For Teachers

👏 Echo

You clap and say 4 beats; the class echoes. Keep a steady beat with your foot or the generator.

👀 Read

Project a pattern. Say it in syllables first, then clap it. Rests: open hands, no sound.

🛠️ Create

Rhythm Engineers build their own 4-beat pattern, then teach it to a partner or the class.

Levels 1–3 (videos)

• MU:Pr4.2.1a – steady beat
• MU:Pr4.2.1b–5b – read and perform rhythm patterns (ta, ti-ti, rest)
• MU:Pr6.1.1a–6a – perform with accuracy
• MU:Re7.2.1a / 2a – describe how beat and rhythm are used

Level 4 (interactive app)

• Note Mine (MU:Pr4.2.1a, MU:Pr4.3.1a–5a, MU:Pr6.1.1a–6a, MU:Re7.2.1a) – students clap a steady beat and rhythms in time with the music, adjust how they play (like playing softer in the piano rounds), and listen for how the beat drives the music.
• Note Smasher (MU:Pr4.2.2b–5b, MU:Pr4.2.6b, MU:Pr4.2.4a / 5a, MU:Cr2.1.2b–5b) – students read the rhythms on each order ticket, including the new tika-tika, and use notation to show the rhythms they hear and build.
• Packing Station (MU:Cr2.1.1b–5b, MU:Cr1.1.2a / 3a, MU:Pr4.2.1b–5b, MU:Pr6.1.1a–6a) – students make up their own rhythm patterns, write them in notation, and perform them back accurately.
• Label Room (MU:Pr4.2.1b–5b, MU:Pr4.2.6b, MU:Re7.2.1a / 2a, MU:Pr5.1.2a / 4a / 5a) – students read 6-beat patterns, match what they see to what they hear, and check and fix mistakes in the rhythms.
• Delivery Finale (MU:Pr6.1.1a–6a, MU:Pr6.1.1b–6b, MU:Pr5.1.2a / 4a / 5a) – students perform the rhythms they've learned accurately for the whole class, with a steady tempo and good energy, and fix their mistakes as they go.