Baby Rock

  • Coming in Classical: 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.”

    [ more info on Wikipedia ]



  • Baby 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 baby
    Rock, rock rock with my baby
    Rock, rock rock with my baby
    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


  • 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


  • Lapride: Roller Coaster

    Activity 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 track

    Whoosh 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

    Equipment:

    Activity 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

    Equipment:

    Activity 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

    Activity 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, yes

    Two 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 no

    YES 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

    Equipment:

    Activity 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 done

    VERSE1
    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 me

    CHORUS

    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 me

    CHORUS

    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 me

    CHORUS


  • World Music Dance: 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.



  • 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 Time
    Sing 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

    Activity 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

    Activity 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 sleep

    Rock-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

    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 :|

    Tot Rock

  • Coming in Classical: 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.”

    [ more info on Wikipedia ]



  • 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


  • 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


  • Lapride: Roller Coaster

    Activity 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 track

    Whoosh 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 w/Instrument: Square Where

    Activity 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

    Equipment:

    Activity 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

    Activity 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 high

    Arms out straight and glide a-long
    Arms out straight and glide a-long
    Arms out straight and glide a-long
    Glide like an air-plane

    I flap my wings like a bird
    Flap my wings like a bird
    Flap my wings like a bird
    Fly like a bird

    Feet 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-et

    Spin 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 Song: NOT YET ADDED
    Content Not Yet Added

  • Song w/Ball: C’mon Let’s Tap

    Equipment:

    Activity 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 done

    VERSE1
    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 me

    CHORUS

    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 me

    CHORUS

    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 me

    CHORUS


  • World Music Dance: 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

    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

    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

    Activity 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

    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: 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.”

    [ more info on Wikipedia ]



  • 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


  • Song w/Instrument: Chomp Castanet

    Equipment:

    Activity 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

    Activity 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 high

    Arms out straight and glide a-long
    Arms out straight and glide a-long
    Arms out straight and glide a-long
    Glide like an air-plane

    I flap my wings like a bird
    Flap my wings like a bird
    Flap my wings like a bird
    Fly like a bird

    Feet 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-et

    Spin 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 w/Instrument: Letter C – C’s are Great

    Activity 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 ADDED
    Content Not Yet Added

  • Song w/Pitched Instrument: 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 EGG

    EDCD EEEE
    DD EDC


  • Composing Activity: Bean Bag Notation

    Activity Instructions:

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


  • Song w/Ball: C’mon Let’s Tap

    Equipment:

    Activity 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 done

    VERSE1
    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 me

    CHORUS

    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 me

    CHORUS

    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 me

    CHORUS


  • World Music Dance: 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

    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

    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 ADDED
    Content Not Yet Added

  • 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: 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.”

    [ more info on Wikipedia ]



  • 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


  • Song w/Instrument: Chomp Castanet

    Equipment:

    Activity 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

    Equipment:

    Activity 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

    Activity 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

    Activity 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 high

    Arms out straight and glide a-long
    Arms out straight and glide a-long
    Arms out straight and glide a-long
    Glide like an air-plane

    I flap my wings like a bird
    Flap my wings like a bird
    Flap my wings like a bird
    Fly like a bird

    Feet 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-et

    Spin 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

    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 EGG

    EDCD EEEE
    DD EDC


  • Solfege Song: NOT YET ADDED
    Content Not Yet Added

  • Song w/Ball: C’mon Let’s Tap

    Equipment:

    Activity 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 done

    VERSE1
    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 me

    CHORUS

    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 me

    CHORUS

    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 me

    CHORUS


  • World Music Dance: 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

    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

    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 ADDED
    Content Not Yet Added

  • Puppet: Gentle Giant Whale Shark

    Activity 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

    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 :|