STEADY BEAT - RHTYHM HEARTS

This week's activity is coming directly from the classroom.  My GR 3 students are working with tika-tika -- so, in the spirit of Valentine's Day, I gave each child a set of 9 hearts.  Each heart has a 4-beat rhythm pattern on it.  The children are asked to place the hearts in a 3x3 pattern on the floor.  After the children have placed their hearts on the floor, I say, say-play, and play a 4-beat pattern that includes the sixteenth-note rhythm.  They have to find the heart and turn it over.

After 9 rhythm patterns have been played, and all of the rhythms are face down, they turn to the closet partner and put their 9 hearts together to create a match-up game.  As one child takes the turn, the other child must say-say/play-play the rhythms that are revealed.  The children have fun working together and the teamwork and team-teaching has been beneficial in their literacy.

Hope this is useful.  My classes have had a lot of fun playing the "game" and it's made review work enjoyable for them.

CLICK HERE TO ORDER HEART PATTERNS FOR THE GAME.