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Rhythm

Finding the Strong Beat

October 27, 2017 //  by Linda

In Kindergarten, 1st,, and 2nd grade, I work on helping students feel the steady beat and the strong beat. We do the beat on our laps, saying beat is steady to various songs. A favorite song for learning the strong beat is called “Frog in the Middle”. We pat our laps on the strong beat. …

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Category: UncategorizedTag: beat, Rhythm, Strong beat

Drumming Up Fitness Made Easy

October 16, 2017 //  by Linda

I see different kinds of fitness drumming all over youtube. I wanted to do a fitness class using more traditional music, rather than all of the pop music. If you look at some of the published programs out there, they are very expensive and there is no traditional music used. I have done a lot …

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Category: UncategorizedTag: classical music, FItness, Rhythm

Teach Eighth and Two Sixteenth Rhythm in a Way They’ll Never Forget!

March 12, 2017 //  by Linda

I love teaching rhythms through games. It makes it so easy to learn! The students love singing a song and playing a game and can so easily translate into a new rhythm. We play a game that makes learning the eighth and two sixteenths as well as two sixteenths and and eighth patterns so easy …

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Category: UncategorizedTag: 3rd grade, Rhythm, ti-tiki, tiki-ti

Eye Spy Rhythm Center

September 23, 2013 //  by Linda

I got this idea from Mrs King’s Music Room HERE. I am trying to develop centers to save my voice since I have so many classes. She has rhythms on her balls and the kids have to clap the rhythm. If their peers judge it to be correct, they get to keep the ball. The one …

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Category: UncategorizedTag: Centers, Rhythm

School Bus Rhythms: Games and Assessment

September 21, 2013 //  by Linda

I just revised this very fun School Bus Rhythm set. It is honestly loved by my students but is a great way to get off and running very quickly at the beginning of the year or to do assessments midyear or helps students discover all that they have learned at the end of the year!  …

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Category: UncategorizedTag: assessment, game, promethean, Rhythm

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