Activity Instructions:

Play song as children are entering the room, allow them to play with an instrument not used in today’s lesson plan.

Activity Instructions:

Call children to circle. Start rhythm on Keyboard, and use each child’s name in the song.

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

Activity Instructions:

Pass out rhythm sticks. Explore tapping them together, tapping them on the ground, tapping one stick or the other, and/or hitting them like a hammer and stake. Then sing song, following the motions in the song.

Tap, tap, tap tap tap
Tap my rhythm sticks
Tap, tap, tap tap tap
Tap my rhythm sticks

Hit them together now
Tap my rhythm sticks
Hit them together now
Tap my rhythm sticks

Tap them on the ground
Tap my rhythm sticks
Tap them on the ground
Tap my rhythm sticks

Activity Instructions:

Have children sit on parents lap. Have parents bounce the children up and down, rock the children from side to side, then bump them all around as you follow the directions in the song lyrics.

I am flying in a plane
bouncing up and down
I am flying in a plan
bouncing up and down
Flying in the sky so blue
Look at me and look at you
I am flying in a plane
bouncing up and down

I am flying in a plane
rocking side to side
I am flying in a plan
rocking side to side
Flying in the sky so blue
Look at me and look at you
I am flying in a plane
rocking side to side

I am flying in a plane
Bumping all around<
I am flying in a plan
Bumping all around<
Flying in the sky so blue
Look at me and look at you
I am flying in a plane
Bumping all around<

Activity Instructions:

Print out the shapes and hang on the wall before class. Review the shapes, then sing the song, and have children run to the item that you are singing about.

I am looking for a [SHAPE], looking for a [SHAPE]
I am looking for a [SHAPE], looking for a [SHAPE]

Rhombus, Trapezoid, Star, Heart 

Activity Instructions:

Pass out instrument to students. Allow them to explore hitting the triangles, or have parents hit the triangle and watch the children’s faces for their reaction to the song. Review using the striker to hit the sides, as well as the triangle roll. Sing the song several times through.

Tri-an-gle Tri-an-gle, Tap Tap Tap (tap tap tap)
Tri-an-gle Tri-an-gle , 1 2 3 (tap tap tap)
Tri-an-gle Tri-an-gle, Tap tap tap (tap tap tap)
Tri-an-gle Tri-an-gle, 123 ROLL

Activity Instructions:

Let children and parents know that you are going to do a body awareness song. Practice the motions in the song, then do them with the music. The pattern repeats three times with extra waving goodbye at the end of the song. Do this acapella with the keyboard unless you have advanced kids in Kid Rock who can keep up.

|: I tap my head,
I tap my cheeks,
I tap my nose,
I tap my knees
I Stand up tall
and turn around
I touch my toes,
and then sit down

Clap my hands,
my arms out wide
Give myself
a hug then I
Stand up tall
and jump real high
And then I wave goodbye :| 

TAG:
And then I wave goodbye
And then I wave goodbye

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.

Sol Me Sol Sol Me Sol
La Sol Fa Me Re Me Fa
Me Fa Sol Do Do Do Do
Do Re Me Fa Sol
Sol Re Re Fa Me Re Do

This Old Man, he played one,
He play knick knack on my thumb
with a knick knack paddy whack
Give a dog a bone
This Old Man came rolling home

Activity Instructions:

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

I am tapping x2
On my ball x2
Tapping on my ball x2
on my ball x2

V2. I am bouncing
V3. I am rolling
V4. I am passing 

Activity Instructions:

Pass out scarves, and have children bounce, dance, etc.

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!

Activity Instructions:

Play the .mp3s, or use a keyboard or keyboard app to play a note, and major chord, see if the children hear the difference. A chord is multiple notes played together, the note is just one pitch. Have children tell you what they hear. Once they have that, try playing a major chord (happy chord) and minor chord (sad chord) to see if they hear the difference. Children do better at hearing the difference when you start with a major chord, then they h ear the contrast of a minor chord.

Activity Instructions:

Use pony puppet to sing song, with cow, frog, duck, and puppy finger puppets.

Who wants a pony ride? I want a pony ride!
I’ll take a ride, said [Mr. Cow]
Who wants a pony ride? I want a pony ride!
I’ll take a ride, said [Mr. Cow]

Trot trot trot
Round the track
[Mr. Cow] on the pony’s back

Who wants a pony ride? I took a pony ride!
I had fun said [Mr. Cow]

V1) Mr. Cow
V2) Mrs. Frog
V3) Brother Duck
V4) Sister Dog

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.

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 :|

Activity Instructions:

Play song as children are entering the room, allow them to play with an instrument not used in today’s lesson plan.

Activity Instructions:

Call children to circle. Start rhythm on Keyboard, and use each child’s name in the song.

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

Activity Instructions:

Pass out instrument to students. Allow them to explore hitting the triangles, or have parents hit the triangle and watch the children’s faces for their reaction to the song. Review using the striker to hit the sides, as well as the triangle roll. Sing the song several times through.

Tri-an-gle Tri-an-gle, Tap Tap Tap (tap tap tap)
Tri-an-gle Tri-an-gle , 1 2 3 (tap tap tap)
Tri-an-gle Tri-an-gle, Tap tap tap (tap tap tap)
Tri-an-gle Tri-an-gle, 123 ROLL

Activity Instructions:

Let children and parents know that you are going to do a body awareness song. Practice the motions in the song, then do them with the music. The pattern repeats three times with extra waving goodbye at the end of the song. Do this acapella with the keyboard unless you have advanced kids in Kid Rock who can keep up.

|: I tap my head,
I tap my cheeks,
I tap my nose,
I tap my knees
I Stand up tall
and turn around
I touch my toes,
and then sit down

Clap my hands,
my arms out wide
Give myself
a hug then I
Stand up tall
and jump real high
And then I wave goodbye :| 

TAG:
And then I wave goodbye
And then I wave goodbye

Activity Instructions:

Introduce letter Q words(Queen, Quiet, Question, Quick) and Questions – who, what, where.

The Quiet Queen she Questioned me
quickly quickly who art thee?

The Quiet Queen she questioned me
My name’s _______, let me be

The Quiet Queen she Questioned me?
Quickly, quickly, what do you see?
The Quiet Queen she Questioned me
I see ____________ with me    

The Quiet Queen she Questioned me
Quickly, Quickly, Where art thee?
The quiet queen she questioned me
I’m at ________ with thee

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.

Sol Me Sol Sol Me Sol
La Sol Fa Me Re Me Fa
Me Fa Sol Do Do Do Do
Do Re Me Fa Sol
Sol Re Re Fa Me Re Do

This Old Man, he played one,
He play knick knack on my thumb
with a knick knack paddy whack
Give a dog a bone
This Old Man came rolling home

Activity Instructions:

Pass out xylophones and music. Play through the song as an example. Hold the xylophone upright facing the children in the air so that children are able to see you play the song.

EFG FED E
EE AG DE
EE EG GF FA
GAG FED C

Hickory Dickory Dock
The mouse ran up the clock
The clock struck one, the mouse ran down
Hickory Dickory Dock

Activity Instructions:

Distribute staff paper. Show children how to draw notes.
Have them draw a simple rhythmic pattern that the group will tap together.

Activity Instructions:

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

I am tapping x2
On my ball x2
Tapping on my ball x2
on my ball x2

V2. I am bouncing
V3. I am rolling
V4. I am passing 

Activity Instructions:

Pass out scarves, and have children bounce, dance, etc.

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!

Activity Instructions:

Play the .mp3s, or use a keyboard or keyboard app to play a note, and major chord, see if the children hear the difference. A chord is multiple notes played together, the note is just one pitch. Have children tell you what they hear. Once they have that, try playing a major chord (happy chord) and minor chord (sad chord) to see if they hear the difference. Children do better at hearing the difference when you start with a major chord, then they h ear the contrast of a minor chord.

Activity Instructions:

Use pony puppet to sing song, with cow, frog, duck, and puppy finger puppets.

Who wants a pony ride? I want a pony ride!
I’ll take a ride, said [Mr. Cow]
Who wants a pony ride? I want a pony ride!
I’ll take a ride, said [Mr. Cow]

Trot trot trot
Round the track
[Mr. Cow] on the pony’s back

Who wants a pony ride? I took a pony ride!
I had fun said [Mr. Cow]

V1) Mr. Cow
V2) Mrs. Frog
V3) Brother Duck
V4) Sister Dog

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.

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 :|

Activity Instructions:

Play song as children are entering the room, allow them to play with an instrument not used in today’s lesson plan.

Activity Instructions:

Call children to circle. Start rhythm on Keyboard, and use each child’s name in the song.

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

Activity Instructions:

Pass out instrument to students. Allow them to explore hitting the triangles, or have parents hit the triangle and watch the children’s faces for their reaction to the song. Review using the striker to hit the sides, as well as the triangle roll. Sing the song several times through.

Tri-an-gle Tri-an-gle, Tap Tap Tap (tap tap tap)
Tri-an-gle Tri-an-gle , 1 2 3 (tap tap tap)
Tri-an-gle Tri-an-gle, Tap tap tap (tap tap tap)
Tri-an-gle Tri-an-gle, 123 ROLL

Activity Instructions:

Pass out transparent scarves. Pull off, and say boo! Interact with each of the children. Then sing the song, interacting with each of the children.

Do Re Me, 123,
Where could my baby be? Boo!

and/or 

Do Re Me, 123,
Where could [name] be? Boo!

Activity Instructions:

Print out the shapes and hang on the wall before class. Review the shapes, then sing the song, and have children run to the item that you are singing about.

I am looking for a [SHAPE], looking for a [SHAPE]
I am looking for a [SHAPE], looking for a [SHAPE]

Rhombus, Trapezoid, Star, Heart 

Activity Instructions:

Let children and parents know that you are going to do a body awareness song. Practice the motions in the song, then do them with the music. The pattern repeats three times with extra waving goodbye at the end of the song. Do this acapella with the keyboard unless you have advanced kids in Kid Rock who can keep up.

|: I tap my head,
I tap my cheeks,
I tap my nose,
I tap my knees
I Stand up tall
and turn around
I touch my toes,
and then sit down

Clap my hands,
my arms out wide
Give myself
a hug then I
Stand up tall
and jump real high
And then I wave goodbye :| 

TAG:
And then I wave goodbye
And then I wave goodbye

Activity Instructions:

Pass out xylophones and music. Play through the song as an example. Hold the xylophone upright facing the children in the air so that children are able to see you play the song.

EFG FED E
EE AG DE
EE EG GF FA
GAG FED C

Hickory Dickory Dock
The mouse ran up the clock
The clock struck one, the mouse ran down
Hickory Dickory Dock

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.

Sol Me Sol Sol Me Sol
La Sol Fa Me Re Me Fa
Me Fa Sol Do Do Do Do
Do Re Me Fa Sol
Sol Re Re Fa Me Re Do

This Old Man, he played one,
He play knick knack on my thumb
with a knick knack paddy whack
Give a dog a bone
This Old Man came rolling home

Activity Instructions:

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

I am tapping x2
On my ball x2
Tapping on my ball x2
on my ball x2

V2. I am bouncing
V3. I am rolling
V4. I am passing 

Activity Instructions:

Pass out scarves, and have children bounce, dance, etc.

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!

Activity Instructions:

Distribute staff paper. Show children how to draw notes.
Have them draw a simple rhythmic pattern that the group will tap together.

Activity Instructions:

Play the .mp3s, or use a keyboard or keyboard app to play a note, and major chord, see if the children hear the difference. A chord is multiple notes played together, the note is just one pitch. Have children tell you what they hear. Once they have that, try playing a major chord (happy chord) and minor chord (sad chord) to see if they hear the difference. Children do better at hearing the difference when you start with a major chord, then they h ear the contrast of a minor chord.

Activity Instructions:

Use pony puppet to sing song, with cow, frog, duck, and puppy finger puppets.

Who wants a pony ride? I want a pony ride!
I’ll take a ride, said [Mr. Cow]
Who wants a pony ride? I want a pony ride!
I’ll take a ride, said [Mr. Cow]

Trot trot trot
Round the track
[Mr. Cow] on the pony’s back

Who wants a pony ride? I took a pony ride!
I had fun said [Mr. Cow]

V1) Mr. Cow
V2) Mrs. Frog
V3) Brother Duck
V4) Sister Dog

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.

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 :|