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Short description |
Rhythm exercise to become part of a whole and function as a whole |
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Category |
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Group size |
SMALL GROUPS CLASS |
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Duration |
20 minutes |
Level |
3️⃣ |
Goal of this exercise is improving
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joint problem solving
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creativity
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sense of rhythm
Children learn to work together imaginatively on a machine that can do one thing: make rhythmic noise. They learn to listen to each other, to catch the rhythm, to vary, they need to fit into an ever-growing structure. They have to coordinate with the group, otherwise the exercise won't work and the machine won't run smoothly.
Instructions
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For this rhythmic improvisation game, one child steps forward and begins to make a movement with a sound in constant repetition.
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Then the next child joins in with another movement and another sound and also repeats this combination in its own rhythm.
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In this way, one child after the other joins in: a "totality" is created. It is beautiful when the rhythms suddenly coordinate with each other and the "individual parts" then run as one big "machine".
Tips
"Building a machine" is certainly a particularly creative one among the rhythm exercises. The children should learn to listen to each other and to create a common sound image. Each child has to find its place in the room ("mechanics of the machine") as well as in the rhythmic structure. For both, a strength is needed: to "build" oneself confidently into an existing rhythm with a new movement.
The exercise should not take too long, as soon as it "runs smoothly" it is finished! The machine can also be constructed according to a certain motto: Picking up and sorting machine, cleaning machine, greeting machine with words, where each child repeats a different greeting, also in different languages.