Rhythm for Preschoolers through First Grade

Preschoolers and early elementary children can begin to recognize rhythm symbols and read rhythm patterns! Use the Guide, Flash Cards, and Printables to help your child recognize rhythm symbols and read rhythm patterns.

Rhythm for Preschoolers and Early Elementary Children's Teaching Guide

This guide gives a simple scope and sequence of the rhythm lessons below. It also includes the posters used in the lessons below.

Beginning Rhythm Lessons for Little Ones

These lessons include simple instructions, so that parents who are not literate in music can use these too. Fun activities and flash cards are included. Quarter notes, quarter rests, and pairs of eighth notes are taught in the Beginning Rhythm Lessons.

Intermediate Rhythm Lessons for Little Ones

These lessons include simple instructions, more activities, and flash cards. Half notes and whole notes are introduced in the Intermediate Rhythm Lessons.

Advanced Rhythm Lessons for Little Ones

These lessons include simple instructions, playful activities, and flash cards. Half rests and whole rests are introduced in the Advanced Rhythm Lessons.

Add more to your little one's music education with the following activities!

Body Solfege

Toddlers, preschoolers, and early elementary will love this song, activity, and printable to learn the solfege scale.

Picture of puppy to represent high barking sound

High and Low Animal Sounds Printable

Toddlers, preschoolers, and early elementary can use these printables to review animal sounds while drawing attention to pitch. The adult animals make the low sounds. The baby animals make the high sounds. See if your child can identify and imitate the different sounds and pitches!

Loud and Soft Sound Ideas Printable

Great for toddlers and preschoolers! This printable lists ideas to create loud and soft sounds while growing musical vocabulary.

Steady Beat Ideas Printable

Use these ideas with toddlers, preschoolers, and early elementary to help them learn to keep a steady beat. There are plenty of cross-curricular activities included in this list of steady beat ideas.

Don't forget to incorporate nursery rhyme songs in your preschooler's music education!

The Itsy Bitsy Spider

Three Little Kittens

The Little Engine That Could

Humpty Dumpty

A Sailor went to Sea Sea Sea

Wheels on the Bus

5 Little Pumpkins Printables

Old Mac Donald had a Farm

Hickory Dickory Dock Printable

Hot Cross Buns Props and Worksheets

Other Websites With Helpful and Free Resources

I cannot create it all, so I often search for music resources based on what my child needs. The following websites are my go-to for preschool music resources.

How to Start Piano Lessons for Pre-School Aged Children by Dr. Mario Ajero is a wonderful YouTube video that explains how parents can help teach their young children piano! I teach my two children piano, and I've used all the advice in this video!

TheMeasuredMom.com's list of preschool songs with printables has a great list of songs with printables for preschoolers and their grown-ups!

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