Tot Rock

• Coming in Classical: Stravinsky – The Firebird

  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.

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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: Rainstick Roll

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

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

  Lyrics:
  

  (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

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• Lapride: Bounce Along

  Activity Instructions:

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

  Lyrics:
  

  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.

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• Color or Shape Song w/Instrument: Shape Shoes Caterpillar

  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.

  Lyrics:
  

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

  SHAPE = Circle, Square, Triangle, Star

  1111 3333 556
  55555555 531

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• Song w/Instrument: Bell Scale Song

  Equipment:
  

  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.

  Lyrics:
  

  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)

  123456788
  888 888
  876543211
  111 111

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• Body Awareness: Walk Like An Animal

  Activity Instructions:

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

  Lyrics:
  

  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

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• Solfege Song: This Old Man

  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 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

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• Song w/Ball: C’mon and… the ball

  Equipment:
  

  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.

  Lyrics:
  

  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

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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: Musical Symbols Game

  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.

  Lyrics:
  

  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

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• Puppet: Mr. Spider

  Activity Instructions:

  Use puppet to sing song.

  Lyrics:
  

  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

---

• 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: Stravinsky – The Firebird

  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.

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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: Bell Scale Song

  Equipment:
  

  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.

  Lyrics:
  

  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)

  123456788
  888 888
  876543211
  111 111

---

• Body Awareness: Walk Like An Animal

  Activity Instructions:

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

  Lyrics:
  

  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

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• Alphabet Song w/Instrument: Food Acrostic

  Activity Instructions:

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

  Lyrics:
  

  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

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• Solfege Song: This Old Man

  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 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

---

• Song w/Pitched Instrument: ABC Song

  Equipment:
  

  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.

  Lyrics:
  

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

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• Composing Activity: Color Composing 4

  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: C’mon and… the ball

  Equipment:
  

  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.

  Lyrics:
  

  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

---

• 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 Game: Musical Symbols Game

  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.

  Lyrics:
  

  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

---

• Puppet: Mr. Spider

  Activity Instructions:

  Use puppet to sing song.

  Lyrics:
  

  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

---

• 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: Stravinsky – The Firebird

  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.

---

• 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

---

• Song w/Instrument: Bell Scale Song

  Equipment:
  

  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.

  Lyrics:
  

  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)

  123456788
  888 888
  876543211
  111 111

---

• 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 Shoes Caterpillar

  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.

  Lyrics:
  

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

  SHAPE = Circle, Square, Triangle, Star

  1111 3333 556
  55555555 531

---

• Body Awareness: Walk Like An Animal

  Activity Instructions:

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

  Lyrics:
  

  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

---

• Song w/Pitched Instrument: ABC Song

  Equipment:
  

  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.

  Lyrics:
  

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

---

• Solfege Song: This Old Man

  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 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

---

• Song w/Ball: C’mon and… the ball

  Equipment:
  

  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.

  Lyrics:
  

  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

---

• 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: Color Composing 3

  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.

   

---

• Musical Game: Musical Symbols Game

  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.

  Lyrics:
  

  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

---

• Puppet: Mr. Spider

  Activity Instructions:

  Use puppet to sing song.

  Lyrics:
  

  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

---

• 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 :|