![]() ![]() Older students can do math art with multiplication patterns, making spirolaterals and multiple circles on graph paper.ĭon’t forget to explore the idea of symmetry (see many ideas for teaching this here) Explore how shapes are usedĬut shapes from magazines, demonstrating that everything is made up of shapes. Play the game Quirkle which uses shape and color patterns. We then make lots of other patterns- with rubber stamps, with seasonal stickers, with counters of all kinds. I even had a child make a Fibonacci pattern with her cereal! Stringing your cereal pattern onto yarn also helps develop fine motor skills. I love to start by using fruity cereal to make cereal patterns, color patterns for younger children and number patterns for the older children. I used “Magic Feet Follow That Beat” to teach these to 4 year old children, who loved acting them out! Use different materials to make patterns Teach simple fractions through eighth notes, quarter notes, half notes, and whole notes. Have children work with partners to figure out how to play a song that other students can recognize. Use a small xylophone mallet to play the glasses and hear how the notes change with the amount of water in each glass. Measure fluid ounces of water into glasses, then color the water in each. ![]() ![]() Explore how the pitch changes as you blow through them. All you need to do is tape plastic drinking straws together, then cut them on a diagonal so you have straws of different lengths. Students can make straw windpipes using the same idea as the boomwhacker. Boomwhackers are tubes of different lengths that play different notes when hit on the ground. One more unusual instrument that is fun to try is the boomwhacker. They can play the lap drum, tambourine, maracas, shaker eggs, xylophone, cymbals, and triangle. Students as young as preschool age can learn different ways to play rhythm sticks, copy patterns the teacher makes, and make patterns for each other to copy. Introduce (and make) many different musical instruments. Here are some of my favorite resources and activities for exploring the math of music and art with children. One of my favorite teaching moments with a group of elementary students was having the discussion “Can you have art without math?” The kids talked about shapes, about lines, and had just about decided you can’t when one said, “What if you just drew a dot?” Another child’s quick response: “That’s a point! It’s math!” It made me laugh but the child was right, art is mathematical (and so is music.) They are all about patterns. Math in music and art is a fun and engaging topic for math enrichment, whether through a math club, a math camp, or just to incorporate into your regular instruction. ![]()
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