Rhythm has a major role to play in early reading and speech, rhythm helps us select and extrapolate, phonemes, syllables, words, and phrases from an ongoing speech stream. Having good rhythmic skills, therefore, appears to be essential not only for music or dance but also language and communication skills.
Most physical activities involve rhythm and have a beat – crawling, walking, jumping, running, hopping, skipping, kicking, throwing and so on. Mastering these skills enables your child to play more sophisticated games with other children, which gives them opportunities to make friends, which in turn encourages them to develop social skills and increases their enjoyment of life.
During outdoor learning on Friday, children in differentiated class groups were inspired by the rhythmic sounds of ‘Stomp’. They were then set the task of finding natural materials and play resources to compose in their groups 10 seconds of music. We were blown away by the artistic creativity and amazed at how resourceful our children can be.
We hope you enjoy our performance.
