Nursery rhymes offer significant value beyond early childhood. In this lesson idea, Karen Petty demonstrates how “Humpty Dumpty” can challenge upper elementary students to master duple compound time through speech canons and untuned percussion. The lesson culminates in a rhythmic exploration, shifting the familiar rhyme into complex asymmetrical meters.
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