Recorders, Krumhorns, Lute, Guitar, Cello, Sackbutts (Renaissance Trombones)

• Have children stand in lines or in a circle.
• Make sure there is room to move to the beat.
• Have rhythm instruments handy.

LESSON PLAN

In this song, children are encouraged to listen to the rhythmic sounds in our environment - sounds of ocean waves, marching men, horses trotting, and many others.

• Help them keep time to the rhythm with musical instruments such as drums, tambourines, triangles, and wood blocks.
• Have them clap the changing beats and move their feet in time to the music.
• Have children identify the steady sounds at the end of the piece and clap to the beat the sounds make.
• Have them locate or describe other environmental sounds that create a steady beat.

ART ACTIVITY

Have the children draw visual repetitive steady patterns (lines, circles, waves, geometrics, etc.) with crayons or paints in a mural or on paper. Start with ocean waves. Look for steady repetitive designs in wallpaper squares, fabrics, drawings, etc.

COMPUTER ACTIVITY

Make shapes with any paint program. Use copy function to create repetitive patterns. Be sure to print their pictures.

Play Powerpoint presentation on Rhythm Echos.