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Hi all,

I love Feierabend's Keep the Beat CD and his idea of having students listen and follow you making different beat motions. He does this for his First Steps curriculum every lesson.

I love it. I agree with it. But my kids are not enjoying it. I stopped doing it in some classes because they roll their eyes or sigh when I say it's time to do it. I was doing it K-2, but I think I'm going to cut it out.

Anyone doing it successfully? How do you do it? Do your kids like it?

I'm pretty animated and fast-paced when we do it. I make silly faces and I move the beat all over my body.

A lot of them tune out during the song and stop following me.

Suggestions? I love the idea of doing this every week, since it's only 3-4 minutes long and allows them to hear a lot of great classical music.

Thanks.
change it up after K Instead of just on different parts of the body - - use rhythm sticks, march the beat, use drums on the beat, tap chinet paper plates to the beat, draw "beat lines" according to the meter (triangles, squares), point the beat of sheets of seasonal icons, conducting beat patterns, bouncing balls to the beat, bouncing balls in meter patterns ...See More
Jan 9, 2015
3rd year GREAT suggestions! Thank you!

On 1/09/15, change it up after K wrote: > Instead of just on different parts of the body - - use rhythm > sticks, march the beat, use drums on the beat, tap chinet > paper plates to the beat, draw "beat lines" according to the > meter (triangles, squares), point the beat of sheets of >...See More
Jan 10, 2015
Anne I do, and I do it with all grade levels, but I mix it up! I don't exclusively use the music from that CD. At the end of each class, I put on any kind of music that has a consistent, moderately fast beat, and we keep the beat while we listen to the song. It's a good end to every lesson. I use some Raffi, some story songs, some jazz, some folk dance ...See More
Jan 12, 2015


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