheets to students, have parents help them fill in the blanks. Otherwise, you the teacher fill in the blanks, asking each student for 2 animals, one action word (like jumping, spinning, flying, running), and one food that they like. Then sing everyone’s songs through several times.

  Lyrics:
  

  I am writing,
  I am writing,
  I am writing my own song
  ANIMAL1 and ANIMAL2 –
  they are ACTION-
  eating FOOD and having fun

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• Song w/Ball: If You’re Happy Samba Ball

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out playground balls. Explore tapping the ball, rolling the ball, bouncing on top of the ball, and rolling on top the ball with your belly. Then play recorded song and follow directions.

  Lyrics:
  

  v.1 Tap your hands on the ball
  v.2 Use your hands to roll the ball
  v.3 Bounce your bootie on the ball
  v.4 Roll your belly on the ball

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• World Music Dance: Puerto Rico – Pegate – Ricky Martin – Plena

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pegate is a Puerto Rican Plena dance song by Ricky Martin.  Grab some scarves and dance to the song!
  Try to use the same dance moves the same time you do each of the different parts of the song.

  Song form:

  • Intro
  • Verse
  • Chorus
  • Instrumental
  • Verse 2
  • Chorus
  • Instrumental
  • Bridge
  • Chorus
  • Instrumental
  • Drum break/Ending

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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: 123, identify me

  

  CASIO-SA-77:
  00 - Grand Piano, 48 - Tuba, 62 - Piccolo

  
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Print out pictures of Keyboard, Tuba, and Piccolo before class. Show the children each picture, and play the matching tone on the keyboard. Then hang the pictures around the room. The children will start in the center of the room. You will play a sound, and they have to go to the matching picture. Try to play in three different octaves (ie C3 tuba, C4 piano, C5 piccolo) so pitch as well as tone quality can help them distinguish between the different sounds.

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• Puppet: Caterpillar, Chrysalis, Butterfly

  Activity Instructions:

  Talk about the life cycle of the butterfly. Then sing the song, using puppet and transforming it as you go from caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly. At the end of the song,  give butterfly kisses as desired.

  Lyrics:
  

  Caterpillar caterpillar grows and eats
  grows and eats lots of leaves
  caterpillar, caterpillar grows and eats
  grows and eats and eats lots of leaves
  Caterpillar caterpillar grows and eats
  He eats and eats lots of leaves

  The caterpillar hides in a chrysalis
  hides inside just like this
  The caterpillar hides in a chrysalis
  hides inside just like this
  The caterpillar hides in a chrysalis
  and undergoes metaphorphasis
   
  Then out pops a beautiful butterfly
  butterfly, butterfly
  Then out pops a beautiful butterfly
  butterfly, butterfly
  Then out pops a beautiful butterfly
  who flies and flies in the sky

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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: Mozart – 12 variations in C on Ah! vous dirai-je, maman

  Activity Instructions:

  Play in background before class as students and parents enter. Allow children to play with an instrument not used in the lesson plan.

  Historical information:

  Twelve Variations on “Ah vous dirai-je, Maman”, K. 265/300e, is a piano composition by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composed when he was around 25 years old (1781 or 1782). This piece consists of twelve variations on the French folk song “Ah! vous dirai-je, maman”. The French melody first appeared in 1761, and has been used for many children’s songs, such as “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”, “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep” and the “Alphabet Song”. (from 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: Chomp Castanet

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out the castanets – one to each student. Allow them to explore squeezing the castanets shut with one hand, the other hand, both hands, etc. Then introduce song.

  Lyrics:
  

  Chomp Chomp Chomp goes the cas-ta-net
  when my fin-gers squeeze it shut
  Chomp Chomp Chomp goes the cas-ta-net
  like a mouth try-ing to talk
  Chomp chomp chomp, and click click click
  o-pen shut it, just like this
  Chomp chomp chomp goes my cas-ta-net
  Chomp chomp chomp chomp chomp

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• Peek-a-boo: Scat Boo

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out scarves, explore, playing peek-a-boo. Then begin singing song as you play. Sing several times.
  In vocal jazz, scat singing is vocal improvisation with wordless vocables, nonsense syllables or without words at all.

  Lyrics:
  

  Zit-dit-dit
  Boop bop, be do be do
  Zit dit dit
  Boop bop be doo – Boo

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• Color or Shape Song: Pop Go the Animal Colors

  Activity Instructions:

  Print and hang the animal pictures on the wall in your classroom space. Before beginning the activity, review the animals and their colors. As you sing the song, the children go and touch the animal picture that is hanging on the wall.

  Lyrics:
  

  I am looking for a frog
  looking for a green frog
  I am looking for a frog
  Help me find a green frog

  Replace frog with:
  Bird: Blue bird,
  Duck:Yellow Duck,
  Tiger:Orange Tiger,
  Flamingo:Pink Flamingo

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• Body Awareness: Rockin’ ABCs

  Activity Instructions:

  Tell the children you will be doing a dance to the ABC song this week. Introduce the moves in the chorus, jump, stomp, spin, clap, touch the ground. Then start the song, walk and sing during the ABC verses. Repeat if desired.

  Lyrics:
  

  ABCDEFG
  HIJKLMNOP
  QRS TUV
  WXY and Z
  Now I know my ABCs
  Won’t you sing and dance with me

  Jumping to my ABCs, jump along with me
  Stomping to my ABCs, stompin’ to the beat
  Spinning to my ABCs, watch me spin around
  Clapping to my ABCs, and then I touch the ground

  ABCDEFG
  HIJKLMNOP
  QRS TUV
  WXY and Z
  Now I know my ABCs
  Won’t you sing and dance with me

  Jumping to my ABCs, Jump along with me
  Stomping to my ABCs, stompin’ to the beat
  Spinning to my ABCs, watch me spin around
  Clapping to my ABCs, and then I touch the ground

  ABCDEFG
  HIJKLMNOP
  QRS TUV
  WXY and Z
  Now I know my ABCs
  Thanks for singin’ and dancin’ with me.

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• Song w/Pitched Instrument: Noble Duke of York

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out Handbells. Allow children to explore hitting them on the ground freely. Then ask them to only hit when you cue them by pointing or calling out the color of the handbell. Have children play song several times through. Switch colors and repeat, if desired, depending upon time.

  Lyrics:
  

  C-FFFFF
  G-AAAAA
  A-CCC
  CC-AF
  G-AA-GG-F

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• Solfege Song: Ring Around the Rosie

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out echo microphones. Have children explore speaking into 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 Sol Mi La Sol Mi
  Sol Sol Mi La Sol Mi
  Sol Mi Sol Mi Mi Sol Sol Do

  Ring around the Rosie
  a pocket full of posies
  ashes, ashes, we all fall down.

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• Song w/Ball: If You’re Happy Samba Ball

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out playground balls. Explore tapping the ball, rolling the ball, bouncing on top of the ball, and rolling on top the ball with your belly. Then play recorded song and follow directions.

  Lyrics:
  

  v.1 Tap your hands on the ball
  v.2 Use your hands to roll the ball
  v.3 Bounce your bootie on the ball
  v.4 Roll your belly on the ball

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• World Music Dance: Puerto Rico – Pegate – Ricky Martin – Plena

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pegate is a Puerto Rican Plena dance song by Ricky Martin.  Grab some scarves and dance to the song!
  Try to use the same dance moves the same time you do each of the different parts of the song.

  Song form:

  • Intro
  • Verse
  • Chorus
  • Instrumental
  • Verse 2
  • Chorus
  • Instrumental
  • Bridge
  • Chorus
  • Instrumental
  • Drum break/Ending

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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: Musical Madlib – Darling Clementine

  Activity Instructions:

  If parents are actively participating, pass out sheets to students, have parents help them fill in the blanks. Otherwise, you the teacher fill in the blanks, asking each student for 2 animals, one action word (like jumping, spinning, flying, running), and one food that they like. Then sing everyone’s songs through several times.

  Lyrics:
  

  I am writing,
  I am writing,
  I am writing my own song
  ANIMAL1 and ANIMAL2 –
  they are ACTION-
  eating FOOD and having fun

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• Musical Game: 123, identify me

  

  CASIO-SA-77:
  00 - Grand Piano, 48 - Tuba, 62 - Piccolo

  
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Print out pictures of Keyboard, Tuba, and Piccolo before class. Show the children each picture, and play the matching tone on the keyboard. Then hang the pictures around the room. The children will start in the center of the room. You will play a sound, and they have to go to the matching picture. Try to play in three different octaves (ie C3 tuba, C4 piano, C5 piccolo) so pitch as well as tone quality can help them distinguish between the different sounds.

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• Puppet: Caterpillar, Chrysalis, Butterfly

  Activity Instructions:

  Talk about the life cycle of the butterfly. Then sing the song, using puppet and transforming it as you go from caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly. At the end of the song,  give butterfly kisses as desired.

  Lyrics:
  

  Caterpillar caterpillar grows and eats
  grows and eats lots of leaves
  caterpillar, caterpillar grows and eats
  grows and eats and eats lots of leaves
  Caterpillar caterpillar grows and eats
  He eats and eats lots of leaves

  The caterpillar hides in a chrysalis
  hides inside just like this
  The caterpillar hides in a chrysalis
  hides inside just like this
  The caterpillar hides in a chrysalis
  and undergoes metaphorphasis
   
  Then out pops a beautiful butterfly
  butterfly, butterfly
  Then out pops a beautiful butterfly
  butterfly, butterfly
  Then out pops a beautiful butterfly
  who flies and flies in the sky

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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 :|