Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Dueling Rhythms

Remember the awesome rhythm activity my mom gave me?  We've been having some problems with half notes lately so I decided to add them in.  


As you can see, I cut them so they took up 2 beat spaces.  And as you can also see, WonderGirl insisted on making things complicated and adding a duet rhythm for me to clap.  I took a video of our attempts - I'm having trouble getting my head in the shots lately :)

 To help her keep count, we gave the name "Bu-ddy" for the half notes (2 eighths are "Daddy" and quarters are "Mom").  Using familiar words for the rhythms (Buddy is her brother's nickname) is a good intermediary step since she's only doing basic math - I have older students who are comfortable with basic addition and don't bat an eyelash at counting out rhythms.  

2 comments:

Desiree said...

My girls seem to get the whole rhythm action going with clapping too. Great job Wondergirl! I always get a kick at how she smiles at the camera when she's done!

Keep up the good work!

Jane said...

All above my scope of comprehension. Sounds interesting though.

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