Free Music Activity: Labor Day Body Percussion Chant

With added emphasis on developing individual skills, and with limited access to instruments, many teachers are incorporating more rhythm exercises and body percussion activities in their curriculum. Just in time for Labor Day, here's a FREE holiday chant PDF from Celebrate with Sound! by Richard D. Cross.

Celebrate with Sound! is a fun-filled and easy-to-use book offers an educational way to celebrate the holidays! Each chant presents three stepping stones to rhythmic reading: practice the spoken ostinatos first, transfer to body percussion next, and then play on classroom instruments. PDF files on the included Data CD make it a piece of cake to print or project the music notation in your classroom. Twenty holidays, four seasons of the year, and even a happy birthday chant are included! Recommended for grades two and up.