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Composing with Movement: a beginner’s guide to body percussion – music lesson

(48 customer reviews)
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This beginner’s guide to body percussion helps students in grades K–2 compose with clapping, snapping, patting, and tapping. Students create the sounds of a thunderstorm with their bodies, play a body percussion game to a steady beat, and then use printable cards to compose their own body percussion piece.

What’s included

  • A slideshow with a clickable table of contents
  • 9 slides that guide students to create a thunderstorm with body percussion, with soft, medium, and loud sounds
  • The Body Percussion Game, where a student leader calls out body percussion sounds to a steady beat
  • Composition prompts for a body percussion piece and for composing with the printable cards
  • Drag-and-drop Google Slides where students compose by moving body percussion icons
  • Printable body percussion cards in black and white
  • Half-page printable worksheets

Formats

  • PDF
  • Google Slides: A link is included in your download and lets you add your own copy to Google Drive.

Important

  • A recording is not included. You’ll need a piece of music with a clear steady beat for the Body Percussion Game.

Ways to use it

  • A first composition lesson for young students
  • A review of soft, medium, and loud
  • Small groups, where students recreate everyday sounds (walking, running, opening a can) with body percussion
  • To practice steady beat first, pair it with Basics of Steady Beat in Music.

Standards (NCAS)

  • Creating: Anchor Standard 1 (generate and conceptualize artistic ideas)
  • Creating: Anchor Standard 2 (organize and develop artistic ideas and work)
  • Performing: Anchor Standard 4 (select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation)

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48 reviews for Composing with Movement: a beginner’s guide to body percussion – music lesson

  1. Tamara J. –

    A great resource that covers what I need. Thank you so much!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      You’re welcome!

  2. Music In The Meadow –

    This is the PERFECT resource for distance learning composition/body percussion projects!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thank you! I’m glad it was helpful 🙂

  3. Natalie B. –

    Easy to use and follow

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thanks!

  4. Amy B. –

    Very helpful manipulative to get my youngest students composing. Thanks!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      I’m so glad it was helpful! Thanks for the feedback 🙂

  5. Key Change Publications –

    Great resource!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thanks 🙂

  6. Anka P. –

    The icons are kid friendly it was very easy for students to utilize the manipulatives to get straight to the learning.

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thanks for the feedback 🙂

  7. Bron M. –

    Used this to further my Special needs students’ knowledge of a rhythm. They were really engaged and picked up the content quickly.

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Awesome! Thanks for the feedback 🙂

  8. Amy S. –

    1st grade loved this resource

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thanks!

  9. Making Musicians –

    PERFECT for my kindergartners!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thank you 🙂

  10. 27 Musical Foxes –

    I love this! Thank you!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      You’re welcome 🙂

  11. Andrea H. –

    My students absolutely love body percussion!! And my admin love that the students are creating music and following our standards!! Thank you for an easy to use and easy to print resource.

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thanks so much for your sincere and thoughtful feedback 🙂

  12. Andreas X. –

    Great lesson plan!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thanks!

  13. Amy Gizella –

    Haven’t used it yet, but can’t wait!

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      Thanks!

  14. Sara H. –

    Thank you so much!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      You’re welcome 🙂

  15. Rochelle R. –

    Great resource!!!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thanks!

  16. Hunter S. –

    I love this idea!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thank you!

  17. Rhiannan L. –

    Thank you! Can’t wait to try this with my students

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thank you!

  18. La Negra Con Puntillo –

    Looking forward to using this in my classroom this year!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thank you!

  19. Iwona L. –

    Great! Students were engaged and learning!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      That’s awesome! Thanks for the feedback 🙂

  20. Haley B. –

    Love this resource!!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thank you!

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