Activity Instructions:

Play music as children are entering at the start 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 rhythm sticks to children. Practice tapping on the ground, hitting together, tapping like a hammer, etc. Then sing song several times while keeping the  beat.  Use keyboard for a swing backbeat.

Swing with the (6x) beat
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Activity Instructions:

Bounce during verse. Follow directions during chorus, roll backwards for upside down.

It’s a world of laughter
A world of tears
It’s a world of hopes
And a world of fears
There’s so much that we share
That it’s time we’re aware
It’s a small world after all

Bouncing Bouncing Up and Down
Bumping Bumping all around
Side to Side and Upside Down
It’s a small world after all

It’s a world of laughter
A world of tears
It’s a world of hopes
And a world of fears
There’s so much that we share
That it’s time we’re aware
It’s a small world after all

Bouncing Bouncing Up and Down
Bumping Bumping all around
Side to Side and Upside Down
It’s a small world after all

It’s a world of laughter
A world of tears
It’s a world of hopes
And a world of fears
There’s so much that we share
That it’s time we’re aware
It’s a small world after all

Bouncing Bouncing Up and Down
Bumping Bumping all around
Side to Side and Upside Down
It’s a small world after all

Bouncing Bouncing Up and Down
Bumping Bumping all around
Side to Side and Upside Down
It’s a small world after all

Activity Instructions:

Before class, make sure to print out the flowers and hang them on the wall. Go over the colors, then sing the song, and have children run and touch the flower color that you are singing about. Repeat all colors at least twice.

I like to see the pretty [Yellow] flowers
Where do the [Yellow] flowers grow

Yellow, White, Red, Purple, Blue

Activity Instructions:

Pass out tambourines.  Ask children what shape they are, and if they remember what the silver circles around the outside are called (the Zils).  The practice hitting with hands, holding with one hand and hitting with the other, and shaking the tambourine. Then sing song several times keeping the beat.

Verse 1)
Tapping my, Tapping my, Tapping my, Tapping my
Tapping my tambourine in 3
Tapping my, Tapping my, Tapping my, Tapping my
Tapping my tambourine

Verse 2)
Shaking

Verse 3)
Hitting

Activity Instructions:

Introduce and practice the chorus actions once. Then sing song, following the directions in the song lyrics.

VERSE 1
I am walking, walking with my friends
with my friends, with my friends
(repeat)

CHORUS
Clap your hands
Tap your face
Spin around
Then run in place
(repeat)

VERSE 2
I am marching, marching with my friends
with my friends, with my friends
(repeat)

CHORUS

VERSE 3
I am running, running with my friends
with my friends, with my friends
(repeat)

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.

Sol Do Do Do Do Mi Sol Mi Do
Re Ti Sol Sol Mi Do
Sol Do Do Do Do Mi Sol Mi Do
Re Sol Sol Do

The wheels on the bus go round and round
Round and round, round and round
The wheels on the bus go round and round
all through the town

Activity Instructions:

Use balls to tap and bounce to the beat, and roll the balls between hands.

VERSE1
I am tapping, I am tapping
Tapping the ball, Tapping the ball
Tapping the ball, Tapping the ball
Tapping the ball, Tapping the ball
(repeat)
I am tapping on the ball
Tapping on the ball
I am tapping on the ball
Tapping on the ball

VERSE 2
I am rolling, I am rolling
Rolling the ball, Rolling the ball
Rolling the ball, Rolling the ball
Rolling the ball, Rolling the ball
(repeat)
I am rolling the ball
Rolling the ball
I am rolling the ball
Rolling the ball

VERSE 3
I am bouncing, I am bouncing
Up and down, Up and down
Bouncing up and down, Bouncing up and down
Bouncing up and down, Bouncing up and down
(repeat)
I am bouncing on the ball
bouncing on the ball
I am bouncing on the ball
bouncing on the ball
(repeat)

Activity Instructions:

Dance to song with scarves. Use different movements in different parts of the song.

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 the .mp3s, or use a keyboard or keyboard app to play a note, and major chord, see if the children hear the difference. A chord is multiple notes played together, the note is just one pitch. Have children tell you what they hear. Once they have that, try playing a major chord (happy chord) and minor chord (sad chord) to see if they hear the difference. Children do better at hearing the difference when you start with a major chord, then they h ear the contrast of a minor chord.

Activity Instructions:

Sing song to children with puppet.

There was an old man who lived in a shoe
With so many children, he didn’t know what to do;
he didn’t know what to do – oh no;
There was an old man who lived in a shoe
With so many children, he didn’t know what to do;
he didn’t know what to do – oh no;
So many children
So much fun
Laugh and play ‘til the day is done
The man in the shoe he figured out what to do

There was old man who lived in a hat
With so many children he didn’t know where they were at
he didn’t know where they were at – oh no!
There was old man who lived in a hat
With so many children he didn’t know where they were at
he didn’t know where they were at – oh no!
So many children
So much fun
Laugh and play ‘til the day is done
The man in the hat he figured out where they were at

There was an old man who lived in a sock
With so many children it gave him quite a shock
it gave him quite a shock – oh no!
There was an old man who lived in a sock
With so many children it gave him quite a shock
it gave him quite a shock – oh no!
So many children
So much fun
Laugh and play ‘til the day is done
The man in the sock he got over his shock

There was an old man who lived in a pocket
With so many children his family knew how to rock it!
his family knew how to rock it – oh yeah!
There was an old man who lived in a pocket
With so many children his family knew how to rock it!
his family knew how to rock it – oh yeah!
So many children
So much fun
Laugh and play ‘til the day is done
The man in the pocket – his family could really rock it!

The man in the shoe – he figured out what to do
The man in the hat – figured out where his kids were at
The man in the sock – he got over his shock
The man in the pocket – he and his family, they knew how to rock it.

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.

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 rhythm sticks to children. Practice tapping on the ground, hitting together, tapping like a hammer, etc. Then sing song several times while keeping the  beat.  Use keyboard for a swing backbeat.

Swing with the (6x) beat
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Activity Instructions:

Introduce and practice the chorus actions once. Then sing song, following the directions in the song lyrics.

VERSE 1
I am walking, walking with my friends
with my friends, with my friends
(repeat)

CHORUS
Clap your hands
Tap your face
Spin around
Then run in place
(repeat)

VERSE 2
I am marching, marching with my friends
with my friends, with my friends
(repeat)

CHORUS

VERSE 3
I am running, running with my friends
with my friends, with my friends
(repeat)

Activity Instructions:

Have children find the letter Z on the alphabet chart. Then talk about the words that start with letter Z in the song.  Have children lay on bellies and tap the beat while you sing the silly song several times.

To the tune of  For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow

The Zebra and the Zucchini
The Zebra and the Zucchini
The Zebra and the Zucchini
went Zig Zag Zig Zag Zoom

They’re Zipping to the Zoo,
They’re Zipping to the Zoo,
The Zebra and the Zucchini
went Zig Zag Zig Zag Zoom

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.

Sol Do Do Do Do Mi Sol Mi Do
Re Ti Sol Sol Mi Do
Sol Do Do Do Do Mi Sol Mi Do
Re Sol Sol Do

The wheels on the bus go round and round
Round and round, round and round
The wheels on the bus go round and round
all through the town

Activity Instructions:

Pass out instrument. Practice playing the notes, children knowing the colors, then play through song several times.

GGEEGE
EGGEAGE
FFDDFFDD
GFEDEC

GGEEGE
EGGEAGE
FFDDFFDD
GFEDEC

Activity Instructions:

Have children point to rhythms on a sheet, and sing what they point to.

Ta = quarter note
Ti Ti = eight notes
Tika-Tika-Tika-Tika = Sixteenth
Too = Half Note
Syncopa = Eighth Quarter Eighth

Activity Instructions:

Use balls to tap and bounce to the beat, and roll the balls between hands.

VERSE1
I am tapping, I am tapping
Tapping the ball, Tapping the ball
Tapping the ball, Tapping the ball
Tapping the ball, Tapping the ball
(repeat)
I am tapping on the ball
Tapping on the ball
I am tapping on the ball
Tapping on the ball

VERSE 2
I am rolling, I am rolling
Rolling the ball, Rolling the ball
Rolling the ball, Rolling the ball
Rolling the ball, Rolling the ball
(repeat)
I am rolling the ball
Rolling the ball
I am rolling the ball
Rolling the ball

VERSE 3
I am bouncing, I am bouncing
Up and down, Up and down
Bouncing up and down, Bouncing up and down
Bouncing up and down, Bouncing up and down
(repeat)
I am bouncing on the ball
bouncing on the ball
I am bouncing on the ball
bouncing on the ball
(repeat)

Activity Instructions:

Dance to song with scarves. Use different movements in different parts of the song.

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 the .mp3s, or use a keyboard or keyboard app to play a note, and major chord, see if the children hear the difference. A chord is multiple notes played together, the note is just one pitch. Have children tell you what they hear. Once they have that, try playing a major chord (happy chord) and minor chord (sad chord) to see if they hear the difference. Children do better at hearing the difference when you start with a major chord, then they h ear the contrast of a minor chord.

Activity Instructions:

Sing song to children with puppet.

There was an old man who lived in a shoe
With so many children, he didn’t know what to do;
he didn’t know what to do – oh no;
There was an old man who lived in a shoe
With so many children, he didn’t know what to do;
he didn’t know what to do – oh no;
So many children
So much fun
Laugh and play ‘til the day is done
The man in the shoe he figured out what to do

There was old man who lived in a hat
With so many children he didn’t know where they were at
he didn’t know where they were at – oh no!
There was old man who lived in a hat
With so many children he didn’t know where they were at
he didn’t know where they were at – oh no!
So many children
So much fun
Laugh and play ‘til the day is done
The man in the hat he figured out where they were at

There was an old man who lived in a sock
With so many children it gave him quite a shock
it gave him quite a shock – oh no!
There was an old man who lived in a sock
With so many children it gave him quite a shock
it gave him quite a shock – oh no!
So many children
So much fun
Laugh and play ‘til the day is done
The man in the sock he got over his shock

There was an old man who lived in a pocket
With so many children his family knew how to rock it!
his family knew how to rock it – oh yeah!
There was an old man who lived in a pocket
With so many children his family knew how to rock it!
his family knew how to rock it – oh yeah!
So many children
So much fun
Laugh and play ‘til the day is done
The man in the pocket – his family could really rock it!

The man in the shoe – he figured out what to do
The man in the hat – figured out where his kids were at
The man in the sock – he got over his shock
The man in the pocket – he and his family, they knew how to rock it.

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.

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 rhythm sticks to children. Practice tapping on the ground, hitting together, tapping like a hammer, etc. Then sing song several times while keeping the  beat.  Use keyboard for a swing backbeat.

Swing with the (6x) beat
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Activity Instructions:

Pass out scarves, then practice playing peek a boo.  Then sing songs several time. Make sure to pop up on the final boo. The children love the repitition in the delayed peek-a-boo.

Peek-a x12 Peek-a-boo, Boo!

Activity Instructions:

Before class, make sure to print out the flowers and hang them on the wall. Go over the colors, then sing the song, and have children run and touch the flower color that you are singing about. Repeat all colors at least twice.

I like to see the pretty [Yellow] flowers
Where do the [Yellow] flowers grow

Yellow, White, Red, Purple, Blue

Activity Instructions:

Introduce and practice the chorus actions once. Then sing song, following the directions in the song lyrics.

VERSE 1
I am walking, walking with my friends
with my friends, with my friends
(repeat)

CHORUS
Clap your hands
Tap your face
Spin around
Then run in place
(repeat)

VERSE 2
I am marching, marching with my friends
with my friends, with my friends
(repeat)

CHORUS

VERSE 3
I am running, running with my friends
with my friends, with my friends
(repeat)

Activity Instructions:

Pass out instrument. Practice playing the notes, children knowing the colors, then play through song several times.

GGEEGE
EGGEAGE
FFDDFFDD
GFEDEC

GGEEGE
EGGEAGE
FFDDFFDD
GFEDEC

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.

Sol Do Do Do Do Mi Sol Mi Do
Re Ti Sol Sol Mi Do
Sol Do Do Do Do Mi Sol Mi Do
Re Sol Sol Do

The wheels on the bus go round and round
Round and round, round and round
The wheels on the bus go round and round
all through the town

Activity Instructions:

Use balls to tap and bounce to the beat, and roll the balls between hands.

VERSE1
I am tapping, I am tapping
Tapping the ball, Tapping the ball
Tapping the ball, Tapping the ball
Tapping the ball, Tapping the ball
(repeat)
I am tapping on the ball
Tapping on the ball
I am tapping on the ball
Tapping on the ball

VERSE 2
I am rolling, I am rolling
Rolling the ball, Rolling the ball
Rolling the ball, Rolling the ball
Rolling the ball, Rolling the ball
(repeat)
I am rolling the ball
Rolling the ball
I am rolling the ball
Rolling the ball

VERSE 3
I am bouncing, I am bouncing
Up and down, Up and down
Bouncing up and down, Bouncing up and down
Bouncing up and down, Bouncing up and down
(repeat)
I am bouncing on the ball
bouncing on the ball
I am bouncing on the ball
bouncing on the ball
(repeat)

Activity Instructions:

Dance to song with scarves. Use different movements in different parts of the song.

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 point to rhythms on a sheet, and sing what they point to.

Ta = quarter note
Ti Ti = eight notes
Tika-Tika-Tika-Tika = Sixteenth
Too = Half Note
Syncopa = Eighth Quarter Eighth

Activity Instructions:

Play the .mp3s, or use a keyboard or keyboard app to play a note, and major chord, see if the children hear the difference. A chord is multiple notes played together, the note is just one pitch. Have children tell you what they hear. Once they have that, try playing a major chord (happy chord) and minor chord (sad chord) to see if they hear the difference. Children do better at hearing the difference when you start with a major chord, then they h ear the contrast of a minor chord.

Activity Instructions:

Sing song to children with puppet.

There was an old man who lived in a shoe
With so many children, he didn’t know what to do;
he didn’t know what to do – oh no;
There was an old man who lived in a shoe
With so many children, he didn’t know what to do;
he didn’t know what to do – oh no;
So many children
So much fun
Laugh and play ‘til the day is done
The man in the shoe he figured out what to do

There was old man who lived in a hat
With so many children he didn’t know where they were at
he didn’t know where they were at – oh no!
There was old man who lived in a hat
With so many children he didn’t know where they were at
he didn’t know where they were at – oh no!
So many children
So much fun
Laugh and play ‘til the day is done
The man in the hat he figured out where they were at

There was an old man who lived in a sock
With so many children it gave him quite a shock
it gave him quite a shock – oh no!
There was an old man who lived in a sock
With so many children it gave him quite a shock
it gave him quite a shock – oh no!
So many children
So much fun
Laugh and play ‘til the day is done
The man in the sock he got over his shock

There was an old man who lived in a pocket
With so many children his family knew how to rock it!
his family knew how to rock it – oh yeah!
There was an old man who lived in a pocket
With so many children his family knew how to rock it!
his family knew how to rock it – oh yeah!
So many children
So much fun
Laugh and play ‘til the day is done
The man in the pocket – his family could really rock it!

The man in the shoe – he figured out what to do
The man in the hat – figured out where his kids were at
The man in the sock – he got over his shock
The man in the pocket – he and his family, they knew how to rock it.

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 :|