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Know Your Math Facts!
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Phil uses West African drum
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ASSEMBLIES
Know Your Math Facts!
Phil’s new program features Rhythm Mathematics—his new
standards-based activities that use West African drum rhythms to teach and
reinforce math
facts:
• doubles & doubles plus one,
• skip counting,
• multiplication facts, and
• fractions and ratios.
He presents both primary and intermediate assemblies, and tailors each program so that it is grade-level appropriate.
To see and hear a sample of how Phil uses rhythm to teach skip counting and multiplication, please see the video of his daughter, Sarah, on the right.
Free Site License CD
Phil also provides a free site license CD so your school can continue to
reinforce math facts with all of these exciting rhythms throughout the year!
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Fractions on an Indonesian
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Music From
Other Cultures
During the assembly, your students will also participate in a
Native American acorn grinding song based on repeating mathematical patterns,
and will learn how the ancient Greek mathematician, Pythagoras, used ratios and
fractions to make music. Finally, they will hear how fractions are represented
in music from Indonesia, Mexico, Africa, China, and the Caribbean.
FAMILY NIGHTS
Rhythm and Math Night
At the family night, the kids learn how to make musical instruments with
geometric shapes and fractions, and apply their knowledge to build origami
poppers and tube drums. Then, they perform popular hand drum rhythms from
Nigeria, Guinea, and Liberia, and join together to form a giant drum circle
featuring rhythms from around the world!
FREE MATH ACTIVITIES
The following multimedia activities relate to this program:
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Unifix Cube Drum Machine
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Musical Fraction Bars |
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Playing Fraction Pies
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Morse Code Music |
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Pattern Block Rock |
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Musical Fraction Tubes |
