Rhythm Workshop

What your child will figure out

• Represent quarter notes, half notes, paired eighth notes, and quarter rests with proportional spans of beat time.
• Build and play a complete measure while the master pulse remains steady.
• Explain that a rest occupies time even though it makes no sound and that a half note lasts across two beats.
• Transfer duration addition from four-beat measures to a three-beat waltz measure.

The levels

1. Catch a sound

   Record a tap-and-hold gesture, turn it into a duration block, and connect block width to held time.

2. Fill four

   Build quarter–half–quarter into exactly four beats and hear the half note sustain across two pulses.

3. Make room for silence

   Build a complete measure containing a one-beat rest while the master pulse continues.

4. Repair the overflow

   Fix a five-beat build without changing tempo and explain why duration, not speed, closes the measure.

5. Waltz shipment

   Transfer duration addition to a three-beat measure and tap its steady pulse during playback.