Patricia Dueber: Music students from grades 1-5 are learning to play percussion and mallet instruments.  They can play a steady beat or play to the rhythm of the words.  Guess what?  They can divide into two groups where one group plays the steady beat WHILE the other group is playing the rhythm of the words...at the same time!

To keep it challenging we can even add singing, chanting or swaying to what we are doing.  Now this is multi-tasking! !