Two lessons focus on making a beat. Using popular African American music of its time, scholars listen and analyze the rhythm then recreate it with hands drums, and cups. 

Singing, clapping, moving up and down with the melody, it all sounds like a great music lesson. Kinder-musicians sing three different songs to practice memory, speaking, and movement skills. They'll move to the melody, build memory with...

Students discuss games and their use around the world in many different cultures and how music and games are related. They discuss the rules of West African game then play a game from West Africa and review and learn the "Calabash" song...

Students perform and compare two singing games from Botswana and from the United Kingdom. In this singing games lesson, students identify and respond to singing games and their changes in meter. Students compare the two singing games...

Students use the nursery rhyme "Pease Porridge Hot" to explore rhythm, beats and rests in music.

Third graders relate dance movements to chants. They tap out the rhythm of poetry on different body parts.

Fifth graders observe and demonstrate different rhythmic patterns including combinations of quarter and rest notes. They discuss how rhythm is created by using quarter and rest notes, clap to a rhythmic pattern, write a rhythm, and...

Fourth graders learn about musical patterns as they play a game called fudge. Students are assessed based on whether they were able to identify and play a steady beat, use the appropriate form, and clap the rythmic patterns.

Students get moving instantly while reviewing already learned dance movements, the levels concept, and the self-space concept.

Students listen to low, middle, and high pitches of music and identify if they are low, middle, or high. In this musical pitch lesson plan, students visually see low, middle, and high pitches on a mountain.

Students create a book for small children. In this literary lesson, students examine the qualities in children's literature that capture the attention of the child. They then work in small groups to create a book to share with younger...

Students study the animal senses. In this animal senses instructional activity, students act out animal movements and make animal sounds. They use "see and hear" cards to play a game in which they find another child with a either "make a...

Students construct a rainstick. In this music lesson, students investigate the history of the rainstick by reading the book Bringing the Rain to the Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema. Students express their feelings about the rain and create...

It's winter! Bring the winter theme into your classroom with a syllable worksheet. Scholars identify the winter picture, clap the number of syllables in the word, and then write in the matching number of syllables for the word. There are...

Students learn basic improvisation of a four beat measure through a game using a four quarter note pattern. NOTE: The idea in this lesson is to teach the student to create something on the spot.

Students learn basic improvisation of a four beat measure through a game using a four quarter note pattern. NOTE: The idea in this lesson is to teach the student to create something on the spot.

Students investigate music appreciation by completing worksheets. In this musical arts lesson plan, students complete worksheets in which they identify different musical instruments, the sounds they make and the family of instruments...

Students clap four-beat rhythm patterns containing whole, half, dotted half, quarter, and eighth notes and rests in a given tempo. They clap the tempo as their teacher holds up flash cards.