Look around the school, home and community for examples of repetition and contrast. Have students listen and look for repetition and contrast in songs they sing and play. Find phrases that are alike and phrases that are different. Use movement to show phrases in a song. For example, move forward for phrase 1, turn right and move forward for phrase 2, turn right and move forward again for phrase 3.
Patterns Use singing games to reinforce concepts of pattern.
Sing, play and listen to music and show the steady beat by clapping, stepping, patschen, tapping, etc. Distinguish between the beat and the rhythm of songs. Sing a song and step the steady beat while clapping the rhythm of the song. Create ostinatos to accompany poems, songs or stories using a variety of instruments or voices. Determine the metre of songs that are sung, played or listened to.