Activity Instructions:

Play music while children enter the room. Allow them to play with an instrument you are not using later in the plan while coming in.

Activity Instructions:

Call children to circle. Start rhythm on Keyboard, and use each child’s name in the song.

I’m gonna rock rock rock with with my Tots
Rock, rock rock with my Tots
Rock, rock rock with my Tots
in Rockin’ Rhythms music class

Let’s all rock with [Name Here]
Let’s all rock with [Name Here or “together”]
Let’s all rock with [Name Here or “and have fun”]
in Rockin’ Rhythms music class

Activity Instructions:

Pass out drums, explore hitting with both hands, right hand, left hand, alternating, and with Kid Rock, paradiddle.

I am tapping on my drums, I am tapping on my drums
I am tapping on my drums, I am tapping on my drums

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I am tapping with both hands
I am tapping with my right
I am tapping with my left
I am switching right to left
I am playing paradiddles

Activity Instructions:

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

Riding on my elephant, swaying side to side
Riding on my elephant, on this jungle ride
Riding on my elephant, feel this jungle breeze
Riding on my elephant, through the jungle trees

Riding on my elephant, bumping up and down
Riding on my elephant, bumping all around
Riding on my elephant, feel the jungle breeze
Riding on my elephant, through the jungle trees

Riding on my elephant, bouncing all around
Riding on my elephant, hear the jungle sounds
Riding on my elephant, feel the jungle breeze
Riding on my elephant, through the jungle trees

Activity Instructions:

Use large and small shapes and have the children bring you the large or small circles and squares. You can use objects, or the shapes on our printable.

Find me find me a [little circle, big circle, little square, big square]

Activity Instructions:

Explore shaking, tapping together, tapping on floor, shaking high and low. Then introduce song.

I am shaking my maracas, then I stop,
I am shaking my maracas then I stop!
I am shaking my maracas x2
I am shaking my maracas then I stop

Possible Variations:
I am tapping on the ground
I am tapping them together
I am shaking them up high
I am shaking them down low
I am shaking with my right hand
I am shaking with my left had

Activity Instructions:

Introduce motions to children, touch head, shoulders, knees, and toes. Then practice jumping. Play song, dance and follow motions/movement in lyrics.

Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes
Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes
and eyes and ears and mouth and nose
Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes

C’mon and jump with me
As fast as fast can be
C’mon and jump with me
C’mon and jump with me

C’mon and jump with me
As fast as fast can be
C’mon and jump with me
C’mon and jump with me

[REPEAT ALL second chorus @ end]

Activity Instructions:

Pass out echo microphones. Have children explore speaking in 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.

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

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
how I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
How I wonder what you are

Activity Instructions:

Pass out balls, explore tapping, bouncing, playing. Then start song and follow along.

Tap tap tap tap tap tap tapping on my ball, my ball
Tap tap tap tap tap tap tapping on my ball, my ball
Tap tap tap tap
Tap tap tap tap
Tap tap tap tap
Tap tap tap tap
Tap tap tap tap tap tap tapping on my ball, my ball

Bounce
Play

Activity Instructions:

Originated in Puerto Rico, with Latin American and Carribean Influences

Activity Instructions:

Dump a variety bucket of instruments out for children to play and try different instruments. Teacher’s choice on background music, make sure that the song lyrics are clean and the topic is child-appropriate. You may want to find out some of your participants favorite popular songs and include them here!

Activity Instructions:

Activity Instructions:

Use monkey puppet to sing song.

Swinging swinging spider monkey, swinging through the trees
Swinging swinging spider monkey, swinging through the trees
Swinging swinging spider monkey, swinging through the trees
Swinging swinging through the trees

Swinging swinging spider monkey, looking for some food
fruits and flowers, seeds and leaves, nuts and insects, too
Swinging swinging spider monkey, looking for some food
Swinging swinging through the trees

Swinging swinging spider monkey, looking for some fun
ooh ooh ooh and ahh ahh ahh until the day is done
Swinging swinging spider monkey, looking for some fun
Swinging swinging through the trees

Activity Instructions:

Start rhythm on keyboard. Then sing song, putting each child’s name in the song. Adjust the ending based on the number of children you have – feel free to repeat or not, and add goodbyes to mommies, daddies, instruments, etc, if needed to finish the musical phrasing, depending upon the size of your class.

Goodbye, Cya later, adios my friends
Our time in Rockin’ Rhythms class has come to an end
au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bon voyage, chiao
Until we meet again my friends, I’ll say goodbye for now

|: Goodbye [Name goes here]
    Goodbye [Name here]
    Goodbye [Name goes here]
    Goodbye [Name here]
    Goodbye [Name goes here]
    Goodbye [Name here]
    We’ll rock again next time :|

Activity Instructions:

Play music while children enter the room. Allow them to play with an instrument you are not using later in the plan while coming in.

Activity Instructions:

Call children to circle. Start rhythm on Keyboard, and use each child’s name in the song.

I’m gonna rock rock rock with with my big kids
Rock, rock rock with my big kids
Rock, rock rock with my big kids
in Rockin’ Rhythms music class

Let’s all rock with [Name Here]
Let’s all rock with [Name Here or “together”]
Let’s all rock with [Name Here or “and have fun”]
in Rockin’ Rhythms music class

Activity Instructions:

Pass out drums, explore hitting with both hands, right hand, left hand, alternating, and with Kid Rock, paradiddle.

I am tapping on my drums, I am tapping on my drums
I am tapping on my drums, I am tapping on my drums

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I am tapping with both hands
I am tapping with my right
I am tapping with my left
I am switching right to left
I am playing paradiddles

Activity Instructions:

Introduce motions to children, touch head, shoulders, knees, and toes. Then practice jumping. Play song, dance and follow motions/movement in lyrics.

Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes
Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes
and eyes and ears and mouth and nose
Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes

C’mon and jump with me
As fast as fast can be
C’mon and jump with me
C’mon and jump with me

C’mon and jump with me
As fast as fast can be
C’mon and jump with me
C’mon and jump with me

[REPEAT ALL second chorus @ end]

Activity Instructions:

Show the children a picture of the letter P and talk about the sound it makes. Then prompt the children to guess the things that start with the Letter P in the song. Sing several times while tapping the beat.

Pig, Penguin, Peackock, Panda, Parrot, Puppy
they all gathered to Play
Pig, Penguin, Peackock, Panda, Parrot, Puppy
are Playing at a Pizza Party day.
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Activity Instructions:

Pass out echo microphones. Have children explore speaking in 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.

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

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
how I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
How I wonder what you are

Activity Instructions:

Pass out instrument. Practice playing the notes, children knowing the colors, then play through song several times.

GGEEGE
EGGEAGE
FFDDFFDD
GFEDEC

GGEEGE
EGGEAGE
FFDDFFDD
GFEDEC

Activity Instructions:

Pass out balls, explore tapping, bouncing, playing. Then start song and follow along.

Tap tap tap tap tap tap tapping on my ball, my ball
Tap tap tap tap tap tap tapping on my ball, my ball
Tap tap tap tap
Tap tap tap tap
Tap tap tap tap
Tap tap tap tap
Tap tap tap tap tap tap tapping on my ball, my ball

Bounce
Play

Activity Instructions:

Originated in Puerto Rico, with Latin American and Carribean Influences

Activity Instructions:

Dump a variety bucket of instruments out for children to play and try different instruments. Teacher’s choice on background music, make sure that the song lyrics are clean and the topic is child-appropriate. You may want to find out some of your participants favorite popular songs and include them here!

Activity Instructions:

Activity Instructions:

Use monkey puppet to sing song.

Swinging swinging spider monkey, swinging through the trees
Swinging swinging spider monkey, swinging through the trees
Swinging swinging spider monkey, swinging through the trees
Swinging swinging through the trees

Swinging swinging spider monkey, looking for some food
fruits and flowers, seeds and leaves, nuts and insects, too
Swinging swinging spider monkey, looking for some food
Swinging swinging through the trees

Swinging swinging spider monkey, looking for some fun
ooh ooh ooh and ahh ahh ahh until the day is done
Swinging swinging spider monkey, looking for some fun
Swinging swinging through the trees

Activity Instructions:

Start rhythm on keyboard. Then sing song, putting each child’s name in the song. Adjust the ending based on the number of children you have – feel free to repeat or not, and add goodbyes to mommies, daddies, instruments, etc, if needed to finish the musical phrasing, depending upon the size of your class.

Goodbye, Cya later, adios my friends
Our time in Rockin’ Rhythms class has come to an end
au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bon voyage, chiao
Until we meet again my friends, I’ll say goodbye for now

|: Goodbye [Name goes here]
    Goodbye [Name here]
    Goodbye [Name goes here]
    Goodbye [Name here]
    Goodbye [Name goes here]
    Goodbye [Name here]
    We’ll rock again next time :|

Activity Instructions:

Play music while children enter the room. Allow them to play with an instrument you are not using later in the plan while coming in.

Activity Instructions:

Call children to circle. Start rhythm on Keyboard, and use each child’s name in the song.

I’m gonna rock rock rock with with my families
Rock, rock rock with my families
Rock, rock rock with my families
in Rockin’ Rhythms music class

Let’s all rock with [Name Here]
Let’s all rock with [Name Here or “together”]
Let’s all rock with [Name Here or “and have fun”]
in Rockin’ Rhythms music class

Activity Instructions:

Pass out drums, explore hitting with both hands, right hand, left hand, alternating, and with Kid Rock, paradiddle.

I am tapping on my drums, I am tapping on my drums
I am tapping on my drums, I am tapping on my drums

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I am tapping with both hands
I am tapping with my right
I am tapping with my left
I am switching right to left
I am playing paradiddles

Activity Instructions:

Pass out transparent scarves. Pull off, and say boo! Interact with each of the children. Then sing the song, interacting with each of the children.

Peek, peek, peek-a-boo, Looking High and Low
Looking left and looking right
Where did my friends go, boo!

Activity Instructions:

Use large and small shapes and have the children bring you the large or small circles and squares. You can use objects, or the shapes on our printable.

Find me find me a [little circle, big circle, little square, big square]

Activity Instructions:

Introduce motions to children, touch head, shoulders, knees, and toes. Then practice jumping. Play song, dance and follow motions/movement in lyrics.

Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes
Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes
and eyes and ears and mouth and nose
Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes

C’mon and jump with me
As fast as fast can be
C’mon and jump with me
C’mon and jump with me

C’mon and jump with me
As fast as fast can be
C’mon and jump with me
C’mon and jump with me

[REPEAT ALL second chorus @ end]

Activity Instructions:

Pass out instrument. Practice playing the notes, children knowing the colors, then play through song several times.

GGEEGE
EGGEAGE
FFDDFFDD
GFEDEC

GGEEGE
EGGEAGE
FFDDFFDD
GFEDEC

Activity Instructions:

Pass out echo microphones. Have children explore speaking in 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.

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

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
how I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
How I wonder what you are

Activity Instructions:

Pass out balls, explore tapping, bouncing, playing. Then start song and follow along.

Tap tap tap tap tap tap tapping on my ball, my ball
Tap tap tap tap tap tap tapping on my ball, my ball
Tap tap tap tap
Tap tap tap tap
Tap tap tap tap
Tap tap tap tap
Tap tap tap tap tap tap tapping on my ball, my ball

Bounce
Play

Activity Instructions:

Originated in Puerto Rico, with Latin American and Carribean Influences

Activity Instructions:

Dump a variety bucket of instruments out for children to play and try different instruments. Teacher’s choice on background music, make sure that the song lyrics are clean and the topic is child-appropriate. You may want to find out some of your participants favorite popular songs and include them here!

Activity Instructions:

Activity Instructions:

Use monkey puppet to sing song.

Swinging swinging spider monkey, swinging through the trees
Swinging swinging spider monkey, swinging through the trees
Swinging swinging spider monkey, swinging through the trees
Swinging swinging through the trees

Swinging swinging spider monkey, looking for some food
fruits and flowers, seeds and leaves, nuts and insects, too
Swinging swinging spider monkey, looking for some food
Swinging swinging through the trees

Swinging swinging spider monkey, looking for some fun
ooh ooh ooh and ahh ahh ahh until the day is done
Swinging swinging spider monkey, looking for some fun
Swinging swinging through the trees

Activity Instructions:

Start rhythm on keyboard. Then sing song, putting each child’s name in the song. Adjust the ending based on the number of children you have – feel free to repeat or not, and add goodbyes to mommies, daddies, instruments, etc, if needed to finish the musical phrasing, depending upon the size of your class.

Goodbye, Cya later, adios my friends
Our time in Rockin’ Rhythms class has come to an end
au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bon voyage, chiao
Until we meet again my friends, I’ll say goodbye for now

|: Goodbye [Name goes here]
    Goodbye [Name here]
    Goodbye [Name goes here]
    Goodbye [Name here]
    Goodbye [Name goes here]
    Goodbye [Name here]
    We’ll rock again next time :|