Yesterday, the Water group took a closer look at two different forms in a song, the beat and the rhythm. What is the difference between a beat and a rhythm? We used Hickory Dickory Dock to help us understand. First we tapped out the beat (tick tock of the clock) then we tapped the rhythm (words of the rhyme). We even created symbols (triangles for the beats and circles for the rhythms) to help us follow the beat and the rhythm.
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| Dotting Bumpety, Bumpety, Yellow Bus |
Even though it seems a bit confusing for the children to understand, they did notice that a beat is steady but a rhythm can change and has different patterns. Today we practiced beat and rhythm with the song Bumpety, Bumpety, Yellow Bus and created a song dot map to add to our form book that the children are currently working on.
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| Beats and rhythm for Hickory Dickory Dock |
Yesterday, the Water group took a closer look at two different forms in a song, the beat and the rhythm. What is the difference between a beat and a rhythm? We used Hickory Dickory Dock to help us understand. First we tapped out the beat (tick tock of the clock) then we tapped the rhythm (words of the rhyme). We even created symbols (triangles for the beats and circles for the rhythms) to help us follow the beat and the rhythm.
Thank you so much, Mary. You posted your blog so frequently that we can see what our kids do in school everyday.
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