Rhythm is one of the three major elements that make up music (rhythm, melody, harmony). Without rhythm, there would be no music. All musical activities are inseparable from rhythm, and rhythm is an important part of musical ability. It is very necessary to cultivate children's sense of rhythm.

So how to cultivate children’s sense of rhythm in music activities? Our method is based on children's basic level, starting from feeling music, combining language rhythm and movement rhythm to cultivate children's sense of rhythm and improve children's musical quality and ability.

1. Stimulate children’s interest in rhythm activities.

Interest is the best teacher. If children have no interest in a certain activity, it will be difficult for us to let children master the ability in this area. Therefore, the first thing we have to do is to stimulate children in Interest in rhythm, specific methods:

1. Gamification means and methods to cultivate children's sense of rhythm. Facts have proved that the activity that children are most interested in in early childhood is games, so integrating the cultivation of children's sense of rhythm into games will definitely stimulate children's interest, and the effect will naturally be better. Even ordinary rhythm scores can be added with interesting plots and actions to better attract children's interest. For example: if we use the boring sight-reading method to practice the rhythm pattern of the first sixteen and the last eight (××× ×××), the effect will definitely not be very good. Using a vivid metaphor, I believe it will be easy for children to master it. There are many such examples in life. If we pay attention, we will turn the rhythm class into an interesting game class, and the children will be very interested.

2. When cultivating the sense of rhythm, it must be musical. Children must not just be allowed to beat the beat mechanically. Children must be guided to feel the beauty of rhythm. The most prominent example is the strong and weak law of three beats. It allows children to fully experience the ups and downs of three beats and gives them an aesthetic experience.

2. Start by feeling the music and combine the rhythm of language and movement to cultivate children's sense of rhythm.

(1) Language rhythm training: One of the main sources of music rhythm is human language. Language itself contains rich, vivid and subtle rhythms. Since birth, children have been exposed to language all the time and lived in a language environment. It is not only easy but also full of vitality for children to master the rhythm of language from an early age.

1. Combine phrases and short sentences and use games to train, so that children can master certain rhythm patterns and explore the rules of language rhythm. For example: we can use the children's song "Cicada" to master the dotted rhythm:

Riverside | willow | shoot, cicada | sound | cry,

（×·×　× · ×)

Know·know·know, summer has arrived.

2. When learning songs, recite the lyrics according to the beat, rhythm, speed and intensity of the music, so as to better grasp the beat, rhythm, speed and intensity of the music.

(2) Action rhythm training: Feel the rhythm of music through body movements. Movements play an important role in children's cognitive activities. Music is mainly expressed by means of expression such as the pitch, speed, strength and weakness of the sound. It is difficult for children to feel the content expressed by these means of expression by hearing alone. Therefore, when cultivating children's sense of rhythm, it is necessary to participate in movements. Children must be allowed to deepen their experience and experience of music during the activities. Feelings to train children's motor nerve response and coordination of body movements.

Movement is in line with the physical and psychological characteristics of children. What this movement emphasizes is not the gracefulness of the movements, nor is the children's attention mainly focused on the movements. Instead, it uses music to stimulate hearing, create impressions, and then Use body movements to express music, express the emotion, speed, and intensity of music. Listen to more music and the teacher will talk less. Give full play to children's enthusiasm and creativity in learning music, and emphasize the cultivation of creativity.

3. Training methods:

1. Listen to music and clap, inspire children to think about other actions they can do, and cultivate children's creativity. Children will come up with many things, such as clapping their legs, Stomp your feet, slap your face, slap your belly, etc. Inspire children to perform actions one by one, and the actions should match the rhythm of the music.

2. Do various mini-game activities with different rhythms.

3. Distinguish the rhythm patterns of melody and phrases.

For example, listening to music to find rhythm patterns: training the agility of thinking, enhancing memory, and developing children's intentional attention, starting with obvious rhythm pattern contrasts.

4. Sound momentum exercises use "human instruments" to combine different sounds produced by clapping hands, clapping legs, stamping feet, and twisting fingers to form various rhythmic connections, cultivating children's sensitivity and inner feelings in response to rhythm. The feeling of rhythm is used to train the thinking ability.

5. Use of percussion instruments: Playing percussion instruments is an activity that young children like very much. Instruments with different timbres can express different musical images and can better express the content of music. Various musical instruments can be played The coordination of different rhythm patterns and multiple voices will produce a rich sound effect. At the same time, children's mutual listening and coordination can also better promote cooperation among children among their peers and cultivate children's sense of achievement.

Train with a purpose, a plan, and a scientific basis, and practice unremittingly. Over time, musical quality and ability will naturally improve, and the teacher's training goals will be achieved.