Rhythmic Pattern and Movement

Students explore rhythm.  In this cross curriculum elements of dance, music, and literacy lesson plan, students listen to and repeat patterns of long/slow and short/fast  sounds.  Students choose a familiar theme and related words with...

Here's a packet of music activities designed specifically for children with autism. Kids learn greeting, echo, and repertory songs, as well as rhythmic patterns to play rhythm instruments.

Students explore rhythmic movements. In this performing arts lesson, students create their own movements and then repeat the each others movement. Finally, students create movements to the Haiku generated by the entire class.

Students balance and move rhythmically. In this music activity students use a balance beam moving in different ways and participate in a rhythmic activity moving to music. The students use ribbons moving to the music.

Students identify and demonstrate movement elements in relation to musical notation. They clap to rhythms, beat on drums, match musical notes to speech patterns and use the rhythms of the their names to create a dance.

Get youngsters moving by teaching them some basic dance moves. This dance can be done in a circle, a line, or scattered around the gym. There are four movement combinations that are taught to the song "Purple People Eater" by Sheb...

Young cartographers in groups hide treasure at school and then create a map to find it using pattern blocks and tiles. They make paintings with clues to create a visual representation of the location of their treasure. Groups present...

Students examine artistic designs by analyzing images in a slide-show. In this patterns lesson, students view a PowerPoint presentation which shows many different types of quilt designs. Students discuss the differences between the...

Third graders sing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," create a rhythmic pattern with their body in triple time and chant an ostinato pattern with special words.

Third graders study the repeating patterns and basic dance movements used in traditional African drumming songs. In groups, they create a story that can be used with a ritual/tradition and a rhythmic piece that uses repeating rhythmic...