Tot Rock

• Coming in Classical: Strauss – Sunrise Fanfare

  Activity Instructions:

  Play music as children enter. Allow them to play with an instrument or dance while waiting for class to start.

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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: See my rainstick

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Explore shaking, tapping, and rolling the rainstick. Then sing song, following directions in the song.

  Lyrics:
  

  See my rainstick standing tall
  Turn it over
  Watch the balls
  Falling down from high to low
  Turn it over there they go
  See my rainstick standing tall
  Turn it over
  Watch the balls

  Hold my rainstick side to side
  Shake it shake it,
  make it hide
  Rainstick rainstick where are you?
  Come back let me play with you!
  Hold my rainstick side to side
  Shake it shake it,
  make it hide

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• Lapride: Pirate Ship

  Activity Instructions:

  Have grownups sit children in their lap. Bounce children to the beat, and follow directions with the lyrics.

  Lyrics:
  

  Yo-ho ho-ho
  a Pirate’s life for me
  Sailing up and sailing down
  Across the deep blue sea
  The waves may toss my ship around
  But buried treasure will be found
  Yo-ho ho-ho
  a Pirate’s life for me

  Yo-ho Ho-ho
  a Pirate’s life for me
  Hoist the anchor, raise the sails
  We’re off across the seas
  The map shows where the treasure lies
  Gold and silver are our prize
  Yo-ho Ho-ho
  A Pirate’s life for me

  Yo-ho Ho-ho
  a pirates life for me
  Lads and lasses, gather round
  me Hearties, You we need
  Wear ye cutlass, eyepatch too
  We’ll find the booty, me and you
  Yo-ho Ho-ho
  a Pirate’s life for me

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• Color or Shape Song w/Instrument: Color Monster

  Activity Instructions:

  Children feed the color monster squares of different shapes. (Beanbags are great for this, otherwise, cardstock or construction paper squares will work).

  

  Lyrics:
  

  The color monster’s hungry, he needs something to eat
  The color monster’s hungry, he needs a tasty treat
  The color monster’s hungry, he needs something to eat
  Would you feed me something [GREEN, BLUE, RED, YELLOW, PURPLE]

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• Song w/Instrument: I Shake My Bell

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out bells. Explore shaking, tapping, and making the bell hide. Then sing song with bells.

  Lyrics:
  

  I shake my bell
  I shake my bell
  I use my hand to shake my bell
  Shake it high, shake it low
  Tap the ground, then where’d it go? (hide bell)

  I found it I found it
  I found my bell I found it
  Shake it high, Shake it low
  Tap the ground, and then no more!

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• Body Awareness: Just Dance

  Activity Instructions:

  This song is instrumental… meaning there are instruments, but no words.

  The instrumental repeats four times, with an extended ending on the fourth verse.

  v1. Run and stop
  v2. Tap your knees – and stop
  v3. Spin- and stop
  v4. Dance – and stop

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• Solfege Song: Frere Jacques

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out microphones to children. Ask for some of their favorite songs, and sing them together. Then sing through solfege syllables, allowing class to echo. Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, Fa, Mi, Re, Do. Then introduce song for the week.

  Lyrics:
  

  Do Re Mi Do
  Do Re Mi  Do
  Mi Fa Sol
  Mi Fa Sol
  Sol La Sol  Fa  Mi  Do
  Sol La Sol Fa Mi Do
  Do Sol Do
  Do Sol Do

  Are you sleeping
  Are you sleeping
  Brother John
  Brother John
  Morning bells are ringing
  Morning bells are ringing
  Ding dong ding
  Ding dong ding

  Frère Jacques,
  Frère Jacques,
  Dormez-vous?
  Dormez-vous?
  Sonnez les matines!
  Sonnez les matines!
  Ding, dong, ding.
  Ding, dong, ding.

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• Song w/Ball: Fast as fast can be

  Activity Instructions:

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

  Lyrics:
  

  I am tapping, tapping on my ball
  I am tapping, tapping on my ball
  Fast as fast can be tap the ball with me
  I am tapping tapping on my ball

  I am rolling, rolling side to side
  I am rolling, rolling side to side
  Fast as fast can be, roll the ball with me
  I am rolling rolling side to side

  I am bouncing, bouncing up and down
  I am bouncing, bouncing up and down
  Fast as fast can be, bounce on the ball with me
  I am bouncing bouncing up and down

  I am rolling, rolling to a friend
  I am rolling rolling to a friend
  Fast as fast can be, roll the ball with me
  I am rolling, rolling to a friend

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• World Music Dance: France – C2C – Happy – French Dance Music by 4 DJs

  Activity Instructions:

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

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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: Note Values Game

  Activity Instructions:

  Similar to identifying instruments. Play the four .mp3s and post the notes on the wall. Have children run to the sign of what they hear

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• Puppet: Tommy Turtle Manners

  Activity Instructions:

  Use turtle puppet to sing song.

  Lyrics:
  

  Tommy Turtle teach us how to always be nice
  asking we say please
  receiving we say thanks
  Tommy Turtle teach us how to always be nice
  teach us all to be polite

  We say please when we ask for a need
  We say thank you when we receive
  Please and Thank you they are kind
  Teach us how to be polite

  Tommy Turtle teach us how to always be nice
  asking we say please
  receiving we say thanks
  Tommy Turtle teach us how to always be nice
  teach us all to be polite

  We say please when we ask for a need
  We say thank you when we receive
  Please and Thank you they are kind
  Teach us how to be polite

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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: Strauss – Sunrise Fanfare

  Activity Instructions:

  Play music as children enter. Allow them to play with an instrument or dance while waiting for class to start.

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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: I Shake My Bell

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out bells. Explore shaking, tapping, and making the bell hide. Then sing song with bells.

  Lyrics:
  

  I shake my bell
  I shake my bell
  I use my hand to shake my bell
  Shake it high, shake it low
  Tap the ground, then where’d it go? (hide bell)

  I found it I found it
  I found my bell I found it
  Shake it high, Shake it low
  Tap the ground, and then no more!

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• Body Awareness: Just Dance

  Activity Instructions:

  This song is instrumental… meaning there are instruments, but no words.

  The instrumental repeats four times, with an extended ending on the fourth verse.

  v1. Run and stop
  v2. Tap your knees – and stop
  v3. Spin- and stop
  v4. Dance – and stop

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• Alphabet Song w/Instrument: Letter Q – Questioning Queen

  Activity Instructions:

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

  Lyrics:
  

  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

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• Solfege Song: Itsy Bitsy Spider

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out microphones to children. Ask for some of their favorite songs, and sing them together. Then sing through solfege syllables, allowing class to echo. Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, Fa, Mi, Re, Do. Then introduce song for the week.

  Lyrics:
  

  Do Do Do Do Re Mi Mi
  Mi Re Do Re Mi Do
  Mi Mi Fa Sol Sol
  Fa Mi Fa Sol Mi
  Do Do Re Mi Mi Mi
  Re Do Re Mi Do
  Do Do Do Do Do Re Mi Mi
  Mi Re Do Re Mi Do

  The itsy bitsy spider
  Went up the water spout
  Down came the rain and
  Washed the spider out
  Out came the sun and
  dried up all the rain
  And the itsy bitsy spider
  Went up the spout again

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

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• Composing Activity: Color Composing 1

  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: Fast as fast can be

  Activity Instructions:

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

  Lyrics:
  

  I am tapping, tapping on my ball
  I am tapping, tapping on my ball
  Fast as fast can be tap the ball with me
  I am tapping tapping on my ball

  I am rolling, rolling side to side
  I am rolling, rolling side to side
  Fast as fast can be, roll the ball with me
  I am rolling rolling side to side

  I am bouncing, bouncing up and down
  I am bouncing, bouncing up and down
  Fast as fast can be, bounce on the ball with me
  I am bouncing bouncing up and down

  I am rolling, rolling to a friend
  I am rolling rolling to a friend
  Fast as fast can be, roll the ball with me
  I am rolling, rolling to a friend

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• World Music Dance: France – C2C – Happy – French Dance Music by 4 DJs

  Activity Instructions:

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

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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: Note Values Game

  Activity Instructions:

  Similar to identifying instruments. Play the four .mp3s and post the notes on the wall. Have children run to the sign of what they hear

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• Puppet: Tommy Turtle Manners

  Activity Instructions:

  Use turtle puppet to sing song.

  Lyrics:
  

  Tommy Turtle teach us how to always be nice
  asking we say please
  receiving we say thanks
  Tommy Turtle teach us how to always be nice
  teach us all to be polite

  We say please when we ask for a need
  We say thank you when we receive
  Please and Thank you they are kind
  Teach us how to be polite

  Tommy Turtle teach us how to always be nice
  asking we say please
  receiving we say thanks
  Tommy Turtle teach us how to always be nice
  teach us all to be polite

  We say please when we ask for a need
  We say thank you when we receive
  Please and Thank you they are kind
  Teach us how to be polite

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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: Strauss – Sunrise Fanfare

  Activity Instructions:

  Play music as children enter. Allow them to play with an instrument or dance while waiting for class to start.

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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: Pass the Egg Shaker

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out shakers. Allow children time to explore shaking them. Practice shaking and passing to the right to a friend. Then introduce the song.

  Lyrics:
  

  Shake (x12) and Stop 1111111111123
  Shake (x12) and Stop 3333333333321
  Shake (x12) and Stop 1111111111123
  And pass it to a friend 3 v55 221

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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: Color Monster

  Activity Instructions:

  Children feed the color monster squares of different shapes. (Beanbags are great for this, otherwise, cardstock or construction paper squares will work).

  

  Lyrics:
  

  The color monster’s hungry, he needs something to eat
  The color monster’s hungry, he needs a tasty treat
  The color monster’s hungry, he needs something to eat
  Would you feed me something [GREEN, BLUE, RED, YELLOW, PURPLE]

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• Body Awareness: Just Dance

  Activity Instructions:

  This song is instrumental… meaning there are instruments, but no words.

  The instrumental repeats four times, with an extended ending on the fourth verse.

  v1. Run and stop
  v2. Tap your knees – and stop
  v3. Spin- and stop
  v4. Dance – and stop

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

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• Solfege Song: Itsy Bitsy Spider

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out microphones to children. Ask for some of their favorite songs, and sing them together. Then sing through solfege syllables, allowing class to echo. Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, Fa, Mi, Re, Do. Then introduce song for the week.

  Lyrics:
  

  Do Do Do Do Re Mi Mi
  Mi Re Do Re Mi Do
  Mi Mi Fa Sol Sol
  Fa Mi Fa Sol Mi
  Do Do Re Mi Mi Mi
  Re Do Re Mi Do
  Do Do Do Do Do Re Mi Mi
  Mi Re Do Re Mi Do

  The itsy bitsy spider
  Went up the water spout
  Down came the rain and
  Washed the spider out
  Out came the sun and
  dried up all the rain
  And the itsy bitsy spider
  Went up the spout again

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• Song w/Ball: Fast as fast can be

  Activity Instructions:

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

  Lyrics:
  

  I am tapping, tapping on my ball
  I am tapping, tapping on my ball
  Fast as fast can be tap the ball with me
  I am tapping tapping on my ball

  I am rolling, rolling side to side
  I am rolling, rolling side to side
  Fast as fast can be, roll the ball with me
  I am rolling rolling side to side

  I am bouncing, bouncing up and down
  I am bouncing, bouncing up and down
  Fast as fast can be, bounce on the ball with me
  I am bouncing bouncing up and down

  I am rolling, rolling to a friend
  I am rolling rolling to a friend
  Fast as fast can be, roll the ball with me
  I am rolling, rolling to a friend

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• World Music Dance: France – C2C – Happy – French Dance Music by 4 DJs

  Activity Instructions:

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

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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: Color Composing 1

  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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• Musical Game: Note Values Game

  Activity Instructions:

  Similar to identifying instruments. Play the four .mp3s and post the notes on the wall. Have children run to the sign of what they hear

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• Puppet: Tommy Turtle Manners

  Activity Instructions:

  Use turtle puppet to sing song.

  Lyrics:
  

  Tommy Turtle teach us how to always be nice
  asking we say please
  receiving we say thanks
  Tommy Turtle teach us how to always be nice
  teach us all to be polite

  We say please when we ask for a need
  We say thank you when we receive
  Please and Thank you they are kind
  Teach us how to be polite

  Tommy Turtle teach us how to always be nice
  asking we say please
  receiving we say thanks
  Tommy Turtle teach us how to always be nice
  teach us all to be polite

  We say please when we ask for a need
  We say thank you when we receive
  Please and Thank you they are kind
  Teach us how to be polite

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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 :|