Tot Rock

• Coming in Classical: Ravel – Bolero

  Activity Instructions:

  Play music as children are entering at the start of class.

  Historical information:

  Boléro is a one-movement orchestral piece by the French composer Maurice Ravel (1875–1937). Originally composed as a ballet commissioned by Russian actress and dancer Ida Rubinstein, the piece, which premiered in 1928, is Ravel’s most famous musical composition. [from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boléro ]

  
  

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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: Triangle Scale Song

  Activity Instructions:

  Distribute triangles. Show children how to hold by the handle and hit with the striker.

  Then show them a triangle roll… put the striker in the center of the triangle near a corner, and go quickly back and forth.

  Then introduce song. 

  Lyrics:
  

  Ting, ting, ting, ting, ting, ting
  Ring-a ling-a ling-a ling-a ling-a ling-a ling 

  upwards & downwards 1-5-1

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• Lapride: Row Your Boat Lapride

  Activity Instructions:

  Have children sit on parents laps, and follow directions in the song! 

  Lyrics:
  

  Row, Row, Row your boat (bounce)
  Gently down the stream
  Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily 
  Life is but a dream

  Row row row your boat, (bump)
  On the bumpy seas
  Bouncing bouncing all around
  in the ocean breeze

  Row row row your boat
  rocking side to side
  splashing down the riverfront
  on a choppy ride.

  Row row row your boat (move legs together up and down)
  on the ocean waves
  up and down and up and down
  up and down and up and down
  up and down and up and down
  Careful don’t fall in (part legs and drop child gently onto carpet)

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• Color or Shape Song w/Instrument: Yellow Things

  Activity Instructions:

  Hang pictures on wall before class. Have children run and touch the yellow object you are singing about.

  Lyrics:
  

  Yellow Things are all around
  all around all around
  Yellow things are all around, find me a

  1. Lemon
  2. Bananna
  3. Rubber Duckie
  4. School Bus
  5. Scrambled eggs

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• Song w/Instrument: Shaking and Tapping My Maracas

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out maracas. Explore shaking maracas, and tapping on the ground. Then sing song, following the directions in the song.

  Lyrics:
  

  I’m shaking my maracas to the left
  I’m shaking my maracas to the right
  I’m shaking my maracas way up high
  I’m shaking my maracas in the sky

  I’m tapping my maracas, tapping on the ground
  I’m tapping my maracas, listen to the sound
  I’m tapping my maracas, tapping on the floor
  I’m tapping my maracas, c’mon lets play some more

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• Body Awareness: Skipping Song

  Activity Instructions:

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

  Lyrics:
  

  VERSE
  Wave your hands in the air side to side x2
  Tap your hands on your knees and criss cross

  PRECHORUS
  Spin

  CHORUS
  |: Step hop step hop x4
  Watch me skipping x2 :|

  BRIDGE
  Air Drum

  OUTRO
  Run

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• Solfege Song: NOT YET ADDED
  Content Not Yet Added

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• Song w/Ball: Blue Danube Ball

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out playground balls. Explore tapping the ball, bouncing the ball, rolling the ball, and bouncing on top of the ball. Then start song and follow directions in song.

  Lyrics:
  

  |: I’m tapping my ball :| now I’ll pass it to a friend
  |: I’m bouncing my ball  :| now I’ll pass it to a friend
  |: I’m rolling my ball  :| now I’ll pass it to a friend
  |: I bounce on my ball  :| now it’s time for this song to end

  Historical information:

  The Blue Danube is the common English title of An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314 (German for “By the Beautiful Blue Danube”), a waltz by the Austrian composer Johann Strauss II, composed in 1866. Originally performed in February, 1867 at a concert of the Wiener Männergesangsverein (Vienna Men’s Choral Association), it has been one of the most consistently popular pieces of music in the classical repertoire.

  The piece was prominently used in the Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey. The waltz is heard as a space plane approaches and docks with a space station, and then again while another spacecraft travels from the station to the Moon. It is also heard over the film’s closing credits.

  [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Danube ]

  
  

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• World Music Dance: India – Apna Sangeet Vaje Apna Sangeet – Amarjit Sidhu -Bhangra

  Activity Instructions:

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

  Historical information:

  Bhangra is a type of upbeat popular music associated with Punjabi culture. It was developed in England starting in the 1970s by people from the Punjab region of India and Pakistan.

  
  

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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: Find the Pitch

  Activity Instructions:

  Polyspots or Hula Hoops & Hand Bells 1-3-5-7
  set up like a baseball diamond

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• Puppet: Macaroni Penguin

  Activity Instructions:

  Use penguin puppet to sing song.

  Lyrics:
  

  Macaroni Penguins, they live in the sea
  They travel together in a colony
  Their backs are black and their bellies are white
  They have two wings to swim but they don’t fly

  They eat small rocks, and fish and squid
  “Did you say they eat rocks?” Well, yes I did!
  Macaroni Penguins they live in the sea
  They travel together in a colony

  Macaroni Penguins
  Macaroni Penguins
  Macaroni Penguins
  Macaroni Penguins
  Yeah

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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: Ravel – Bolero

  Activity Instructions:

  Play music as children are entering at the start of class.

  Historical information:

  Boléro is a one-movement orchestral piece by the French composer Maurice Ravel (1875–1937). Originally composed as a ballet commissioned by Russian actress and dancer Ida Rubinstein, the piece, which premiered in 1928, is Ravel’s most famous musical composition. [from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boléro ]

  
  

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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: Drum Single Stroke Song

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Introduce one type of drum stroke. Then sing the song for that stroke. Do the same for the four types of strokes.

  Lyrics:
  

  Tap tap tap tap, start down and end down

  Up Stroke, start down and end up

  Down stroke Down Stroke, start up and end down

  Full Stroke, Full Stroke, Start up and end up

  Historical information:

  • The full stroke begins with the tip of the drumstick held 8-12″ above the striking surface. The drummer strikes the drum and then returns the stick back up to its original position.
  • The down stroke begins with the tip at the same height as the full stroke, but upon striking the drum head, the drummer keeps the stick low (about an inch above the striking surface).
  • The up stroke begins with the tip of the stick hovering about an inch above the head of the drum. The drummer strikes the surface, then brings the stick up to full stroke or down stroke position.
  • In the tap, the stick begins at the same position as the up stroke and remains there after striking.

  from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_stroke

  
  

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• Body Awareness: Skipping Song

  Activity Instructions:

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

  Lyrics:
  

  VERSE
  Wave your hands in the air side to side x2
  Tap your hands on your knees and criss cross

  PRECHORUS
  Spin

  CHORUS
  |: Step hop step hop x4
  Watch me skipping x2 :|

  BRIDGE
  Air Drum

  OUTRO
  Run

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• Alphabet Song w/Instrument: Letter G – Go Go Go Green Grasshopper

  Activity Instructions:

  Introduce the letter G. What shape is it? What sound does the letter make? Talk about the things in the song that begin with the letter G. Then introduce the song.

  Lyrics:
  

  Go go go green grasshopper
  Go go go green grasshopper
  Go go go green grasshopper

  1. Go and get green grapes
  2. Go and get a gift
  3. Go go go be great

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• Solfege Song: NOT YET ADDED
  Content Not Yet Added

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• Song w/Pitched Instrument: NOT YET ADDED
  Content Not Yet Added

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• Composing Activity: Bean Bag Notation

  Activity Instructions:

  Have children throw the bean bags onto the music carpet, or staff lines taped onto the floor.
  Play the notes of the melody they create on the keyboard or xylophone.

  

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• Song w/Ball: Blue Danube Ball

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out playground balls. Explore tapping the ball, bouncing the ball, rolling the ball, and bouncing on top of the ball. Then start song and follow directions in song.

  Lyrics:
  

  |: I’m tapping my ball :| now I’ll pass it to a friend
  |: I’m bouncing my ball  :| now I’ll pass it to a friend
  |: I’m rolling my ball  :| now I’ll pass it to a friend
  |: I bounce on my ball  :| now it’s time for this song to end

  Historical information:

  The Blue Danube is the common English title of An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314 (German for “By the Beautiful Blue Danube”), a waltz by the Austrian composer Johann Strauss II, composed in 1866. Originally performed in February, 1867 at a concert of the Wiener Männergesangsverein (Vienna Men’s Choral Association), it has been one of the most consistently popular pieces of music in the classical repertoire.

  The piece was prominently used in the Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey. The waltz is heard as a space plane approaches and docks with a space station, and then again while another spacecraft travels from the station to the Moon. It is also heard over the film’s closing credits.

  [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Danube ]

  
  

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• World Music Dance: India – Apna Sangeet Vaje Apna Sangeet – Amarjit Sidhu -Bhangra

  Activity Instructions:

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

  Historical information:

  Bhangra is a type of upbeat popular music associated with Punjabi culture. It was developed in England starting in the 1970s by people from the Punjab region of India and Pakistan.

  
  

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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: Find the Pitch

  Activity Instructions:

  Polyspots or Hula Hoops & Hand Bells 1-3-5-7
  set up like a baseball diamond

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• Puppet: NOT YET ADDED
  Content Not Yet Added

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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: Ravel – Bolero

  Activity Instructions:

  Play music as children are entering at the start of class.

  Historical information:

  Boléro is a one-movement orchestral piece by the French composer Maurice Ravel (1875–1937). Originally composed as a ballet commissioned by Russian actress and dancer Ida Rubinstein, the piece, which premiered in 1928, is Ravel’s most famous musical composition. [from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boléro ]

  
  

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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: Triangle Scale Song

  Activity Instructions:

  Distribute triangles. Show children how to hold by the handle and hit with the striker.

  Then show them a triangle roll… put the striker in the center of the triangle near a corner, and go quickly back and forth.

  Then introduce song. 

  Lyrics:
  

  Ting, ting, ting, ting, ting, ting
  Ring-a ling-a ling-a ling-a ling-a ling-a ling 

  upwards & downwards 1-5-1

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• Peek-a-boo: I am hiding, You can’t see me

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out scarves, and play peek-a-boo, having parents or you pull the scarves away, and say boo!
  Then sing song with scarves. Take the time to interact with each child and sing to them, if class size allows.

  Lyrics:
  

  I am hiding, You can’t see me
  When I make a silly face [make silly face]
  I am hiding you can’t see me
  Till I pull my scarf away, boo! [pull scarf away on “boo”]

  I am playing peek a boo
  Playing peek a boo with (“you” OR child’s name )
  I am playing peek a boo
  Playing peek a boo, boo! [pull scarf away on second “boo”]

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• Color or Shape Song: Yellow Things

  Activity Instructions:

  Hang pictures on wall before class. Have children run and touch the yellow object you are singing about.

  Lyrics:
  

  Yellow Things are all around
  all around all around
  Yellow things are all around, find me a

  1. Lemon
  2. Bananna
  3. Rubber Duckie
  4. School Bus
  5. Scrambled eggs

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• Body Awareness: Skipping Song

  Activity Instructions:

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

  Lyrics:
  

  VERSE
  Wave your hands in the air side to side x2
  Tap your hands on your knees and criss cross

  PRECHORUS
  Spin

  CHORUS
  |: Step hop step hop x4
  Watch me skipping x2 :|

  BRIDGE
  Air Drum

  OUTRO
  Run

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• Song w/Pitched Instrument: Drum Single Stroke Song

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Introduce one type of drum stroke. Then sing the song for that stroke. Do the same for the four types of strokes.

  Lyrics:
  

  Tap tap tap tap, start down and end down

  Up Stroke, start down and end up

  Down stroke Down Stroke, start up and end down

  Full Stroke, Full Stroke, Start up and end up

  Historical information:

  • The full stroke begins with the tip of the drumstick held 8-12″ above the striking surface. The drummer strikes the drum and then returns the stick back up to its original position.
  • The down stroke begins with the tip at the same height as the full stroke, but upon striking the drum head, the drummer keeps the stick low (about an inch above the striking surface).
  • The up stroke begins with the tip of the stick hovering about an inch above the head of the drum. The drummer strikes the surface, then brings the stick up to full stroke or down stroke position.
  • In the tap, the stick begins at the same position as the up stroke and remains there after striking.

  from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_stroke

  
  

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• Solfege Song: NOT YET ADDED
  Content Not Yet Added

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• Song w/Ball: Blue Danube Ball

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out playground balls. Explore tapping the ball, bouncing the ball, rolling the ball, and bouncing on top of the ball. Then start song and follow directions in song.

  Lyrics:
  

  |: I’m tapping my ball :| now I’ll pass it to a friend
  |: I’m bouncing my ball  :| now I’ll pass it to a friend
  |: I’m rolling my ball  :| now I’ll pass it to a friend
  |: I bounce on my ball  :| now it’s time for this song to end

  Historical information:

  The Blue Danube is the common English title of An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314 (German for “By the Beautiful Blue Danube”), a waltz by the Austrian composer Johann Strauss II, composed in 1866. Originally performed in February, 1867 at a concert of the Wiener Männergesangsverein (Vienna Men’s Choral Association), it has been one of the most consistently popular pieces of music in the classical repertoire.

  The piece was prominently used in the Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey. The waltz is heard as a space plane approaches and docks with a space station, and then again while another spacecraft travels from the station to the Moon. It is also heard over the film’s closing credits.

  [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Danube ]

  
  

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• World Music Dance: India – Apna Sangeet Vaje Apna Sangeet – Amarjit Sidhu -Bhangra

  Activity Instructions:

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

  Historical information:

  Bhangra is a type of upbeat popular music associated with Punjabi culture. It was developed in England starting in the 1970s by people from the Punjab region of India and Pakistan.

  
  

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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: Bean Bag Notation

  Activity Instructions:

  Have children throw the bean bags onto the music carpet, or staff lines taped onto the floor.
  Play the notes of the melody they create on the keyboard or xylophone.

  

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• Musical Game: NOT YET ADDED
  Content Not Yet Added

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• Puppet: Macaroni Penguin

  Activity Instructions:

  Use penguin puppet to sing song.

  Lyrics:
  

  Macaroni Penguins, they live in the sea
  They travel together in a colony
  Their backs are black and their bellies are white
  They have two wings to swim but they don’t fly

  They eat small rocks, and fish and squid
  “Did you say they eat rocks?” Well, yes I did!
  Macaroni Penguins they live in the sea
  They travel together in a colony

  Macaroni Penguins
  Macaroni Penguins
  Macaroni Penguins
  Macaroni Penguins
  Yeah

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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 :|