Tot Rock

• Coming in Classical: Beethoven – 5th Symphony, 1st movement

  Activity Instructions:

  Play as children are entering.

  Historical information:

  The Symphony No. 5 in C minor of Ludwig van Beethoven, Op. 67, was written between 1804–1808. It is one of the best-known compositions in classical music, and one of the most frequently played symphonies. First performed in Vienna’s Theater an der Wien in 1808, the work achieved its prodigious reputation soon afterward. E. T. A. Hoffmann described the symphony as “one of the most important works of the time”. The symphony consists of four movements. The first movement is Allegro con brio; the second movement is Andante con moto; the third movement is a Scherzo Allegro; the fourth movement is Allegro.

  It begins by stating a distinctive four-note “short-short-short-long” motif twice

  

  The symphony, and the four-note opening motif in particular, are known worldwide, with the motif appearing frequently in popular culture, from disco versions to rock and roll covers, to uses in film and television.

  Since the Second World War it has sometimes been referred to as the “Victory Symphony.” “V” is the Roman character for the number five; the phrase “V for Victory” became well known as a campaign of the Allies of World War II. That Beethoven’s Victory Symphony happened to be his Fifth (or vice versa) is coincidence. Some thirty years after this piece was written, the rhythm of the opening phrase – “dit-dit-dit-dah” – was used for the letter “V” in Morse code, though this is probably also coincidental.

  The BBC, during World War Two, prefaced its broadcasts to Europe with those four notes, played on drums.

  (from Wikipedia)

  
  

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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: Shake My Rainstick

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out rainsticks. Explore shaking, tapping, turning over, rolling, and hiding behind back. Then sing song several times and follow motions in song.

  Lyrics:
  

  Shake my Rainstick
  Shake my rainstick in the sky
  Turn it over, watch the balls fall
  I can make it rain inside

  Tap my rainstick
  Tap my rainstick
  Tap my rainstick on the floor
  Turn it over watch the balls fall
  Shake it like I did before

  Roll my rainstick
  Roll my rainstick
  Roll my rainstick side to side
  Stand it up tall and then tap it
  Hold it still, and make it hide

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• Lapride: Chug Chug Choo-Choo Train

  Activity Instructions:

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

  Lyrics:
  

  Chug Chug Chug Goes the cho-choo train [bounce children on lap]
  Chug Chug Chug down the tracks
  Chug Chug Chug goes the choo-choo train
  Clickety Clickety Clack

  Chug Chug Chug goes the choo-choo train [move legs together up and down]
  Chug Chug Chug up and down
  Chug Chug Chug goes the choo-choo train
  Bumping all the people around [alternate legs quickly]

  Toot toot toot goes the engineer [bounce on lap]
  Toot toot toot pull the horn [pretend to pull train whistle]
  Toot toot toot goes the engineer [bounce on lap]
  The train’s comin’ through this morn

  Chug Chug Chug Goes the cho-choo train [bounce children on lap]
  Chug Chug Chug down the tracks
  Chug Chug Chug goes the choo-choo train
  Clickety Clickety Clack

  Chug Chug Chug goes the choo-choo train [move legs together up and down]
  Chug Chug Chug up and down
  Chug Chug Chug goes the choo-choo train
  Bumping all the people around [alternate legs quickly]

  Toot toot toot goes the engineer [bounce on lap]
  Toot toot toot pull the horn [pretend to pull train whistle]
  Toot toot toot goes the engineer [bounce on lap]
  The train’s comin’ round this morn

  Yeah
  The train’s comin’ round this morn

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• Color or Shape Song w/Instrument: It Has Four Sides (Frere Jacques)

  Activity Instructions:

  Hang construction paper around the room on the wall. Have children identify the colors of each sheet. Then have them run to the color on the wall when you sing the song. Feel free to shorten to the first two lines as the children catch on.

  Lyrics:
  

  It has four sides, It has four sides
  two sides short, two sides long,
  Find the red rectangle, find the red rectangle
  Sing along, sing a shape song
  (repeat with orange, yellow, green, blue, purple etc)

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• Song w/Instrument: I’m Gonna Shake

  

  CASIO-SA-77:
  Pattern 42, Tempo 7

  
  

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out tambourines, allow children to explore shaking tambourine, tapping it with hands on the floor like a drum, and hitting it with one hand while holding in the other hand.

  Lyrics:
  

  I’m gonna shake my tambourine x3
  I’m gonna shake and shake and STOP

  I’m gonna tap my tambourine x3
  I’m gonna tap and tap and STOP

  I’m gonna hit my tambourine x3
  I’m gonna hit and hit and STOP

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• Body Awareness: Stomp Stomp Stomp, Clap Clap

  Activity Instructions:

  Start song seated. Show children chorus motions, then begin song. (Don’t worry about demonstrating the whole song, there’s too much in this one!)

  Lyrics:
  

  Touch your head, touch your toes
  Touch your knees, touch your nose
  Put your hands on the floor (and drum)
  Touch your head, touch your toes
  Touch your knees, touch your nose
  Stand up tall, turn around, Let’s dance

  Stomp x3 clap x2, Turn around
  Stomp x3 clap x2, Touch the ground
  Stomp x3 clap x2, Turn around
  Stomp x3 clap x2, Sit down

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• Solfege Song: NOT YET ADDED
  Content Not Yet Added

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• Song w/Ball: Roll to Beethoven’s 5th

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out balls and explore tapping, bouncing, and rolling the balls. Ask the children if they remember the song during the Coming in time. (Beethoven’s 5th). Then tell them that we have a special ball song with the motif from the symphony. Repeat once or twice.

  Lyrics:
  

  V1. I tap my ball
  V2. I bounce my ball
  V3. I roll my ball
  (repeat all)

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• World Music Dance: Mexico – La Quebradita Rap – Quebradita

  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: 123, Identify Me: Drums, Clarinet, Trombone

  Activity Instructions:

  Tape pictures of Drums, Clarinet, and Trombone on walls. Play provided .mp3s and ask students to identify the sound they are hearing by running to that picture on the wall.

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• Puppet: Snowman

  Activity Instructions:

  Tell the children you have a song about Mr. Snowman to sing today. The song talks about building him, and then him melting when it gets warm… but that’s okay because when it gets cold we will build Mr. Snowman again.

  Lyrics:
  

  Do you like my snowman
  With his carrot nose
  His scarf and his top hat
  and eyes made out of coal
  He likes it when its cold out
  That’s when he comes to play
  But when it gets too warm out
  My snowman melts away

  Bye snowman, cya later
  By snowman, my snowman melts away
  Bye snowman, cya later
  But when it gets cold out
  We’ll build you once again

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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: Beethoven – 5th Symphony, 1st movement

  Activity Instructions:

  Play as children are entering.

  Historical information:

  The Symphony No. 5 in C minor of Ludwig van Beethoven, Op. 67, was written between 1804–1808. It is one of the best-known compositions in classical music, and one of the most frequently played symphonies. First performed in Vienna’s Theater an der Wien in 1808, the work achieved its prodigious reputation soon afterward. E. T. A. Hoffmann described the symphony as “one of the most important works of the time”. The symphony consists of four movements. The first movement is Allegro con brio; the second movement is Andante con moto; the third movement is a Scherzo Allegro; the fourth movement is Allegro.

  It begins by stating a distinctive four-note “short-short-short-long” motif twice

  

  The symphony, and the four-note opening motif in particular, are known worldwide, with the motif appearing frequently in popular culture, from disco versions to rock and roll covers, to uses in film and television.

  Since the Second World War it has sometimes been referred to as the “Victory Symphony.” “V” is the Roman character for the number five; the phrase “V for Victory” became well known as a campaign of the Allies of World War II. That Beethoven’s Victory Symphony happened to be his Fifth (or vice versa) is coincidence. Some thirty years after this piece was written, the rhythm of the opening phrase – “dit-dit-dit-dah” – was used for the letter “V” in Morse code, though this is probably also coincidental.

  The BBC, during World War Two, prefaced its broadcasts to Europe with those four notes, played on drums.

  (from Wikipedia)

  
  

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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: Shake My Rainstick

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out rainsticks. Explore shaking, tapping, turning over, rolling, and hiding behind back. Then sing song several times and follow motions in song.

  Lyrics:
  

  Shake my Rainstick
  Shake my rainstick in the sky
  Turn it over, watch the balls fall
  I can make it rain inside

  Tap my rainstick
  Tap my rainstick
  Tap my rainstick on the floor
  Turn it over watch the balls fall
  Shake it like I did before

  Roll my rainstick
  Roll my rainstick
  Roll my rainstick side to side
  Stand it up tall and then tap it
  Hold it still, and make it hide

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• Body Awareness: Stomp Stomp Stomp, Clap Clap

  Activity Instructions:

  Start song seated. Show children chorus motions, then begin song. (Don’t worry about demonstrating the whole song, there’s too much in this one!)

  Lyrics:
  

  Touch your head, touch your toes
  Touch your knees, touch your nose
  Put your hands on the floor (and drum)
  Touch your head, touch your toes
  Touch your knees, touch your nose
  Stand up tall, turn around, Let’s dance

  Stomp x3 clap x2, Turn around
  Stomp x3 clap x2, Touch the ground
  Stomp x3 clap x2, Turn around
  Stomp x3 clap x2, Sit down

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• Alphabet Song w/Instrument: Letter F – There was a Farmer

  Activity Instructions:

  Ask students if they are able to tell you the name of animals or bugs beginning with the letter F. Help them to guess frog, fish, fox, and fly, and talk about their spelling as they guess each one. Then sing the song.

  Lyrics:
  

  There was a Farmer had a frog
  and FROG it was his name-o
  FROG Frog, FROG Frog, FROG Frog
  and FROG it was his name-frog
  no, that’s not right? Hmm…

  There was a farmer had a fish
  and fish it was his name-o
  FISH fish, FISH fish, FISH fish
  and fish it was his name Fish!

  There was a farmer had a fox
  and fox it was his name-o
  FOX that’s fox x3
  and fox it was his name-o

  There was a famer had a fly
  and fly it was his name-o
  FLY that’s fly x3
  and fox it was his name-o

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• Solfege Song: NOT YET ADDED
  Content Not Yet Added

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• Song w/Pitched Instrument: Lightly Row

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out handbells for CDEF and G. Then have them practice ringing the bells in the air and muting them on the ground. Ask the children what color they have. Then have them play one color at a time up and down the bells from C-G-C. Then have the children play the song, by cuing the colors.

  Lyrics:
  

  GEE, FDD, CDEFGGG, GEE, FDD, CEGGC

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• Composing Activity: Color Composing 2

  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: Roll to Beethoven’s 5th

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out balls and explore tapping, bouncing, and rolling the balls. Ask the children if they remember the song during the Coming in time. (Beethoven’s 5th). Then tell them that we have a special ball song with the motif from the symphony. Repeat once or twice.

  Lyrics:
  

  V1. I tap my ball
  V2. I bounce my ball
  V3. I roll my ball
  (repeat all)

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• World Music Dance: Mexico – La Quebradita Rap – Quebradita

  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: 123, Identify Me: Drums, Clarinet, Trombone

  Activity Instructions:

  Tape pictures of Drums, Clarinet, and Trombone on walls. Play provided .mp3s and ask students to identify the sound they are hearing by running to that picture on the wall.

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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: Beethoven – 5th Symphony, 1st movement

  Activity Instructions:

  Play as children are entering.

  Historical information:

  The Symphony No. 5 in C minor of Ludwig van Beethoven, Op. 67, was written between 1804–1808. It is one of the best-known compositions in classical music, and one of the most frequently played symphonies. First performed in Vienna’s Theater an der Wien in 1808, the work achieved its prodigious reputation soon afterward. E. T. A. Hoffmann described the symphony as “one of the most important works of the time”. The symphony consists of four movements. The first movement is Allegro con brio; the second movement is Andante con moto; the third movement is a Scherzo Allegro; the fourth movement is Allegro.

  It begins by stating a distinctive four-note “short-short-short-long” motif twice

  

  The symphony, and the four-note opening motif in particular, are known worldwide, with the motif appearing frequently in popular culture, from disco versions to rock and roll covers, to uses in film and television.

  Since the Second World War it has sometimes been referred to as the “Victory Symphony.” “V” is the Roman character for the number five; the phrase “V for Victory” became well known as a campaign of the Allies of World War II. That Beethoven’s Victory Symphony happened to be his Fifth (or vice versa) is coincidence. Some thirty years after this piece was written, the rhythm of the opening phrase – “dit-dit-dit-dah” – was used for the letter “V” in Morse code, though this is probably also coincidental.

  The BBC, during World War Two, prefaced its broadcasts to Europe with those four notes, played on drums.

  (from Wikipedia)

  
  

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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: Shaking My Egg

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out shakers. Allow children time to explore shaking them. Practice shaking up and down, side to side, pass back and forth between hands, and tap on the ground. Then introduce the song.

  Lyrics:
  

  I’m sha-king my egg up and down
  up and down, up and down
  I’m sha-king my egg up and down
  Shake shake shake shake shake

  I’m sha-king my egg side to side
  side to side side to side
  I’m sha-king my egg side to side
  Shake shake shake shake shake

  I’m pass-ing my egg back and forth
  back and forth back and forth
  I’m pass-ing my egg back and forth
  Shake shake shake shake shake

  I’m tap-ping my egg on the ground
  on the ground on the ground
  I’m tap-ping my egg on the ground
  shake shake shake shake shake

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• Peek-a-boo: 123, You can’t see me

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Have children practice hiding behind hands and opening them like a door on the word “boo.” Then sing through song.

  Lyrics:
  

  123, you can’t see me,
  hiding behind my hands – boo! x2
  I23, you can’t see me, (peek right)
  I23, you can’t see me, (peek left)
  123, you can’t see me,
  hiding behind my hands – boo!

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• Color or Shape Song: It Has Four Sides (Frere Jacques)

  Activity Instructions:

  Hang construction paper around the room on the wall. Have children identify the colors of each sheet. Then have them run to the color on the wall when you sing the song. Feel free to shorten to the first two lines as the children catch on.

  Lyrics:
  

  It has four sides, It has four sides
  two sides short, two sides long,
  Find the red rectangle, find the red rectangle
  Sing along, sing a shape song
  (repeat with orange, yellow, green, blue, purple etc)

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• Body Awareness: Stomp Stomp Stomp, Clap Clap

  Activity Instructions:

  Start song seated. Show children chorus motions, then begin song. (Don’t worry about demonstrating the whole song, there’s too much in this one!)

  Lyrics:
  

  Touch your head, touch your toes
  Touch your knees, touch your nose
  Put your hands on the floor (and drum)
  Touch your head, touch your toes
  Touch your knees, touch your nose
  Stand up tall, turn around, Let’s dance

  Stomp x3 clap x2, Turn around
  Stomp x3 clap x2, Touch the ground
  Stomp x3 clap x2, Turn around
  Stomp x3 clap x2, Sit down

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• Song w/Pitched Instrument: Tambourine Circles

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Distribute instruments. Allow children to explore tapping with fingers, hands, and shaking. Then introduce song. Repeat several times.

  Lyrics:
  

  I see a big circle,  (keep the beat)
  little circles too,
  Tambourine, tambourine
  Right in front of you

  Tap with your fingers (follow directions)
  Tap with your hands
  Pick it up and shake it
  And put it down again

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• Solfege Song: NOT YET ADDED
  Content Not Yet Added

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• Song w/Ball: 123, Roll the Ball

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pair up students, then allow children to practice rolling the ball, then begin song. Depending upon age and ability level, see if children can roll the ball to their partner when you say “roll” in the song. Repeat several times. With a small class, you might sit in a circle and play with everyone instead of pairing off.

  Lyrics:
  

  One Two Three
  Roll the ball to me
  One Two
  I roll the ball to you

  One two three
  Roll the ball to me
  One Two
  I roll the ball to you.

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• World Music Dance: Mexico – La Quebradita Rap – Quebradita

  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 2

  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: NOT YET ADDED
  Content Not Yet Added

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• Puppet: Snowman

  Activity Instructions:

  Tell the children you have a song about Mr. Snowman to sing today. The song talks about building him, and then him melting when it gets warm… but that’s okay because when it gets cold we will build Mr. Snowman again.

  Lyrics:
  

  Do you like my snowman
  With his carrot nose
  His scarf and his top hat
  and eyes made out of coal
  He likes it when its cold out
  That’s when he comes to play
  But when it gets too warm out
  My snowman melts away

  Bye snowman, cya later
  By snowman, my snowman melts away
  Bye snowman, cya later
  But when it gets cold out
  We’ll build you once again

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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 :|