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.

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 rainsticks. Explore turning over, shaking, rolling, tapping. Then sing through song at least twice following directions in the song.

(To the tune of Frere Jacques)
Tap tap tap tap
tap tap tap tap
Roll and Roll
Roll and Roll
Shake and Shake and
Shake and Shake and
Shake and hide, Shake and hide

Activity Instructions:

Bounce during verse. Follow directions during chorus, roll backwards for upside down.

C’mon and bounce along with me
C’mon and bounce along with me

We’re going up and down
and up and down
and bumping
bumping all around

We’ll go up and down
and up and down
rock side to side
and fall upside down.

C’mon and bounce along with me
C’mon and bounce along with me

We’re going up and down
and up and down
and bumping
bumping all around

We’ll go up and down
and up and down
rock side to side
and fall upside down.

C’mon and bounce along with me
C’mon and bounce along with me

We’re going up and down
and up and down
and bumping
bumping all around

We’ll go up and down
and up and down
rock side to side
and fall upside down.

Activity Instructions:

Print out and post caterpillars on the wall before class. Have children identify the caterpillar shapes. Then sing song, and have children run and touch the picture on the wall when you sing about the shape.

Caterpillar, Caterpillar where are you
Find the caterpillar caterpillar wearing [SHAPE] Shoes

SHAPE = Circle, Square, Triangle, Star

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55555555 531

Activity Instructions:

Pass out cage bells. Allow children to explore shaking them high and low, tapping them on the ground, and making them hide. Then sing song several times.

I am tapping the bell on the ground
tapping it on the ground
(repeat)

I am shaking the bell in my hand
shaking it way up high
(repeat)

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888 888
876543211
111 111

Activity Instructions:

Introduce the chorus moves. Then start the song, and follow the directions in the song.

Walk like an elelphant (x8)

CHORUS
Turn around
Touch the ground
Touch your toes
Touch your nose

Walk like a monkey (x8)

CHORUS

Walk like a bear (x8)

CHORUS

Run like a lion (x8)

Fly through the air like you don’t care

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 balls, allow children to explore rolling and tapping them. Model tapping with hands and feet, and holding ball in between knees to tap. Then introduce song.

C’mon and tap the ball with me (x3)
C’mon and tap the ball

C’mon and roll the ball with me (x7)
C’mon and roll the ball

C’mon and bounce the ball with me (x7)
C’mon and bounce the ball

C’mon and pass it to a friend (x7)
C’mon and pass the ball

Activity Instructions:

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

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:

Print out pictures of musical symbols, hang the pictures around the room. Have the children run and touch the symbols that you sing about.

Find the bass clef
Find the bass clef
Hanging on the wall

Find the bass clef
Find the bass clef
Hanging on the wall

Bass Clef, Treble Clef, Crescendo, Decrescendo

Activity Instructions:

Use puppet to sing song.

The itsy bitsy spider is building his web
He’s not an insect, but he’s an arachnid
He catches more bugs then the birds and the bats
Most spider friends are harmless, but a few bite back

Hey Mr. Spider with eight legs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Hey Mr. Spider thanks for catching bugs
I don’t like bites, but I’ll take a hug

The great big giant spider is building his web
He’s not an insect, but he’s an arachnid
He catches more bugs then the birds and the bats
Most spider friends are harmless, but a few bite back

Hey Mr. Spider with eight legs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Hey Mr. Spider thanks for catching bugs
I don’t like bites, but I’ll take a hug

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 in background before class as students and parents enter. Allow children to play with an instrument not used in the 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 cage bells. Allow children to explore shaking them high and low, tapping them on the ground, and making them hide. Then sing song several times.

I am tapping the bell on the ground
tapping it on the ground
(repeat)

I am shaking the bell in my hand
shaking it way up high
(repeat)

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888 888
876543211
111 111

Activity Instructions:

Introduce the chorus moves. Then start the song, and follow the directions in the song.

Walk like an elelphant (x8)

CHORUS
Turn around
Touch the ground
Touch your toes
Touch your nose

Walk like a monkey (x8)

CHORUS

Walk like a bear (x8)

CHORUS

Run like a lion (x8)

Fly through the air like you don’t care

Activity Instructions:

Review letters on the chart with the children. Have them point out different letters. Then teach them the acrostic food song.

Apples Bannanas Chicken Donuts
Eggplant Fruit Grapes Honeydew
Ice Cream Juice Ketchup Lasagna
Mangoes Nuts Oranges Pizza
Quinoa Rice Strawberries Tomatoes
Wings Xigua (Zig you a – African Melon) Yogurt Zuchinni

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 boomwhackers. Have children practice hitting them on the ground, then call out colors and have them tap up the scale and down the scale. Use printable to lead children through the song on boomwhackers.

Make sure to pull just low C-A for this song.

CCGG AAG
FFEE DDDC
GGF EED
GGGF EED
CCGG AAG
FFEE DDC

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.

Activity Instructions:

Pass out balls, allow children to explore rolling and tapping them. Model tapping with hands and feet, and holding ball in between knees to tap. Then introduce song.

C’mon and tap the ball with me (x3)
C’mon and tap the ball

C’mon and roll the ball with me (x7)
C’mon and roll the ball

C’mon and bounce the ball with me (x7)
C’mon and bounce the ball

C’mon and pass it to a friend (x7)
C’mon and pass the ball

Activity Instructions:

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

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:

Print out pictures of musical symbols, hang the pictures around the room. Have the children run and touch the symbols that you sing about.

Find the bass clef
Find the bass clef
Hanging on the wall

Find the bass clef
Find the bass clef
Hanging on the wall

Bass Clef, Treble Clef, Crescendo, Decrescendo

Activity Instructions:

Use puppet to sing song.

The itsy bitsy spider is building his web
He’s not an insect, but he’s an arachnid
He catches more bugs then the birds and the bats
Most spider friends are harmless, but a few bite back

Hey Mr. Spider with eight legs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Hey Mr. Spider thanks for catching bugs
I don’t like bites, but I’ll take a hug

The great big giant spider is building his web
He’s not an insect, but he’s an arachnid
He catches more bugs then the birds and the bats
Most spider friends are harmless, but a few bite back

Hey Mr. Spider with eight legs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Hey Mr. Spider thanks for catching bugs
I don’t like bites, but I’ll take a hug

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 in background before class as students and parents enter. Allow children to play with an instrument not used in the 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 cage bells. Allow children to explore shaking them high and low, tapping them on the ground, and making them hide. Then sing song several times.

I am tapping the bell on the ground
tapping it on the ground
(repeat)

I am shaking the bell in my hand
shaking it way up high
(repeat)

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888 888
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111 111

Activity Instructions:

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

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

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1111 3335
555 55771
delay 8

Activity Instructions:

Print out and post caterpillars on the wall before class. Have children identify the caterpillar shapes. Then sing song, and have children run and touch the picture on the wall when you sing about the shape.

Caterpillar, Caterpillar where are you
Find the caterpillar caterpillar wearing [SHAPE] Shoes

SHAPE = Circle, Square, Triangle, Star

1111 3333 556
55555555 531

Activity Instructions:

Introduce the chorus moves. Then start the song, and follow the directions in the song.

Walk like an elelphant (x8)

CHORUS
Turn around
Touch the ground
Touch your toes
Touch your nose

Walk like a monkey (x8)

CHORUS

Walk like a bear (x8)

CHORUS

Run like a lion (x8)

Fly through the air like you don’t care

Activity Instructions:

Pass out boomwhackers. Have children practice hitting them on the ground, then call out colors and have them tap up the scale and down the scale. Use printable to lead children through the song on boomwhackers.

Make sure to pull just low C-A for this song.

CCGG AAG
FFEE DDDC
GGF EED
GGGF EED
CCGG AAG
FFEE DDC

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 balls, allow children to explore rolling and tapping them. Model tapping with hands and feet, and holding ball in between knees to tap. Then introduce song.

C’mon and tap the ball with me (x3)
C’mon and tap the ball

C’mon and roll the ball with me (x7)
C’mon and roll the ball

C’mon and bounce the ball with me (x7)
C’mon and bounce the ball

C’mon and pass it to a friend (x7)
C’mon and pass the ball

Activity Instructions:

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

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:

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.

Activity Instructions:

Print out pictures of musical symbols, hang the pictures around the room. Have the children run and touch the symbols that you sing about.

Find the bass clef
Find the bass clef
Hanging on the wall

Find the bass clef
Find the bass clef
Hanging on the wall

Bass Clef, Treble Clef, Crescendo, Decrescendo

Activity Instructions:

Use puppet to sing song.

The itsy bitsy spider is building his web
He’s not an insect, but he’s an arachnid
He catches more bugs then the birds and the bats
Most spider friends are harmless, but a few bite back

Hey Mr. Spider with eight legs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Hey Mr. Spider thanks for catching bugs
I don’t like bites, but I’ll take a hug

The great big giant spider is building his web
He’s not an insect, but he’s an arachnid
He catches more bugs then the birds and the bats
Most spider friends are harmless, but a few bite back

Hey Mr. Spider with eight legs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Hey Mr. Spider thanks for catching bugs
I don’t like bites, but I’ll take a hug

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 :|