Activity Instructions:

Play music as children enter at the start of class, allow them to play with an instrument not used in the lesson plan.

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.

*** In Baby Rock substitute “hand” for each of the finger names.

Tap the drum with my thumbs 111 111
Tap the drum with my pointers 222 2222
Tap the drum with my middle 333 3333
Tap the drum with my ringer 444 4444
Tap the drum with my pinkie 555 5555
Tap the drum with my ringer 444 444
Tap the drum with my middle 333 333
Tap the drum with my pointer 22 2222
Tap the drum with my thumbs, 111 111
tap the drum with my thumbs, 111 111

Activity Instructions:

Have grownups sit children in their lap. Introduce the lap ride.
Bounce children up and down, rock children side to side, and move children’s upper body in a circle during song.

La x11 lapride
La x11 lapride
We’re goin’ up and down and up and down and
up and down and up and down on this
La x11 lapride

La x11 lapride
La x11 lapride
We’re goin’ side to side and side to side and
side to side and side to side on this
La x11 lapride

La x11 lapride
La x11 lapride
We’re goin’ round and round and round and round and
round and round and round and round on this
La x11 lapride

Activity Instructions:

Make sure to gather items of the three 3D shapes before class.
Suggestions: A traffic cone for the cone, a square tissue box for the cube, a ball for the sphere and a coffee can or tea can for the cylinder.

Put the shapes in four spots around the room, review what each of them are. Then sing the song, and have the children run to the objects as you sing the song.

I am looking for a [cube] (x4)

V1) Cube
V2) Cone
V3) Cylinder
V4) Sphere

Activity Instructions:

Pass out maracas, explore tapping to together, tapping on the ground, shaking, high and low. Then sing song several times.

I am tapping, I am tapping, tapping my Maracas (repeat)
(tapping on the ground)

V2) I am tapping, I am tapping, tapping them together
V3) I am shaking, I am shaking, shaking my maracas

Activity Instructions:

Turn on the music and follow the directions in the song.

Come along and dance with me,
come and dance with me
(repeat x4)

Jump and jump and jump and jump and stop
and jump and jump and jump and jump and stop
and jump and jump and jump and jump and stop
and jump and jump and jump and jump and stop

V2) Spin
V3) Clap
V4) Stomp
V5) Freestyle

Activity Instructions:

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

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

There was a farmer had a dog
and Bingo was his name-o
B-I-N-G-O
B-I-N-G-O
B-I-N-G-O
and Bingo was his name-o.

Repeat, but clap one letter, then two, etc, until you clap all 5.

Activity Instructions:

Pass out balls. Talk about the different instrument families. Then have children bounce up and down on balls throughout song, feeling the beat in their bodies.

I am bouncing, I am bouncing
bouncing with the brass,
bouncing with the brass,
bouncing with the brass,

I am bouncing, I am bouncing
bouncing with the brass
I am bouncing with the brass

Bouncing with the orchestra
Bouncing with the orchestra

I am bouncing, I am bouncing
bouncing with the brass
I am bouncing with the brass

V2) Strings
V3) Woodwinds
V4) Percussion

Activity Instructions:

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

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:

Play or sing a unison (same note C-C ), a third (C-E), a fifth (C-G), and a seventh (C-B). Have children run and touch the interval they hear on the wall.

Activity Instructions:

Use blackbird puppet (or printout on Popsicle stick) to sing song.

Sing little blackbird sing to me
Sing me a pretty melody
tra-la-la tra-la-la la-la-la-la
la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

(repeats 3 more times, adding a new harmony each time).

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 as children enter at the start of class, allow them to play with an instrument not used in the lesson plan.

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.

*** In Baby Rock substitute “hand” for each of the finger names.

Tap the drum with my thumbs 111 111
Tap the drum with my pointers 222 2222
Tap the drum with my middle 333 3333
Tap the drum with my ringer 444 4444
Tap the drum with my pinkie 555 5555
Tap the drum with my ringer 444 444
Tap the drum with my middle 333 333
Tap the drum with my pointer 22 2222
Tap the drum with my thumbs, 111 111
tap the drum with my thumbs, 111 111

Activity Instructions:

Turn on the music and follow the directions in the song.

Come along and dance with me,
come and dance with me
(repeat x4)

Jump and jump and jump and jump and stop
and jump and jump and jump and jump and stop
and jump and jump and jump and jump and stop
and jump and jump and jump and jump and stop

V2) Spin
V3) Clap
V4) Stomp
V5) Freestyle

Activity Instructions:

Review letters on the chart with the children. Have them point out different letters. Then teach them the acrostic transportation song.

To the tune of London Bridge

Airplane Bike Car Dumptruck
Excavator Firetruck
Go-cart Helicopter IceCreamtruck
Jeep Kayak Locomotive

Motorcycle Newsvan Oceanliner
PoliceCar Quad Rocket Submarine
Train Unicycle Van Wagon
X22 Yacht Zamboni

Activity Instructions:

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

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

There was a farmer had a dog
and Bingo was his name-o
B-I-N-G-O
B-I-N-G-O
B-I-N-G-O
and Bingo was his name-o.

Repeat, but clap one letter, then two, etc, until you clap all 5.

Activity Instructions:

Help children use sheet music to play song on 2 octave xylophone, boomwhackers with octavator caps, or keyboard.
Notation has letters inside of each note.

Activity Instructions:

Children are shown a printable diagram of chord progressions in major.
They point to and select which chord the teacher plays next.

Activity Instructions:

Pass out balls. Talk about the different instrument families. Then have children bounce up and down on balls throughout song, feeling the beat in their bodies.

I am bouncing, I am bouncing
bouncing with the brass,
bouncing with the brass,
bouncing with the brass,

I am bouncing, I am bouncing
bouncing with the brass
I am bouncing with the brass

Bouncing with the orchestra
Bouncing with the orchestra

I am bouncing, I am bouncing
bouncing with the brass
I am bouncing with the brass

V2) Strings
V3) Woodwinds
V4) Percussion

Activity Instructions:

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

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:

Play or sing a unison (same note C-C ), a third (C-E), a fifth (C-G), and a seventh (C-B). Have children run and touch the interval they hear on the wall.

Activity Instructions:

Use blackbird puppet (or printout on Popsicle stick) to sing song.

Sing little blackbird sing to me
Sing me a pretty melody
tra-la-la tra-la-la la-la-la-la
la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

(repeats 3 more times, adding a new harmony each time).

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 as children enter at the start of class, allow them to play with an instrument not used in the lesson plan.

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.

*** In Baby Rock substitute “hand” for each of the finger names.

Tap the drum with my thumbs 111 111
Tap the drum with my pointers 222 2222
Tap the drum with my middle 333 3333
Tap the drum with my ringer 444 4444
Tap the drum with my pinkie 555 5555
Tap the drum with my ringer 444 444
Tap the drum with my middle 333 333
Tap the drum with my pointer 22 2222
Tap the drum with my thumbs, 111 111
tap the drum with my thumbs, 111 111

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.

Boo Boo be doo do 11231
Boo Boo be doo do 22342
Boo Boo be doo do, do doo Boo! 77127 118

Activity Instructions:

Make sure to gather items of the three 3D shapes before class.
Suggestions: A traffic cone for the cone, a square tissue box for the cube, a ball for the sphere and a coffee can or tea can for the cylinder.

Put the shapes in four spots around the room, review what each of them are. Then sing the song, and have the children run to the objects as you sing the song.

I am looking for a [cube] (x4)

V1) Cube
V2) Cone
V3) Cylinder
V4) Sphere

Activity Instructions:

Turn on the music and follow the directions in the song.

Come along and dance with me,
come and dance with me
(repeat x4)

Jump and jump and jump and jump and stop
and jump and jump and jump and jump and stop
and jump and jump and jump and jump and stop
and jump and jump and jump and jump and stop

V2) Spin
V3) Clap
V4) Stomp
V5) Freestyle

Activity Instructions:

Help children use sheet music to play song on 2 octave xylophone, boomwhackers with octavator caps, or keyboard.
Notation has letters inside of each note.

Activity Instructions:

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

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

There was a farmer had a dog
and Bingo was his name-o
B-I-N-G-O
B-I-N-G-O
B-I-N-G-O
and Bingo was his name-o.

Repeat, but clap one letter, then two, etc, until you clap all 5.

Activity Instructions:

Pass out balls. Talk about the different instrument families. Then have children bounce up and down on balls throughout song, feeling the beat in their bodies.

I am bouncing, I am bouncing
bouncing with the brass,
bouncing with the brass,
bouncing with the brass,

I am bouncing, I am bouncing
bouncing with the brass
I am bouncing with the brass

Bouncing with the orchestra
Bouncing with the orchestra

I am bouncing, I am bouncing
bouncing with the brass
I am bouncing with the brass

V2) Strings
V3) Woodwinds
V4) Percussion

Activity Instructions:

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

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:

Children are shown a printable diagram of chord progressions in major.
They point to and select which chord the teacher plays next.

Activity Instructions:

Play or sing a unison (same note C-C ), a third (C-E), a fifth (C-G), and a seventh (C-B). Have children run and touch the interval they hear on the wall.

Activity Instructions:

Use blackbird puppet (or printout on Popsicle stick) to sing song.

Sing little blackbird sing to me
Sing me a pretty melody
tra-la-la tra-la-la la-la-la-la
la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

(repeats 3 more times, adding a new harmony each time).

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 :|