STEADY BEAT - RHYTHM EGGS

Let's expand the Easter Egg experience from last week.  This week, take the eggs and add quarter notes and eighth notes to each egg.  Place the eggs in the basket.  As you read the story 10 Easter Egg Hunters, children will pull one egg out of the basket after each 4-line stanza and clap the rhythm pattern found on the egg after reading the repeated phrase "___ egg."  Each time another egg is found, an additional beat is added to the response.  For example, after the third egg is read, the children respond, "Three eggs," and then play the 3 beats found on the eggs.

Extension:  Have the children play the rhythm colors of the eggs pictured in the story after each stanza.  For instance, after the first egg is found, the picture shows a green egg.  The children would respond, "One egg.  Green."  After the second egg is found, they respond, "Two eggs.  Green!  Blue!"  The game continues as additional eggs are found and the response continues to grow sequentially.