Shamrock Rhythms

 

 

I love going to the dollar store!  I found these fabulous foam shamrocks and used them for this rhythm building activity.  On each shamrock I drew a quarter note or two barred eighth notes.  One the back of each one there is a quarter rest.  Students worked together to create rhythms in groups of 4.  (Later we call this four four time signature, but in first grade we refer to it as groups of 4 or 3.)