Kindergarten Music Centers {Beat and Rhythm}

Description

If you are ready to drastically increase student engagement, practice musical concepts, and improve your overall classroom management, then you need to implement Music Centers/ Centres into your music classroom! This set has everything you need to do centers to practice rhythm in your Kindergarten classroom (or to review in first grade).

These music centers/ stations are easy and flexible to implement! You can choose to do however many centers you want with very little prep. Save time by purchasing this set…simply print and set up in your classroom!

This set can be used after students have learned steady beat and rhythm. Some of the centers practice rhythm, and some practice steady beat vs. rhythm.

Kindergarten Music Centers {Rhythm} includes:

6 Centers for teaching Steady Beat and Rhythm:

• Center 1: Rhythm Cards: Students choose a song or chant card and a body percussion card, and perform the rhythm accordingly while singing or speaking!
• Center 2: Rhythm Coloring Sheet: Students trace the word “rhythm” then color the picture.
• Center 3: Rhythm Sorting: Students look at beat and rhythm visuals and sort them into beat or rhythm
• Center 4: Instrument Playing: Students find the instrument on the picture, then play the rhythm on that instrument while singing the song or speaking the chant
• Center 5: Beat and rhythm assessment: Students listen to teacher play the beat or rhythm and use a sign to identify which was played
• Center 6: Rhythm Tracking: Students track the rhythm for known songs and chants

Other materials for organizing and managing centers:

• Learning Centers Overview outlining how to set up and manage centers
• Centers signs
• Notation for songs and chants (“Apple Tree,” “Bee Bee,” “Bluebird,” “Engine Engine,” “Grizzly Bear,” “Nanny Goat,” “Queen Caroline,” “Snail Snail,” “Two little blackbirds”)

Download the preview to see an example of each of these center types.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s)

Question: Does this set require a lot of set up?

Answer: I created this set so that you could simply print out the materials, print out the signs, set up in your classroom, and be ready to go!

Question: Does this set require technology?

Answer: The only technology this set requires is the playing of a recording for the assessment center. This could be done with a CD player, phone, computer, etc.

Question: Does this set require lots of other materials?

Answer: The set requires crayons, scissors and glue or bingo dabbers, and non-pitched percussion.

Benefits:

• Ready-made materials for teachers
• Engaging activities for students to reinforce learning
• Interactive centers for hands-on exploration

How to use:

1. Introduce the concept of steady beat vs. rhythm
2. Teach the included songs
3. Print each center and set up the stations in your room
4. Teach a lesson in which students rotate through each center

READ REVIEWS FROM OTHER MUSIC EDUCATORS!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “This is such an awesome resource when introducing and teaching the difference between beat and rhythm! My students are able to grasp the concept so much more with this and it is easier to move on to short and long and ta and ti-ti once they have grasped this concept!

Thank you!”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “These centers are awesome and help keep little minds actively engaged! My kiddos love using these!”

Please email me with any questions or concerns at aileen@aileensmusicroom.com.

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