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Rhythm or Lummi sticks are a great way to add to excitement in children�s games.  They are fun, easy to use, and take up very little space.  Students learn about direction, coordination, cooperation, and memorization of movement while using the sticks.  Those with and without natural rhythm can benefit from the  use of the sticks.  This is also a great opportunity to have students freely express themselves with their own rhythm using the sticks.  Some people believe that lummi sticks originated from the Indians in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Washington</st1:State></st1:place> while others give credit to those living in the South Pacific.  <o:p></o:p>
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Safety is the most important factor when using rhythm sticks.  They should  never be used to hit others and tappers should be at least an arm�s distance from each other.  Sticks may be wooden, plastic and hollow and come in various sizes.<o:p></o:p>
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Sticks are held in the thumb and fingers and at the bottom third of the stick.  They are not held in the palm or fist of the hand.  They are primarily an upper body movement utilizing the digits, the brachia, biceps, triceps, lats, deltoids, and the chest.  Large movements utilize the movement of the upper body while small-specialized movements use smaller more specific upper body areas.  <o:p></o:p>
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The types of taps vary.  The basic taps are the vertical, end-to-end, horizontal cross over, side-to-side, saw, scrape, twirl, and pass.  When you tap vertical, you put both sticks together on the floor or in the air.  Partner taps consist of partners tapping both right and left sticks together.  The end tap is when the sticks are forward and they tap the ends of the floor in a slight tilt.  To cross tap, you tap the upper ends to the floor or in the air.  The twirl consists of having the student twirl the sticks like a baton.  You can advance the skill by twisting with the left and then the right hand.  Stick games can be done standing or sitting on the ground. Scraping is done with the sticks being scraped together horizontally and sawing is done with the sticks vertically running together.  <o:p></o:p>
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Children may also tap their sticks high in the air to use upper body movements and low to increase recruitment of the lower body muscles.  Jumping, skipping, or fast walking can add to lower muscle recruitment.  This also teaches coordination and agility because the student is using opposite motions with his sticks and his feet.<o:p></o:p>
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Early childhood and music teachers love these sticks because they allow children to learn to keep count and make a beat using their sticks. Student can demonstrate their musical skills by tapping to the beat of a quarter, half, and whole note.<o:p></o:p>
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Teachers also like to keep the children kinesthetically engaged and active.  Music is a great tool for children to listen to as they work with their sticks.  Children can tap the sticks while practicing the letters to their spelling words or memorizing their math tables.  The kinesthetic movement allows the brain to digest the information in a concrete way. <o:p></o:p>
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Students can advanced their skills by having the stick on the finger of the hand and balancing it as they are standing, walking and moving.  Children can drop the stick and see if they can catch it before it touches the floor.  Students can throw the stick to each other and see how far they can move back from each other and still catch the stick.  Students can use the stick to bat a ball, control it, and catch a ring in the air.  Sticks can also throw rings to knock down hollow objects.  The sticks can be set horizontally or vertically and used to teach agility and plyometrics training.   Students enjoy being the leader and the other children can mimic the rhythms demonstrated by the student leader.   Some activities include trying  to grab the stick with the dominant and non-dominant hand and  acting using your stick by showing what it would look like using a cane, telescope, paddle, sword, baseball bat, flute, conductor�s wand, and hammer.  Allow children to come up with their own creative ideas.<o:p></o:p>
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Sticks also encourage originality.  Using different music also allows children to experience music from different cultures and styles.  What a wonderful way for children to experience life by playing along.<o:p></o:p>
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Recommended and Suggested Resources:<o:p></o:p>
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Jenkins, Ella, Adventures in Rhythm, Smithsonian/Folkways Records, 1989.<o:p></o:p>
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Landy, Michael and Joanne, Ready to use P.E.Activities for Grades K-2, Parker Publishing Company: Nyack <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">New York</st1:State></st1:place>, 1992.<o:p></o:p>
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Lummi Sticks Girl Scouts<o:p></o:p>
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Panegyrize, Robert P. and Dauber, Victor P., Dynamic Physical Education for Elementary School Children, Ninth Edition, Macmillion Publishing Company, 1989.<o:p></o:p>
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Stewart, Georgiana, Multicultural Stick Fun, Kimbo International, 1992.<o:p></o:p>
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