Making Music Outside! Rhythm Squares!
Two more days left. Yes that's right my American friends. We STILL have two days left of school until summer break. I love being outside with the kids as much as I can at this time of year, so I made up a game to get us out there on the sunny days! RHYTHM SQUARES Using a four square grid in the playground, I drew different 4-beat rhythm in each square. The class was split into two teams and made two lines, lining up one behind the other about ten feet away from the rhythm squares. Once we started, I clapped one of the four rhythms. The first person from each team had to find the rhythm and step on that rhythm square first in order to get a point. Both players went to the back of their respective lines and the next two people faced off. After each student had a turn, the game was finished and the team with the most points won! It was so fun and the kids LOVED it! Thanks to my student O*** for coming up with the name of the game!