Week 15 Musical Instruments

Musical Instruments can be so much fun!
Objectives: Name and identify instruments, identify different groups of instruments

We read Musical Instruments from World of Design.  It was great because after each group of instrument it has simple instructions on how to make that type of instrument.  We also read What Instrument is This? by Rosmarie Hausherr.  It teaches about many different instruments.  Look in your local library in section 784.19 for musical instrument books.

We took our box of instruments and sorted them into groups.  We have drums, maracas, and flutes which we sorted into like groups.

Then we started dancing.  One day I turned on my Pandora to Disney songs and another day we danced to toddler songs.  We took turns with each instrument and had a lot of fun.

It's also fun to discuss tempos with instruments.  Some songs have quick tempos and some songs have slow tempos.  You can practice playing your instrument to match the tempo of your song.

We also got in some finger painting.  We love finger painting!