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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. Sydney G. –

    Thank you so much for this great resource! My kindergarten students had so much fun creating their own body percussion!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Awesome! Thank you!

  2. Andie Vaughn –

    very well sequenced. I like the game

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thank you!

  3. Ashley WrightCaveny –

    My students love this activity and always ask to do it again.

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      That’s the ultimate compliment! Thank you!

  4. DeeAnn E. –

    The worksheets were fantastic! My Kinder and 1st grade students could use the format with 3 boxes and my old students liked having more choices on the other formats to choose more movements. Thank you for the product!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thank you for the meaningful feedback!

  5. Caitlin Nicks –

    Great Resource! Thank you!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      You’re welcome!

  6. Lesley W. –

    My students will love this.

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thank you!

  7. Rebecca P. –

    Liked it! Thanks.

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thanks!

  8. Maura C. –

    I really like the process you used to introduce composing. Thank you!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thank you for the kind feedback!

  9. Amy H. –

    Fantastic resource!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thank you!

  10. Janine M. –

    Great visuals. I look forward to using this as a whole group and then as a centre activity.

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thanks! I love that you’re using it for centers as well 🙂

  11. Jennifer C. –

    can’t wait to try these!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thanks!

  12. Cynthia P. –

    I can not tell you how excited I am to use these. What fun. And I love the pages for my students to use to create their own rhythms. I will be using this a lot this year.

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thank you for the great feedback!

  13. Katy Steklac –

    This was a great visual for the little ones. Thank you!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      I’m glad to hear it!

  14. April P. –

    I like this! I had something similar but this is fresh and updated. Very creative and detailed composition project for the general music students. Yu won’t be disappointed and it can be used as a center activity, whole group or small groups all year long! Thank you!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thank you for such detailed and helpful feedback! I really appreciate it!

  15. Aimee Wolfram –

    A great resource! Perfect for my active students!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      I’m glad they enjoyed it! Thank you 🙂

  16. Katie T. –

    I am so excited about this. What a perfect thing for winter when we are stuck inside!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      I agree completely! Thanks!

  17. Emily R. –

    So much fun!! Kids love it!!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      I’m glad to hear they had fun! Thanks for the feedback 🙂

  18. Faye M. –

    I like this a lot wish I could use it as a slide show don’t have the technology in my classroom. But love the Overall concept.
    Thanks.

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      I don’t know if you’d be interested, but there are blog posts available that teach you how to make your own interactive whiteboard. Message me at: theylbrickroad@gmail.com if you’d like to learn more. Thanks for the feedback!

  19. Cincere Fazekas –

    thnx 😉

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      You’re welcome 🙂

  20. Cara Coffey MiscellaneousMe –

    I love all your composition products!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      I’m glad that they’re helpful. Thanks for the great feedback!

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