Description
Rhythm bowling is the perfect cross-curricular activity combining music and math. You don’t need to own bowling pins. Simply take some plastic cups, draw note and rest values on them and set them up in rows of 1, 2, 3 and 4 (total of 10). Students throw the ball and instead of counting how many cups (aka pins) were knocked down, they count up the note and rest values to get their score. Read blog post here.
I created a score sheet that you can download and use with your students. As standard when bowling, there are 10 frames (rounds) included on the score sheet but we never had enough time to get through all 10. So I just warn my students ahead of time, that we will just go through as many rounds as we can in the time we have and then total up the final scores.
Enjoy!
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LadyDpiano –
What fun! This is great!
Jennifer Foxx –
Thank you, enjoy! 🙂
Alana N R. –
A+ resource!!! Thank you!
Jennifer Foxx –
You are welcome, Alana! 🙂
Ka C. –
My students loved this activity!!! It was used as a center in a class celebration for good behavior. The kids had a lot of fun bowling and recording their point totals on the sheet. I used a plastic sleeve and dry erase marker to cut down on printing. They had a great rhythm review while practicing cooperation and math as well!
Jennifer Foxx –
Yay! I’m so happy they had a lot of fun with it! 🙂
Hannah P. –
Thank you for creating this resource! I used it for rhythm bowling today with my students – it was a hit!
Jennifer Foxx –
So glad your students had fun with it. Thanks, Hannah! 🙂
Victoria W. –
I absolutely loved this resource it was great to be able to use this for Glow Day and it was a great way to celebrate all that the students had done this year.
Jennifer Foxx –
Glow day sounds so fun!! Thanks for sharing, Victoria. I’m so glad you enjoyed rhythm bowling. 🙂
Jessica W. –
My Students loved this! I used it as a centers activity.
Jennifer Foxx –
Glad to hear it, Jessica! 🙂
Alicia K. –
This was a great resource. My students had a lot of fun with this activity!
Jennifer Foxx –
So glad to hear that, Alicia! Thank you! 🙂