how do you teach about rhythm in music class in second grade?

Answer 1

Draw a large grid on a paper. In each square, draw a foot (stomp), a hand (clap), fingers (snap) or bent legs forming a lap (hands being smacked onto thighs). Repeat some but be sure to make the entire thing very random. You can think of other "sound effects" to add in such as bells, etc., but it should be something all the children will have access to.

Have all the children sit in chairs with enough room to move their legs and feet. Hand out individual copies of the "song sheet" or display one large one in the front of the class. Clap your hands or use a metronome to keep beat and have the children follow along by completing the actions on the "song sheet".

Answer 2

If you are doing it with notes, we always played bingo with it. Our teacher would clap out a rhythm, and we would find the notes that matched the rhythm on our bingo cards.

Answer 3

some fun stuff like bring some pots and pans and have them keep a beat hitting them lightly. or clapping. or for a different (noiseless) approach, try something with shapes or colors on a paper and then have to circle the right one to go with the rhythm (example: red blue green red blue green purple red blue green yellow red blue green red blue green..... and they cant circle the purple or the yellow)

Answer 4

Take a simple song like "Who took the cookies from the cookie jar" and teach it to them while the kids clap their hands and stomp theirfeet.

Find a rap song (that's appropriate) and use it.

Answer 5

give them pencils ant tell them to repeat what you do and tap out simple rythms and then get harder give treats to kids who last the longest

Answer 6

my teacher used a drum

Answer 7

A metronome might be helpful. =)