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:
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!
All above my scope of comprehension. Sounds interesting though.
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