# Body percussion

> Canonical page: /en/body-percussion

## Programme

  You don't need a drum kit to make music. Clapping, tapping and listening help children discover how much rhythm surrounds them.

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### Hearing rhythms

      Listen together to patterns in music.

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### Creating your own rhythm

      Children use their bodies and household materials.

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### Understanding and repeating

      Through play they discover how a rhythm works.

  Suitable for groups 1 to 8 (ages 4–12). The teacher adapts the lesson to the group.

## Skills children practise here

- Sense of rhythm
    
- Good listening
    
- Coordination