The Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts Learning Program (BTS Arts) provides arts-integrated instruction to elementary students, effectively increasing student performance in every subject—from language arts and social studies to math and science. The program is currently in 400 Utah elementary schools in 36 districts, including over 30 charter schools, and is serving over 300,000 students. Though there are no preschool-specific lesson plans, many of the kindergarten lesson plans could be adapted for preschool.

Students compose and notate short 4/4, 3/4, and 6/8 rhythms across multiple class periods.

Students compose and notate short rhythms in 4/4, 3/4, and 6/8 meters across multiple class periods.

Students create movements to represent long and short rhythmic patterns and compose patterns using non-traditional notation.

Find strategies and activities that you can use in the classroom that tie directly to the Early learning Preschool core standards.

This lesson plan uses filmmaking to teach and reinforce the concept of rhythm, which is one of the Principles of Design.  You could easily substitute one of the other Principles or Elements of Design instead of concentrating on rhythm. Although this lesson was created for an Interior Design class, it could also be used in an art or clothing class, or adapted for other content areas.Thumnail image - "A Principle of Design: Rhythm," created by Tamara Hardy

Hip Cat, written by Jonathan London, illustrated by Woodleigh Hubbard. This is a story of a cat who creates a sound all his own and then experiences how the rhyme and rhythm enchant his audience.

Hip Cat, written by Jonathan London, illustrated by Woodleigh Hubbard. This is a story of a cat who creates a sound all his own and then experiences how the rhyme and rhythm enchant his audience.

Hip Cat, written by Jonathan London, illustrated by Woodleigh Hubbard. This is a story of a cat who creates a sound all his own and then experiences how the rhyme and rhythm enchant his audience.

Hip Cat, written by Jonathan London, illustrated by Woodleigh Hubbard. This is a story of a cat who creates a sound all his own and then experiences how the rhyme and rhythm enchant his audience.

Hip Cat, written by Jonathan London, illustrated by Woodleigh Hubbard. This is a story of a cat who creates a sound all his own and then experiences how the rhyme and rhythm enchant his audience.