How can I help my elementary school-age child learn musical-rhythmic skills?

How can I help my elementary school-age child learn musical-rhythmic skills?

Lots of parents get music lessons for their children to teach musical-rhythmic skills, and lots of children love the music lessons, but that's not for all children. One thing we can do is to share with our children a lot of the playful nursery rhymes that we know from our own childhood, or that are out there in the popular culture. An example is: “Five little monkeys jumping on the bed / One fell down and broke his head / Went to the doctor and the doctor said / 'No more jumping on the bed!'” This helps quite a bit with language acquisition and rhythmic skills for children.