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 rainsticks. Explore turning over, shaking, rolling, tapping.
Then sing the song and do a different action every time.

It’s raining, its pouring, the little boy is snoring
He went to bed, happy and fed,
after mommy read him a story
Rain rain, go away, come again another day
It’s raining, it’s pouring, I want to see sun in the morning.

Activity Instructions:

Have children sit in parents laps. Bounce, bump, etc during song. Bouncing to the beat of the music helps children feel the rhythm with their bodies.

Riding on the yellow school bus
Riding on the yellow school bus
Riding on the yellow school bus
Riding on the yellow school bus

We’re bouncing, bouncing up and down
Bouncing, bouncing up and down
Bouncing, bouncing up and down
Bouncing up and down

Riding on the yellow school bus
Riding on the yellow school bus
Riding on the yellow school bus
Riding on the school bus

We’re rocking, rocking side to side
rocking, rocking side to side
rocking, rocking side to side
rocking side to side

Riding on the yellow school bus
Riding on the yellow school bus
Riding on the yellow school bus
Riding on the school bus

Going Up and down and up and down,
Bumping, bumping, all around
Up and down and up and down,
Bumping, bumping, all around

Riding on the yellow school bus
Riding on the yellow school bus
Riding on the yellow school bus
Riding on the yellow school bus

Activity Instructions:

Post construction paper on the wall before class. Have children identify the color in the rainbow. Then sing song, and have children run and touch the color on the wall when you sing about the color.

Red Orange Yellow Green Blue and Purple – 533442312 low5
These are the colors of the Rainbow 112332132
Red Orange Yellow Green Blue and Purple 533442312 low5
Will you find me the color [COLOR] 13222255 1

Activity Instructions:

Pass out cage bells. Allow children to explore shaking them high and low, tapping them on the ground, and making them hide. Then sing song several times.

(to the tune of Wheels on the Bus)
I shake and I shake and shake and shake,
Shake and Shake, Shake and Shake,
Shake them high and shake them low
Tap the ground then where’d they go

Activity Instructions:

Play song, dance and follow motions/movement in lyrics.

ABCD, come along and dance with me
EFGH, hands up high then touch your face
IJKL, look around, you’re doing swell
MNOP, clap your hands and play with me

QRST, Quickly quickly stomp your feet
UVW, Jump up and down like kangaroos
It’s time to end, but then we will start again
XYandZ, We’re dancing to our ABCs

(repeat)

ends with ABC song w/regular melody

Activity Instructions:

Pass out echo microphones. Have children explore speaking in the top of them. Then ask for some of the classes favorite songs and sing them.
Have the children echo solfege syllables, Do-Sol ascending and descending one syllable at a time.

Teach the song by singing the syllables a little bit at a time and have children echo back. Then sing the song with regular lyrics.

Mi Re Do Re Mi Mi Mi,
Re Re Re, Mi Sol Sol
Mi Re Do Re Mi Mi Mi  
Mi Re Re Mi Re Do

Mary had a little lamb,
little lamb, little lamb
Mary had a little lamb
Whose fleece was white as snow

Activity Instructions:

Pass out balls, practice tapping, bouncing, rolling between own hands, rolling to friend.

CHORUS
C’mon my friends and grab your ball
C’mon my friends come one and all

V1) We’re tapping with our hands
V2) We’re rolling to a friend
V3) We’re tossing in the air
V4) We’re bouncing up and down

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:

Dump out printables or foam pieces with different note values drawn onto them. Ask children to feed the monster the different note values.

Ta says the quarter note
a circle with a line
Ta says the quarter note
a circle with a line

Ti-ti says the eighth note
a circle line and a flag
Ti-ti says the eighth notes
a circle line and a flag

Too says the half note
a letter o with a stem
Too says the half note
a letter o with a stem

Ti-ka-ti-ka says the sixteenth note
circle, line and double flags
Ti-ka-ti-ka says the sixteenth note
circle, line and double flags

Activity Instructions:

Use puppet to sing song.

Hello rainbow fishies
How are you today?
Brightly colored, bony,
You’re a verterbrate
You start out silver then transform
You like to live in schools of 5 or more
Hello rainbow fishies
How are you today?
Thanks for coming to play!

Hello rainbow fishies
How are you today?
Brightly colored, bony,
You’re a verterbrate
Freshwater is what’s best for you
You like your tank around seventy-two
Hello rainbow fishies
How are you today?
Thanks for coming to play!
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 rainsticks. Explore turning over, shaking, rolling, tapping.
Then sing the song and do a different action every time.

It’s raining, its pouring, the little boy is snoring
He went to bed, happy and fed,
after mommy read him a story
Rain rain, go away, come again another day
It’s raining, it’s pouring, I want to see sun in the morning.

Activity Instructions:

Play song, dance and follow motions/movement in lyrics.

ABCD, come along and dance with me
EFGH, hands up high then touch your face
IJKL, look around, you’re doing swell
MNOP, clap your hands and play with me

QRST, Quickly quickly stomp your feet
UVW, Jump up and down like kangaroos
It’s time to end, but then we will start again
XYandZ, We’re dancing to our ABCs

(repeat)

ends with ABC song w/regular melody

Activity Instructions:

One of the things that is on the preschool readiness list here in KY is knowing the phone number to call your parent.
This song is something each parent should customize with their own number and sing with their child.

What’s my number?
What’s my number?
What’s my number to call home?
123
-456
-78
9 and 1

(loosely Darling Clementine)

Activity Instructions:

Pass out echo microphones. Have children explore speaking in the top of them. Then ask for some of the classes favorite songs and sing them.
Have the children echo solfege syllables, Do-Sol ascending and descending one syllable at a time.

Teach the song by singing the syllables a little bit at a time and have children echo back. Then sing the song with regular lyrics.

Mi Re Do Re Mi Mi Mi,
Re Re Re, Mi Sol Sol
Mi Re Do Re Mi Mi Mi  
Mi Re Re Mi Re Do

Mary had a little lamb,
little lamb, little lamb
Mary had a little lamb
Whose fleece was white as snow

Activity Instructions:

C D E C
C D E C
E F G E F G
G A G F E C
G A G F E C
C G C
C G C

Activity Instructions:

Have children put hands or feet on different color poly spots, or paper plates with note letters on them, to create a melody, which you play on the xylophone or glockenspiel.

Activity Instructions:

Pass out balls, practice tapping, bouncing, rolling between own hands, rolling to friend.

CHORUS
C’mon my friends and grab your ball
C’mon my friends come one and all

V1) We’re tapping with our hands
V2) We’re rolling to a friend
V3) We’re tossing in the air
V4) We’re bouncing up and down

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:

Dump out printables or foam pieces with different note values drawn onto them. Ask children to feed the monster the different note values.

Ta says the quarter note
a circle with a line
Ta says the quarter note
a circle with a line

Ti-ti says the eighth note
a circle line and a flag
Ti-ti says the eighth notes
a circle line and a flag

Too says the half note
a letter o with a stem
Too says the half note
a letter o with a stem

Ti-ka-ti-ka says the sixteenth note
circle, line and double flags
Ti-ka-ti-ka says the sixteenth note
circle, line and double flags

Activity Instructions:

Use puppet to sing song.

Hello rainbow fishies
How are you today?
Brightly colored, bony,
You’re a verterbrate
You start out silver then transform
You like to live in schools of 5 or more
Hello rainbow fishies
How are you today?
Thanks for coming to play!

Hello rainbow fishies
How are you today?
Brightly colored, bony,
You’re a verterbrate
Freshwater is what’s best for you
You like your tank around seventy-two
Hello rainbow fishies
How are you today?
Thanks for coming to play!
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 rainsticks. Explore turning over, shaking, rolling, tapping.
Then sing the song and do a different action every time.

It’s raining, its pouring, the little boy is snoring
He went to bed, happy and fed,
after mommy read him a story
Rain rain, go away, come again another day
It’s raining, it’s pouring, I want to see sun in the morning.

Activity Instructions:

Pass out scarves, explore pulling away and saying “boo.” Then sing song using scarves.

I am playing, I am playing, Peek a boo with you!
I am playing, I am playing, Peek a boo with you! Boo!

Activity Instructions:

Post construction paper on the wall before class. Have children identify the color in the rainbow. Then sing song, and have children run and touch the color on the wall when you sing about the color.

Red Orange Yellow Green Blue and Purple – 533442312 low5
These are the colors of the Rainbow 112332132
Red Orange Yellow Green Blue and Purple 533442312 low5
Will you find me the color [COLOR] 13222255 1

Activity Instructions:

Play song, dance and follow motions/movement in lyrics.

ABCD, come along and dance with me
EFGH, hands up high then touch your face
IJKL, look around, you’re doing swell
MNOP, clap your hands and play with me

QRST, Quickly quickly stomp your feet
UVW, Jump up and down like kangaroos
It’s time to end, but then we will start again
XYandZ, We’re dancing to our ABCs

(repeat)

ends with ABC song w/regular melody

Activity Instructions:

C D E C
C D E C
E F G E F G
G A G F E C
G A G F E C
C G C
C G C

Activity Instructions:

Pass out echo microphones. Have children explore speaking in the top of them. Then ask for some of the classes favorite songs and sing them.
Have the children echo solfege syllables, Do-Sol ascending and descending one syllable at a time.

Teach the song by singing the syllables a little bit at a time and have children echo back. Then sing the song with regular lyrics.

Mi Re Do Re Mi Mi Mi,
Re Re Re, Mi Sol Sol
Mi Re Do Re Mi Mi Mi  
Mi Re Re Mi Re Do

Mary had a little lamb,
little lamb, little lamb
Mary had a little lamb
Whose fleece was white as snow

Activity Instructions:

Pass out balls, practice tapping, bouncing, rolling between own hands, rolling to friend.

CHORUS
C’mon my friends and grab your ball
C’mon my friends come one and all

V1) We’re tapping with our hands
V2) We’re rolling to a friend
V3) We’re tossing in the air
V4) We’re bouncing up and down

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:

Have children put hands or feet on different color poly spots, or paper plates with note letters on them, to create a melody, which you play on the xylophone or glockenspiel.

Activity Instructions:

Dump out printables or foam pieces with different note values drawn onto them. Ask children to feed the monster the different note values.

Ta says the quarter note
a circle with a line
Ta says the quarter note
a circle with a line

Ti-ti says the eighth note
a circle line and a flag
Ti-ti says the eighth notes
a circle line and a flag

Too says the half note
a letter o with a stem
Too says the half note
a letter o with a stem

Ti-ka-ti-ka says the sixteenth note
circle, line and double flags
Ti-ka-ti-ka says the sixteenth note
circle, line and double flags

Activity Instructions:

Use puppet to sing song.

Hello rainbow fishies
How are you today?
Brightly colored, bony,
You’re a verterbrate
You start out silver then transform
You like to live in schools of 5 or more
Hello rainbow fishies
How are you today?
Thanks for coming to play!

Hello rainbow fishies
How are you today?
Brightly colored, bony,
You’re a verterbrate
Freshwater is what’s best for you
You like your tank around seventy-two
Hello rainbow fishies
How are you today?
Thanks for coming to play!
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 :|