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This activity sheet can be used with early readers/musicians to support phonological awareness - an important early reading skill. After singing a few rounds of this popular rhyming song, follow up with this hands-on activity that gives them practice matching pairs of rhyming words as well as with cutting and gluing. Spell each word with them on the lines so they can see how words that rhyme generally have the same letters. Finally, sing a few more rounds of the song with the rhyming words from

This activity will engage your young musicians as they learn about how to keep a steady beat with body percussion - stomps, claps, snaps, and taps. After students have learned about steady beat and practiced with clapping, they can be creative and compose their own combination of body percussion rhythms within the common 4/4 time signature. Cutting the icons out allows them to plan their rhythm before gluing them down on the second sheet of blank squares. When the class is done, choose one compo