Middle School Rhythmic And Spatial Skills

What middle school lessons are meant to teach musical-rhythmic skills?

Instruction in the arts and music continues into middle-school with music lessons teaching musical-rhythmic skills, but we also start seeing specializations with the children themselves. Some are in the chorus, some play in the marching band and there are kids who join the drill team. Also at that point there is not direct instruction from the middle-school, but indirectly there is a lot of contemporary music around which the children begin to share with each other, they begin to learn and emulate some of those sounds and rhythms that they hear, again improving musical-rhythmic skills.

What middle school lessons are meant to teach visual-spatial skills?

In middle school, we continue with art lessons and art appreciation experiences to improve visual-spacial skills. But also, in math classes and algebra classes, particularly geometry, we start to have the children create these objects on their own. They begin drawing using protractors, rulers and compasses, so that the visual-spatial skills become skills that are useful in many facets of life, not just in artistic expression.

What middle school lessons are meant to teach bodily-kinesthetic skills?

In middle school we continue to teach bodily-kinesthetic skills in PE classes, also known as physical education classes, but also in a lot of extra curricular activities. Drill team, dance and drama are other ways that the middle school serves to help children improve their bodily and kinesthetic skills.