Rhythm Lesson Plans

The perception of rhythms by reading and the ability to auditorily discriminate these rhythm patterns by listening to them performed by the teacher is practiced here. your students will work to create an eight-beat long rhythm pattern.

Through analyzing the elements of a symphony for rhythm, patterns, color, and texture, middle schoolers apply the elements of music to visual art. Learners discuss poetry and art, and write a reflection showing the similarities of these forms.

Explore rhythm, patterns, color and texture in art and poetry. In this poetry lesson, students perform a class symphony and note the elements they experience. Students work in small groups to create a visual art piece that relates the elements discussed.

Students listen, clap, compose and identify various rhythms.  In this rhythm lesson, students practice rhythm with rhythm cards.  Students become familiar with stick notation. Students glue Popsicle sticks to illustrate rhythms.

First graders explore rhythm using poetry and their own names.

Students study the rhythm value of a half note, quarter note, whole note, and eighth note. They stamp a rhythm pattern and create a clay animation which demonstrates note value.

Students create original rhythm charts.

Students of all age groups take part in age appropriate, hands on activities, that require using everyday objects to create rhythm.

Students explore rhyming and rhythm. In this rhythm and rhyme lesson, students listen to the song, "A-Hunting We Will Go" and add new verses to the song with words that rhyme. Students use an interactive tool to create these new verses.

Students explore language arts by participating in a song singing activity. In this rhythm lesson, students listen to a recording of the song "Bingo" in class. Students identify the song patterns and sing it themselves before creating farm animals out of arts and crafts.