Superplan Three
- Coming In Classical: Copland – Rodeo: Hoe-Down, Boston Pops
Copland – Rodeo: Hoe-Down, Boston Pops
Activity Instructions:
Play music as parents and students are coming in.
Historical information:Aaron Copland was an American composer, composition teacher, writer, and later in his career a conductor of his own and other American music. Instrumental in forging a distinctly American style of composition, in his later years he was often referred to as “the Dean of American Composers.”
- Hello Song: Baby Rock Hello
Baby Rock Hello
CASIO-SA-77:
Pattern 01, Tempo 5
Rhythm Only
With Lyrics, no namesListen to the SongActivity 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 baby
Rock, rock rock with my baby
Rock, rock rock with my baby
in Rockin’ Rhythms music classLet’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: Shaking My Egg
Shaking My Egg
Equipment:
Listen to the SongActivity 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 shakeI’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 shakeI’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 shakeI’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 - Lapride: Roller Coaster
Roller Coaster
Listen to the SongActivity Instructions:
Children sit on parents laps. Bounce during first part, follow directions second part. Repeat several times.
Lyrics:Zoom-ing real fast in my rol-ler coas-ter [bounce fast]
click-e-ty clak click-e-ty clak
Zoom-ing real fast on my rol-ler coas-ter
click-e-ty clack down the trackWhoosh left and right, whoosh up-side down, [lean left, right, rock back]
Boun-cing boun-cing all a-round [ bounce again ]
Zoom-ing real fast in my rol-ler coas-ter
Click-e-ty Click-e-ty Clak - Song w/Instrument: Chomp Castanet
Chomp Castanet
Equipment:
Listen to the SongActivity Instructions:
Pass out the castanets – one to each student. Allow them to explore squeezing the castanets shut with one hand, the other hand, both hands, etc. Then introduce song.
Lyrics:Chomp Chomp Chomp goes the cas-ta-net
when my fin-gers squeeze it shut
Chomp Chomp Chomp goes the cas-ta-net
like a mouth try-ing to talk
Chomp chomp chomp, and click click click
o-pen shut it, just like this
Chomp chomp chomp goes my cas-ta-net
Chomp chomp chomp chomp chomp - Peek-a-boo w/scarves: My Baby is Hiding
My Baby is Hiding
Equipment:
Listen to the SongActivity Instructions:
Pass out scarves, play peek-a-boo. Sing song, looking around for baby like you can’t find them, until you notice them at “There he is!”, pull scarf off at final hello if desired.
Lyrics:My ba-by is hi-ding, oh where could he be,
My ba-by is hi-ding, he’s hi-ding from me
My ba-by is hi-ding, oh where did he go
My ba-by is hi-ding, [SPOKEN: There he is!] hel-lo!My ba-by is hi-ding, oh where could she be,
My ba-by is hi-ding, she’s hi-ding from me
My ba-by is hi-ding, oh where did she go
My ba-by is hi-ding, [SPOKEN: There he is!] hel-lo! - Signing Song: Yes and No
Yes and No
Listen to the SongActivity Instructions:
Show parents the signs for yes and no. Then introduce the song. Sing several times.
Lyrics:I nod my hand in the letter S
I say yes I say yes
I nod my hand in the letter S,
yes, yes, yes, yes, yesTwo fingers and my thumb snap open and shut
open and shut, open and shut
Two fingers and my thumb snap open and shut
That’s how I say noYES YES YES No No No
YES YES YES No No No
Yes No Yes No
Yes No Yes No Yes - Song w/Ball: C’mon Let’s Tap
C’mon Let’s Tap
Equipment:
Listen to the SongActivity Instructions:
Pass out playground 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:CHORUS
C-‘mon let’s tap the ball to-get-her
C-‘mon and tap it to the beat
C-‘mon let’s tap the ball to-get-her
Tap it with our hands and feet
We’re gon-na make some brand new mu-sic
We’re gon-na play and have some fun
We’re gon-na make some brand new mu-sic
Un-til our time in class is doneVERSE1
I’m tap-ping with my hands I’m tap-ping to the beat x3
C-‘mon and make some mu-sic with my ball and meCHORUS
VERSE2
I’m tap-ping with my toes I’m tap-ping with my feet x3
C-‘mon and make some mu-sic with my ball and meCHORUS
VERSE 3
I’m tap-ping on the ball held in be-tween my knees x3
C-‘mon and make some mu-sic with my ball and meCHORUS
- World Music Dance: Kenya – Sura Yako – Sauti Sol – Kenyan Afro-pop
Kenya – Sura Yako – Sauti Sol – Kenyan Afro-pop
Activity Instructions:
Pass out scarves, and have children bounce, dance, etc.
Historical information:Sauti Sol is a Kenyan Afr0-Pop band. View their profile on Wikipedia.
- Musical Exploration: Baby Rock Exploration
Baby Rock Exploration
Activity Instructions:
Dump a variety bucket of instruments out for children to play with. Allow them to explore and try different instruments. Please make sure there is nothing sharp or swallowable. Teacher’s choice on 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!
- Song TimeSing through favorite songs of children. You may choose to introduce the english only to the solfege song from other levels.
- Puppet: Gentle Giant Whale Shark
Gentle Giant Whale Shark
Listen to the SongActivity Instructions:
Use shark puppet if you have one, introduce song. Sing several times.
Lyrics:Gen-tle gi-ant whale shark
swim-ming through the deep
search-ing for his din-ner:
*spoken* “Shark please don’t eat me!”I may be a gi-ant, (use a silly shark voice)
big and hea-vy too,
but I on-ly eat plank-ton
I’m not gon-na eat you!Historical information:*Whale shark are 21 tons and 40 feet long!
Many of the largest sharks actually are not carnivores, they filter and eat plants. - Lullaby: Lullaby Waltz
Lullaby Waltz
Listen to the SongActivity Instructions:
Show parents basic waltz (123, 123). Then sing song. Repeat if desired.
Lyrics:Come now my ba-by and waltz with me
waltz with me, waltz with me
Come now my ba-by and waltz with me
Come now let’s dance you to sleepRock-a-bye ba-by right here in my arms
Rock here babe close to my heart
Rock-a-bye ba-by, right here in my arms
Sweet babe rest here near my heart - Goodbye Song: Goodbye Song
Goodbye Song
CASIO-SA-77:
Pattern 12, Tempo 8
Rhythm Only
With Lyrics, no namesListen to the SongActivity 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 :|
- Coming In Classical: Copland – Rodeo: Hoe-Down, Boston Pops
Copland – Rodeo: Hoe-Down, Boston Pops
Activity Instructions:
Play music as parents and students are coming in.
Historical information:Aaron Copland was an American composer, composition teacher, writer, and later in his career a conductor of his own and other American music. Instrumental in forging a distinctly American style of composition, in his later years he was often referred to as “the Dean of American Composers.”
- Hello Song: Tot Rock Hello
Tot Rock Hello
CASIO-SA-77:
Pattern 01, Tempo 5
Rhythm Only
With Lyrics, no namesListen to the SongActivity 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 classLet’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: Shaking My Egg
Shaking My Egg
Equipment:
Listen to the SongActivity 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 shakeI’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 shakeI’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 shakeI’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 - Lapride: Roller Coaster
Roller Coaster
Listen to the SongActivity Instructions:
Children sit on parents laps. Bounce during first part, follow directions second part. Repeat several times.
Lyrics:Zoom-ing real fast in my rol-ler coas-ter [bounce fast]
click-e-ty clak click-e-ty clak
Zoom-ing real fast on my rol-ler coas-ter
click-e-ty clack down the trackWhoosh left and right, whoosh up-side down, [lean left, right, rock back]
Boun-cing boun-cing all a-round [ bounce again ]
Zoom-ing real fast in my rol-ler coas-ter
Click-e-ty Click-e-ty Clak - Color or Shape Song: Square Where
Square Where
Listen to the SongActivity Instructions:
Pass out beanbags to the children, one per child. Count the corners, and sides, notice that all four sides are equal. Then introduce song, sing along with demo. You may have children pass the beanbag back and forth between them and their parent, pass their beanbags around the circle, or pass it back and forth between their hands.
Lyrics:Square Square Where Where
Square Square Where Where
Square Square Where Where
Square Square…Four cor-ners, Four sides
All e-qual, All the same height
just as tall as it is wide
Four cor-ners, four sides - Song w/Instrument: Chomp Castanet
Chomp Castanet
Equipment:
Listen to the SongActivity Instructions:
Pass out the castanets – one to each student. Allow them to explore squeezing the castanets shut with one hand, the other hand, both hands, etc. Then introduce song.
Lyrics:Chomp Chomp Chomp goes the cas-ta-net
when my fin-gers squeeze it shut
Chomp Chomp Chomp goes the cas-ta-net
like a mouth try-ing to talk
Chomp chomp chomp, and click click click
o-pen shut it, just like this
Chomp chomp chomp goes my cas-ta-net
Chomp chomp chomp chomp chomp - Body Awareness: Flying Flying
Flying Flying
Listen to the SongActivity Instructions:
For the body awareness song today, tell the kids that you are going to go flying. Ask them to name some things that fly… today we are going to be an airplane (show airplane arms), a bird (show flapping wings), a rocket ship (stand straight and tall and jump into the air), and a leaf (spin and twirl in a circle). Repeat song several times.
Lyrics:I’m fly-ing fly-ing through the sky
Fly-ing fly-ing way up high
Fly-ing fly-ing through the sky
Fly-ing way up highArms out straight and glide a-long
Arms out straight and glide a-long
Arms out straight and glide a-long
Glide like an air-planeI flap my wings like a bird
Flap my wings like a bird
Flap my wings like a bird
Fly like a birdFeet to-get-her and jump up high
Feet to-get-her and jump up high
Feet to-get-her and jump up high
Blast off like a rock-etSpin and twirl like a fall-ing leaf
Spin and twirl like a fall-ing leaf
Spin and twirl like a fall-ing leaf
Fall-ing from the trees - Solfege: NOT YET ADDEDContent Not Yet Added
- Song w/Ball: C’mon Let’s Tap
C’mon Let’s Tap
Equipment:
Listen to the SongActivity Instructions:
Pass out playground 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:CHORUS
C-‘mon let’s tap the ball to-get-her
C-‘mon and tap it to the beat
C-‘mon let’s tap the ball to-get-her
Tap it with our hands and feet
We’re gon-na make some brand new mu-sic
We’re gon-na play and have some fun
We’re gon-na make some brand new mu-sic
Un-til our time in class is doneVERSE1
I’m tap-ping with my hands I’m tap-ping to the beat x3
C-‘mon and make some mu-sic with my ball and meCHORUS
VERSE2
I’m tap-ping with my toes I’m tap-ping with my feet x3
C-‘mon and make some mu-sic with my ball and meCHORUS
VERSE 3
I’m tap-ping on the ball held in be-tween my knees x3
C-‘mon and make some mu-sic with my ball and meCHORUS
- World Music Dance: Kenya – Sura Yako – Sauti Sol – Kenyan Afro-pop
Kenya – Sura Yako – Sauti Sol – Kenyan Afro-pop
Activity Instructions:
Pass out scarves, and have children bounce, dance, etc.
Historical information:Sauti Sol is a Kenyan Afr0-Pop band. View their profile on Wikipedia.
- Musical Exploration: Musical Exploration
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: Rest Stop
Rest Stop
CASIO-SA-77:
Pattern 40, use the Start/Stop button to create rest stops.Activity Instructions:
Explain to children that in music, the places where we don’t sing or play in the song are called rests.
We are going to play the rest stop game. When the music is playing, they can dance and move.
When the music rests – when there is no sound but silence instead of music – the children need to stop.
Use a free session pattern on the keyboard, or any favorite song, and start and stop the music.
If using the keyboard, feel free to also be silly by adjusting the tempo faster and slower, too.
- Puppet: Gentle Giant Whale Shark
Gentle Giant Whale Shark
Listen to the SongActivity Instructions:
Use shark puppet if you have one, introduce song. Sing several times.
Lyrics:Gen-tle gi-ant whale shark
swim-ming through the deep
search-ing for his din-ner:
*spoken* “Shark please don’t eat me!”I may be a gi-ant, (use a silly shark voice)
big and hea-vy too,
but I on-ly eat plank-ton
I’m not gon-na eat you!Historical information:*Whale shark are 21 tons and 40 feet long!
Many of the largest sharks actually are not carnivores, they filter and eat plants. - Goodbye Song: Goodbye Song
Goodbye Song
CASIO-SA-77:
Pattern 12, Tempo 8
Rhythm Only
With Lyrics, no namesListen to the SongActivity 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 :|
- Coming In Classical: Copland – Rodeo: Hoe-Down, Boston Pops
Copland – Rodeo: Hoe-Down, Boston Pops
Activity Instructions:
Play music as parents and students are coming in.
Historical information:Aaron Copland was an American composer, composition teacher, writer, and later in his career a conductor of his own and other American music. Instrumental in forging a distinctly American style of composition, in his later years he was often referred to as “the Dean of American Composers.”
- Hello Song: Kid Rock Hello Song
Kid Rock Hello Song
CASIO-SA-77:
Pattern 01, Tempo 5
Rhythm Only
With Lyrics, no namesListen to the SongActivity 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 classLet’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: Chomp Castanet
Chomp Castanet
Equipment:
Listen to the SongActivity Instructions:
Pass out the castanets – one to each student. Allow them to explore squeezing the castanets shut with one hand, the other hand, both hands, etc. Then introduce song.
Lyrics:Chomp Chomp Chomp goes the cas-ta-net
when my fin-gers squeeze it shut
Chomp Chomp Chomp goes the cas-ta-net
like a mouth try-ing to talk
Chomp chomp chomp, and click click click
o-pen shut it, just like this
Chomp chomp chomp goes my cas-ta-net
Chomp chomp chomp chomp chomp - Body Awareness: Flying Flying
Flying Flying
Listen to the SongActivity Instructions:
For the body awareness song today, tell the kids that you are going to go flying. Ask them to name some things that fly… today we are going to be an airplane (show airplane arms), a bird (show flapping wings), a rocket ship (stand straight and tall and jump into the air), and a leaf (spin and twirl in a circle). Repeat song several times.
Lyrics:I’m fly-ing fly-ing through the sky
Fly-ing fly-ing way up high
Fly-ing fly-ing through the sky
Fly-ing way up highArms out straight and glide a-long
Arms out straight and glide a-long
Arms out straight and glide a-long
Glide like an air-planeI flap my wings like a bird
Flap my wings like a bird
Flap my wings like a bird
Fly like a birdFeet to-get-her and jump up high
Feet to-get-her and jump up high
Feet to-get-her and jump up high
Blast off like a rock-etSpin and twirl like a fall-ing leaf
Spin and twirl like a fall-ing leaf
Spin and twirl like a fall-ing leaf
Fall-ing from the trees - Alphabet Song: Letter C – C’s are Great
Letter C – C’s are Great
Listen to the SongActivity Instructions:
Introduce the letter C. What shape is it? What sound does the letter make? Talk about the things in the song that begin with the letter C. Then introduce the song.
Lyrics:Ca-ter-pil-lar, ca-ter-pil-lar
Cup-cake cake, cup-cake cake
Cat and the ca-na-ry, cat and the ca-na-ry
C’s are great, C’s are great - Solfege Song: NOT YET ADDEDContent Not Yet Added
- Song w/Pitched Instrument: Mary had a little lamb
Mary had a little lamb
Equipment:
Activity Instructions:
Pass out Boomwhackers. Allow children to explore hitting them on the ground freely. Then ask them to only hit when you cue them by pointing or calling out the color of the boomwhacker. Have children play song several times through. Switch colors and repeat, if desired, depending upon time.
Lyrics:EDCD EEE
DDD EGGEDCD EEEE
DD EDC - Composing Activity: Bean Bag Notation
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. - Song w/Ball: C’mon Let’s Tap
C’mon Let’s Tap
Equipment:
Listen to the SongActivity Instructions:
Pass out playground 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:CHORUS
C-‘mon let’s tap the ball to-get-her
C-‘mon and tap it to the beat
C-‘mon let’s tap the ball to-get-her
Tap it with our hands and feet
We’re gon-na make some brand new mu-sic
We’re gon-na play and have some fun
We’re gon-na make some brand new mu-sic
Un-til our time in class is doneVERSE1
I’m tap-ping with my hands I’m tap-ping to the beat x3
C-‘mon and make some mu-sic with my ball and meCHORUS
VERSE2
I’m tap-ping with my toes I’m tap-ping with my feet x3
C-‘mon and make some mu-sic with my ball and meCHORUS
VERSE 3
I’m tap-ping on the ball held in be-tween my knees x3
C-‘mon and make some mu-sic with my ball and meCHORUS
- World Music Dance: Kenya – Sura Yako – Sauti Sol – Kenyan Afro-pop
Kenya – Sura Yako – Sauti Sol – Kenyan Afro-pop
Activity Instructions:
Pass out scarves, and have children bounce, dance, etc.
Historical information:Sauti Sol is a Kenyan Afr0-Pop band. View their profile on Wikipedia.
- Musical Exploration: Musical Exploration
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: Rest Stop
Rest Stop
CASIO-SA-77:
Pattern 40, use the Start/Stop button to create rest stops.Activity Instructions:
Explain to children that in music, the places where we don’t sing or play in the song are called rests.
We are going to play the rest stop game. When the music is playing, they can dance and move.
When the music rests – when there is no sound but silence instead of music – the children need to stop.
Use a free session pattern on the keyboard, or any favorite song, and start and stop the music.
If using the keyboard, feel free to also be silly by adjusting the tempo faster and slower, too.
- Puppet: NOT YET ADDEDContent Not Yet Added
- Goodbye Song: Goodbye Song
Goodbye Song
CASIO-SA-77:
Pattern 12, Tempo 8
Rhythm Only
With Lyrics, no namesListen to the SongActivity 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 :|
- Coming In Classical: Copland – Rodeo: Hoe-Down, Boston Pops
Copland – Rodeo: Hoe-Down, Boston Pops
Activity Instructions:
Play music as parents and students are coming in.
Historical information:Aaron Copland was an American composer, composition teacher, writer, and later in his career a conductor of his own and other American music. Instrumental in forging a distinctly American style of composition, in his later years he was often referred to as “the Dean of American Composers.”
- Hello Song: Family Rock Hello Song
Family Rock Hello Song
CASIO-SA-77:
Pattern 01, Tempo 5
Rhythm Only
With Lyrics, no namesListen to the SongActivity 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 classLet’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: Chomp Castanet
Chomp Castanet
Equipment:
Listen to the SongActivity Instructions:
Pass out the castanets – one to each student. Allow them to explore squeezing the castanets shut with one hand, the other hand, both hands, etc. Then introduce song.
Lyrics:Chomp Chomp Chomp goes the cas-ta-net
when my fin-gers squeeze it shut
Chomp Chomp Chomp goes the cas-ta-net
like a mouth try-ing to talk
Chomp chomp chomp, and click click click
o-pen shut it, just like this
Chomp chomp chomp goes my cas-ta-net
Chomp chomp chomp chomp chomp - Peek-a-boo: My Baby is Hiding
My Baby is Hiding
Equipment:
Listen to the SongActivity Instructions:
Pass out scarves, play peek-a-boo. Sing song, looking around for baby like you can’t find them, until you notice them at “There he is!”, pull scarf off at final hello if desired.
Lyrics:My ba-by is hi-ding, oh where could he be,
My ba-by is hi-ding, he’s hi-ding from me
My ba-by is hi-ding, oh where did he go
My ba-by is hi-ding, [SPOKEN: There he is!] hel-lo!My ba-by is hi-ding, oh where could she be,
My ba-by is hi-ding, she’s hi-ding from me
My ba-by is hi-ding, oh where did she go
My ba-by is hi-ding, [SPOKEN: There he is!] hel-lo! - Color or Shape Song: Square Where
Square Where
Listen to the SongActivity Instructions:
Pass out beanbags to the children, one per child. Count the corners, and sides, notice that all four sides are equal. Then introduce song, sing along with demo. You may have children pass the beanbag back and forth between them and their parent, pass their beanbags around the circle, or pass it back and forth between their hands.
Lyrics:Square Square Where Where
Square Square Where Where
Square Square Where Where
Square Square…Four cor-ners, Four sides
All e-qual, All the same height
just as tall as it is wide
Four cor-ners, four sides - Body Awareness: Flying Flying
Flying Flying
Listen to the SongActivity Instructions:
For the body awareness song today, tell the kids that you are going to go flying. Ask them to name some things that fly… today we are going to be an airplane (show airplane arms), a bird (show flapping wings), a rocket ship (stand straight and tall and jump into the air), and a leaf (spin and twirl in a circle). Repeat song several times.
Lyrics:I’m fly-ing fly-ing through the sky
Fly-ing fly-ing way up high
Fly-ing fly-ing through the sky
Fly-ing way up highArms out straight and glide a-long
Arms out straight and glide a-long
Arms out straight and glide a-long
Glide like an air-planeI flap my wings like a bird
Flap my wings like a bird
Flap my wings like a bird
Fly like a birdFeet to-get-her and jump up high
Feet to-get-her and jump up high
Feet to-get-her and jump up high
Blast off like a rock-etSpin and twirl like a fall-ing leaf
Spin and twirl like a fall-ing leaf
Spin and twirl like a fall-ing leaf
Fall-ing from the trees - Song w/Pitched Instrument: Mary had a little lamb
Mary had a little lamb
Equipment:
Activity Instructions:
Pass out Boomwhackers. Allow children to explore hitting them on the ground freely. Then ask them to only hit when you cue them by pointing or calling out the color of the boomwhacker. Have children play song several times through. Switch colors and repeat, if desired, depending upon time.
Lyrics:EDCD EEE
DDD EGGEDCD EEEE
DD EDC - Solfege Song: NOT YET ADDEDContent Not Yet Added
- Song w/Ball: C’mon Let’s Tap
C’mon Let’s Tap
Equipment:
Listen to the SongActivity Instructions:
Pass out playground 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:CHORUS
C-‘mon let’s tap the ball to-get-her
C-‘mon and tap it to the beat
C-‘mon let’s tap the ball to-get-her
Tap it with our hands and feet
We’re gon-na make some brand new mu-sic
We’re gon-na play and have some fun
We’re gon-na make some brand new mu-sic
Un-til our time in class is doneVERSE1
I’m tap-ping with my hands I’m tap-ping to the beat x3
C-‘mon and make some mu-sic with my ball and meCHORUS
VERSE2
I’m tap-ping with my toes I’m tap-ping with my feet x3
C-‘mon and make some mu-sic with my ball and meCHORUS
VERSE 3
I’m tap-ping on the ball held in be-tween my knees x3
C-‘mon and make some mu-sic with my ball and meCHORUS
- World Music Dance: Kenya – Sura Yako – Sauti Sol – Kenyan Afro-pop
Kenya – Sura Yako – Sauti Sol – Kenyan Afro-pop
Activity Instructions:
Pass out scarves, and have children bounce, dance, etc.
Historical information:Sauti Sol is a Kenyan Afr0-Pop band. View their profile on Wikipedia.
- Musical Exploration: Musical Exploration
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: Bean Bag Notation
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. - Musical Game: NOT YET ADDEDContent Not Yet Added
- Puppet: Gentle Giant Whale Shark
Gentle Giant Whale Shark
Listen to the SongActivity Instructions:
Use shark puppet if you have one, introduce song. Sing several times.
Lyrics:Gen-tle gi-ant whale shark
swim-ming through the deep
search-ing for his din-ner:
*spoken* “Shark please don’t eat me!”I may be a gi-ant, (use a silly shark voice)
big and hea-vy too,
but I on-ly eat plank-ton
I’m not gon-na eat you!Historical information:*Whale shark are 21 tons and 40 feet long!
Many of the largest sharks actually are not carnivores, they filter and eat plants. - Goodbye Song: Goodbye Song
Goodbye Song
CASIO-SA-77:
Pattern 12, Tempo 8
Rhythm Only
With Lyrics, no namesListen to the SongActivity 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 :|