We had enormous fun composing our own musical storm today. We spent some time sorting percusion instruments into groups; those that make long sounds and those that make short sounds. After this we were able to select the instruments we felt created the rigth sounds for our composition.
Our fun game 'Farmer, Farmer', which the children play with much enthusiasum is a very subtle ploy to encourge the children into solo singing. I have been amazed at how eagerly the children have taken to singing and have seen a marked improvement since the beginning of the semester in their pitching of the notes.
This week at home we are making percussion instruments. We have learned that a percussion instrument must be struck or shaken. The following may be of some help:
http://familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts/specialfeature/musical_instruments/
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