5.2 Body Music for Kids with Keith Terry: Playing with Rhythm Blocks
Play fun foundational rhythmic ideas with Keith Terry's Rhythm Blocks 0-5. Includes musical palindromes, left/right, vocals and math.
Body Music Mini-Lessons 5.1-5.3 are longer lessons that engage students directly. Aimed at grades 2-5, kids follow along, learning and playing in real time with Keith Terry. Fun for anyone, the Body Music for Kids Mini-Lessons are useful in and out of curricula, for activities that do not require a teacher to lead.
Grades 2-5 / Beginner
Duration: 20:00 minutes
See also:
5.1 Body Music for Kids with Keith Terry: Body Music Around the World
5.3 Body Music for Kids with Keith Terry: More Playing with Rhythm Blocks
Body Music – clapping, slapping, snapping, stepping and vocalizing – is an amalgam of composition and choreography, music you can , dance you can . Likely the first music/dance, the various Body Musics of the world contain kinesthetic ‘libraries’ of memories and cultural heritage, and blur the lines between music and dance. Keith Terry, a pioneer of contemporary Body Music since 1978, has developed a methodology widely utilized by professional artists, educators and others for skill building, coordination, rhythmic timing and exploration, and ensemble awareness. Body Music Mini-Lessons are focused activities for exploring the art form, and useful activities for teachers of any subject to explore with students.
Sort Mini-Lessons by level, keywords, and intended audience. While all lessons are suitable for a General audience of anyone interested in the art form, we will be also adding material directed specifically to Teachers who want to learn how to lead Body Music activities.
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