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Feel the Beat with Drumming in Adapted PE
Mike Doyle Wayzata Public Schools
Anne Hill
St. Paul Public Schools
Elementary Level • Hand and eye coordination will be the best thing a child
may learn. • Reflexes of a child also develop just by playing the drums. • You exercise your muscles more than playing other
instruments. Benefits of Classroom Drum Circles and Youth Drumming
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Drumming for Development: How Drumming Helps Children with Special Needs
http://goo.gl/fiSUN
Secondary Level
History • Carrie Ekins, the originator of the program, suffered a devastating hip injury.
• She began to drum on boxes. • She researched the reason for the feelings of euphoria.
• The drum patterns helped the brain to generate enhanced Alpha waves and synchronize the hemispheres.
http://www.drums-alive.com/?page_id=2
Benefits • Gives the mind and body instant feedback through continuous movement and rhythmical flow.
• Utilizes “whole brain – whole body” thinking by developing sensory motor reflexes and kinesthetic awareness.
• Affects the electrical activity in many sensory and motor areas of the brain.
http://www.drums-alive.com/?page_id=2
Tips
•Options for sticks? and buckets •Noodles •How to hold sticks •Plugs down •Sticks in Pits •Sticks in Crates •Start with drumroll •Sticks under control
Elementrary • The Freeze • Greg and Steve
Elementary • Chicken Dance • Werner Thomas
Elementary • Rock and Roll Part II • Gary Glitter
Elementary • Wipe Out • The Surfaris
Elementary • Hit the Drum • Go Fish
Elementary • Chocolate • Soul Control
Metronome
MetroTimer
Windows Media Player
• Right Click For Enhancements
• Choose “Play Speed Settings”
• Adjust speed of songs
Secondary • Can’t Hold Us • Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
Secondary • Katy Perry • "E.T."
Secondary
Secondary • Avicii • Wake Me Up
