Beat Foundations: Building a Steady Beat Through Movement & Chants

A movement-based music course that helps children internalize steady beat before reading rhythm.

In this course, children learn to feel and maintain a steady beat through movement and chants. They explore beat in sound, silence, slow and fast tempos, and even everyday life, helping them develop a strong internal sense of rhythm before reading music.

Course Content

Welcome to Beat Foundations!
Directions and Materials
Introducing: Steady Beat
What is a Steady Beat?
Learn a New Chant
Bee, Bee, Bumblebee
Move to It!
Movement Activity with Cards
Movement Game
Listen to It
How Many Beats Do You Hear?
See It
Beat Worksheet – Point to the Steady Beat
Numbering the Beats
Learn a New Chant
Engine, Engine No. 9
Move to It!
Play Along Beat Video
Movement Game
Listen to It
How Many Beats Do You Hear?
See It
Movement Activity with Cards
Numbering the Beats
Quiz - Pass this Beat Quiz in Order to Move on to Rhythm!
Rhythm: The ‘Way the Words Go’
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