Activity Instructions:

Play music as children are entering at the start of class. Allow them to explore with an instrument not used in the rest of class.

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.

(to the tune of Lightly Row)
Hello Friend! Hello Friend! How are you? Let’s have some fun!
Hello Friend! Hello Friend! Playing on my drum!
Tap tap tap along with me
Tap tap tap along with me
Hello Friend! Hello Friend! Playing on my drum!

Activity Instructions:

Have grownups sit children in their lap. Introduce the lap ride, show parents bounce, up and down, side to side, and bump around. Then start music, repeat if desired.

1) Bouncing
2) Up and Down
3) Side to Side
4) Bump Around

Activity Instructions:

Print out the shapes and hang on the wall before class. Review the shapes, then sing the song, and have children run to the item that you are singing about.

I am looking for a [SHAPE], looking for a [SHAPE]
I am looking for a [SHAPE], looking for a [SHAPE]

Rhombus, Trapezoid, Star, Heart 

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, tapping closed on the ground with hands and feet, etc. Then introduce song.

Clicking my castanet, x3 Stop
Chomping my castanet, x3 Stop.

Clicking with my right hand,
Clicking with my left hand,
Clicking with both my hands and stop.

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Activity Instructions:

Play song, walk in circle on verses, and dance and pretend to be monkeys, lions, elephants, and cheetahs during the instrumental breaks.

C’mon my friends and walk with me
We’re goin’ on a safari
C’mon my friends and dance with me
At this Safari Party!
Be a MONKEY!

C’mon my friends and walk with me
We’re goin’ on a safari
C’mon my friends and dance with me
At this Safari Party!
Be a LION!

C’mon my friends and walk with me
We’re goin’ on a safari
C’mon my friends and dance with me
At this Safari Party!
Be an ELEPHANT!

C’mon my friends and walk with me
We’re goin’ on a safari
C’mon my friends and dance with me
At this Safari Party!
Be a CHEETAH!

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.

|: Do Do Do Do Do Do
Re Mi Mi Mi Mi Mi
Sol Sol Sol Sol Me Do
Re Mi Mi Re Re Do :|

The Farmer in the Dell,
The Farmer in the Dell,
Hi-ho, the derry-o,
The farmer in the dell!

The Farmer takes a Wife…
The Wife takes a Child…
The Child takes a Cow …
Cow takes a Pig…
Pig takes a Dog…
Dog takes a Cat…
Cat takes a Mouse…
Mouse takes the Cheese…
The Cheese stands alone.

Activity Instructions:

Pass out playground balls. Explore tapping the ball with hands and feet, passing hand to hand, and rolling to a friend. Then play recorded song and follow directions.

V1) I am tapping with my hands
V2) I am tapping with my feet
V3) I am passing hand to hand
V4) I am rolling to a friend

Put the ball on your head
Put the ball on your nose
Put the ball on your knees
Put the ball on your toes

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:

Print out pictures of Oboe, Flute, String Bass, and Trumpet before class. Show the children each picture, and play the matching .mp3.
Then hang the pictures around the room. The children will start in the center of the room. You will play a sound, and they have to go to the matching picture. 

Activity Instructions:

Use puppet to sing song.

Hello Hippopotamus, How are you today?
Hello Hippopotamus, Swimming in the lake!
You stay in the water to beat the heat
Underwater You  can wait five minutes to breathe
Hello, Hippopotamus, thanks for coming to play!

Hello Hippopotamus, How are you today?
Hello Hippopotamus, Swimming in the lake!
You looks for grass to eat at night
You lives with the herd , the hippopotami,
Hello, Hippopotamus, thanks for coming to play!

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 are entering at the start of class. Allow them to explore with an instrument not used in the rest of class.

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.

(to the tune of Lightly Row)
Hello Friend! Hello Friend! How are you? Let’s have some fun!
Hello Friend! Hello Friend! Playing on my drum!
Tap tap tap along with me
Tap tap tap along with me
Hello Friend! Hello Friend! Playing on my drum!

Activity Instructions:

Play song, walk in circle on verses, and dance and pretend to be monkeys, lions, elephants, and cheetahs during the instrumental breaks.

C’mon my friends and walk with me
We’re goin’ on a safari
C’mon my friends and dance with me
At this Safari Party!
Be a MONKEY!

C’mon my friends and walk with me
We’re goin’ on a safari
C’mon my friends and dance with me
At this Safari Party!
Be a LION!

C’mon my friends and walk with me
We’re goin’ on a safari
C’mon my friends and dance with me
At this Safari Party!
Be an ELEPHANT!

C’mon my friends and walk with me
We’re goin’ on a safari
C’mon my friends and dance with me
At this Safari Party!
Be a CHEETAH!

Activity Instructions:

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

Alligator Bear Cat Dog
Elephant Fish Giraffe Hamster
Iguana Jellyfish Kangaroo Lion
Monkey Nightingale Octopus Panda

Quail Rabbit Shark Turtle
Unicorn Vulture Whale
Xerus (African Ground Squirrel) Yak Zebra

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.

|: Do Do Do Do Do Do
Re Mi Mi Mi Mi Mi
Sol Sol Sol Sol Me Do
Re Mi Mi Re Re Do :|

The Farmer in the Dell,
The Farmer in the Dell,
Hi-ho, the derry-o,
The farmer in the dell!

The Farmer takes a Wife…
The Wife takes a Child…
The Child takes a Cow …
Cow takes a Pig…
Pig takes a Dog…
Dog takes a Cat…
Cat takes a Mouse…
Mouse takes the Cheese…
The Cheese stands alone.

Activity Instructions:

Pass out xylophones and music. Play through the song as an example. Hold the xylophone upright facing the children in the air so that children are able to see you play the song.

EFG FED E
EE AG DE
EE EG GF FA
GAG FED C

Hickory Dickory Dock
The mouse ran up the clock
The clock struck one, the mouse ran down
Hickory Dickory Dock

Activity Instructions:

Pass out lyric sheets to children, and allow them to fill in the blanks with parent help. Then collect the sheets and sing everyone’s songs.

(to the tune of She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain)

I am [ACTION] at the [PLACE] then I stop
I am [ACTION] at the [PLACE] then I stop
I am [ACTION] at the [PLACE]
I am [ACTION] at the [PLACE]
I am [ACTION] at the [PLACE] then I stop

V2. I am [ACTION] with my [PERSON] then I stop
V3. I am [ACTION] with my [TOY] and then I stop

Activity Instructions:

Pass out playground balls. Explore tapping the ball with hands and feet, passing hand to hand, and rolling to a friend. Then play recorded song and follow directions.

V1) I am tapping with my hands
V2) I am tapping with my feet
V3) I am passing hand to hand
V4) I am rolling to a friend

Put the ball on your head
Put the ball on your nose
Put the ball on your knees
Put the ball on your toes

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:

Print out pictures of Oboe, Flute, String Bass, and Trumpet before class. Show the children each picture, and play the matching .mp3.
Then hang the pictures around the room. The children will start in the center of the room. You will play a sound, and they have to go to the matching picture. 

Activity Instructions:

Use puppet to sing song.

Hello Hippopotamus, How are you today?
Hello Hippopotamus, Swimming in the lake!
You stay in the water to beat the heat
Underwater You  can wait five minutes to breathe
Hello, Hippopotamus, thanks for coming to play!

Hello Hippopotamus, How are you today?
Hello Hippopotamus, Swimming in the lake!
You looks for grass to eat at night
You lives with the herd , the hippopotami,
Hello, Hippopotamus, thanks for coming to play!

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 are entering at the start of class. Allow them to explore with an instrument not used in the rest of class.

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.

(to the tune of Lightly Row)
Hello Friend! Hello Friend! How are you? Let’s have some fun!
Hello Friend! Hello Friend! Playing on my drum!
Tap tap tap along with me
Tap tap tap along with me
Hello Friend! Hello Friend! Playing on my drum!

Activity Instructions:

Pass out scarves, explore playing peek a boo. Then introduce song, sing and be playful, being sure to interact with each child.

Boo Boo Boo Boo Hiding from you
playing peek-a-boo, Boo!

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Activity Instructions:

Print out the shapes and hang on the wall before class. Review the shapes, then sing the song, and have children run to the item that you are singing about.

I am looking for a [SHAPE], looking for a [SHAPE]
I am looking for a [SHAPE], looking for a [SHAPE]

Rhombus, Trapezoid, Star, Heart 

Activity Instructions:

Play song, walk in circle on verses, and dance and pretend to be monkeys, lions, elephants, and cheetahs during the instrumental breaks.

C’mon my friends and walk with me
We’re goin’ on a safari
C’mon my friends and dance with me
At this Safari Party!
Be a MONKEY!

C’mon my friends and walk with me
We’re goin’ on a safari
C’mon my friends and dance with me
At this Safari Party!
Be a LION!

C’mon my friends and walk with me
We’re goin’ on a safari
C’mon my friends and dance with me
At this Safari Party!
Be an ELEPHANT!

C’mon my friends and walk with me
We’re goin’ on a safari
C’mon my friends and dance with me
At this Safari Party!
Be a CHEETAH!

Activity Instructions:

Pass out xylophones and music. Play through the song as an example. Hold the xylophone upright facing the children in the air so that children are able to see you play the song.

EFG FED E
EE AG DE
EE EG GF FA
GAG FED C

Hickory Dickory Dock
The mouse ran up the clock
The clock struck one, the mouse ran down
Hickory Dickory Dock

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.

|: Do Do Do Do Do Do
Re Mi Mi Mi Mi Mi
Sol Sol Sol Sol Me Do
Re Mi Mi Re Re Do :|

The Farmer in the Dell,
The Farmer in the Dell,
Hi-ho, the derry-o,
The farmer in the dell!

The Farmer takes a Wife…
The Wife takes a Child…
The Child takes a Cow …
Cow takes a Pig…
Pig takes a Dog…
Dog takes a Cat…
Cat takes a Mouse…
Mouse takes the Cheese…
The Cheese stands alone.

Activity Instructions:

Pass out playground balls. Explore tapping the ball with hands and feet, passing hand to hand, and rolling to a friend. Then play recorded song and follow directions.

V1) I am tapping with my hands
V2) I am tapping with my feet
V3) I am passing hand to hand
V4) I am rolling to a friend

Put the ball on your head
Put the ball on your nose
Put the ball on your knees
Put the ball on your toes

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:

Pass out lyric sheets to children, and allow them to fill in the blanks with parent help. Then collect the sheets and sing everyone’s songs.

(to the tune of She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain)

I am [ACTION] at the [PLACE] then I stop
I am [ACTION] at the [PLACE] then I stop
I am [ACTION] at the [PLACE]
I am [ACTION] at the [PLACE]
I am [ACTION] at the [PLACE] then I stop

V2. I am [ACTION] with my [PERSON] then I stop
V3. I am [ACTION] with my [TOY] and then I stop

Activity Instructions:

Print out pictures of Oboe, Flute, String Bass, and Trumpet before class. Show the children each picture, and play the matching .mp3.
Then hang the pictures around the room. The children will start in the center of the room. You will play a sound, and they have to go to the matching picture. 

Activity Instructions:

Use puppet to sing song.

Hello Hippopotamus, How are you today?
Hello Hippopotamus, Swimming in the lake!
You stay in the water to beat the heat
Underwater You  can wait five minutes to breathe
Hello, Hippopotamus, thanks for coming to play!

Hello Hippopotamus, How are you today?
Hello Hippopotamus, Swimming in the lake!
You looks for grass to eat at night
You lives with the herd , the hippopotami,
Hello, Hippopotamus, thanks for coming to play!

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 :|