P.E. pp. 3-10

It is the basis of music and dance.

It is the regular recurrence of accented and unaccented beats.

It is the beat or time of a song.

They refer to those activities where an individual responses physically, emotionally, to music or any rhythmic accompaniment.

5 types of Rhythmic Activities

A combination of locomotor movements structured and organized to form natural dances or movement patterns-sometimes called Natural Movements.

Movements done from one place to another, or through space

Movements done in place

Use or handling of objects or apparatuses

Activities wherein the child interprets his own conception of the movements of things

Purely imitative movements done rhythmically

Rhythmic Movements done to portray the thoughts or ideas of a poem, song, or story

When an activity has both the song and game elements

Free expression of what the child thinks and feels