A huge part of becoming tuneful, beatful, and artful is learning how to keep the steady beat. First graders practice that through songs and rhymes with beat motions.
"Having an intuition for the beat in music is central to all later rhythmic development. Certain beat motions have been found to be easier than others for young children. Performing those motions at specific tempos will better enable children to be successful. Maintaining beat motions with a group is more difficult for young children but can be successful if the proper motions and tempos are used." - Dr. John Feierabend in First Steps in Music
This songs involves keeping the beat with our whole bodies, and we found that it's a great workout! Try it with your child!
Johnny works with one hammer,
One hammer, one hammer.
Johnny works with one hammer,
Then he works with two.
Johnny works with two hammers...
Then he works with three.
Johnny works with three hammers...
Then he works with four.
Johnny works with four hammers...
Then he works with five.
Johnny works with five hammers...
Then he goes to sleep.
Hear Miss Carroll's class perform this song here!
