(It’s also a great time to emphasize social skills and discuss how you wait to speak until the other person is finished.)īonus: If you listen in to their conversations, you’ll hear them use your polite phrases that you hopefully modeled during the original activity. They should speak and play the words they say on their rhythm sticks.Ĭonversation is a great way to develop a sense of rhythm. Then, I ask students to pair up or make groups of three and “talk to each other.” I only do this after we’ve played that game quite a few times. I like to also tie this in with the My Mother, Your Mother activity. Rhythm Stick ConversationĪs a further extension of the echoing exercise, we can have kids improvise new patterns by connecting rhythms to words.
RHYTHM WORDS FOR KINDERGARTEN TV
Have them say foods, TV shows, movies, etc. Pro-tip #2: If they are struggling to come up with words to give as an echo, tell them to use the phrase: “I like _.” Then you can say who’s the leader by color quickly. Pro-tip: Give one student the pair of red sticks and the other one blue. The leaders tap sticks and say the rhythm of the words. Have them echo each other, switching roles every couple of minutes. Pick one to be the leader and the other to be the echo. Pair up your students (after you’ve had them echo you with other music activities). Note: Each click to match the syllables of the words. I like to have them echo the words of a conversation while clicking the rhythm patterns.Ĭome up with more conversations and echo each phrase.Ĭopying text is the first step to teaching rhythm. My mother, your mother, love across the way.Įvery day they have a chat, and this is what they say.Īfter you play the beat with the sticks during this first part, you have the young children copy you during the second part. It’s a chant, so you say the words with a steady beat. It’s also featured on my list of egg shaker songs. I love chants with rhythm, and this one is a favorite rhythm stick activity of mine.
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