Submitted by Beth Jahn, Granite Falls, Minnesota
Idea posted January 11, 2005
I was reviewing steady beat with my first graders when the kids gave me an idea for a lesson: find an existing song to correspond with words related to a steady beat in Buzz and Ollie's Steady Beat Adventure.
First, read the book Buzz and Ollie's Steady Beat Adventure by Donna Sloan Thorne and Marilyn Sloan Felts.
Next, make a list of all the things in the book that make a steady beat.
Then, sing a known song or recite a known poem for each item. Make sure that the students pat the steady beat throughout each song/poem.
Here is our list of songs:
rain - "Rain, Rain Go Away"
windshield wipers - the wiper verse from "Wheels On The Bus"
clock - "Hickory Dickory Dock"
hammer - "Johnny Works With One Hammer"