Kagan

Download this cooperative barrier game to teach your students vocabulary and communication skills using the structure Match Mine. Each partner receives a game board with beat-boxes and rhythm pattern notation game pieces to place on the game board. Partners sit on opposite sides of a barrier so they can’t see each other’s game board or game pieces. Partner A arranges the rhythm pattern notation game pieces on each box of the game board. Then Partner A describes to Partner B which rhythm pattern piece goes on each box by performing the pattern so they can make a match. When they think they have a match, they compare arrangements and celebrate. This set teaches common rhythm pattern notation vocabulary such as: ostinato, rhythm, pattern, etc. Match Mine is a fun and cooperative way to develop language, communication, cooperation, and perspective-taking skills.