Toys Lesson 3

Dear mums and dads, here we are at lesson 3...your kids have done two lessons of Toys so far and it has been an exciting journey of sounds, sights and movements as we listen to drums of different sorts, move like different toys and even dance as a group.

For this week, I can't wait to see all the home made musical instruments your kids will bring to class. Hope that you had fun making it and the kids' participation in the process of making it bring out an awareness of how sounds can be made.

We are going to get a chance to demo each home made instrument that are brought to class and we are going to play along to Toembai.

Last week we have the tabla drum from India, this week we will have a chinese drum. The kids will have a chance to see both the drums and compare the sounds and how they look and the different ways of playing. We are going to introduce the Flower Drum Song, a piece of music that has drum play in different sections and the kids will be get to train their listening ear by identifying the sounds of the drum.

Last week, we introduced a new toy which is a top...which was a great hit with the kids. We are going to move our hands and our whole bodies like a top this week.

Remember the Ta ra ra bom de ay song we did during parent sharing time in Lesson 1? This week the kids are going to do move according to the rhythm pattern all by themselves!

We are going to use Al Tambor again this week but this time, not as a circle dance but as an ensemble. Ensemble playing develops many aspects in a child - learning to take instructions, taking turns, developing self control, and developing a keen sense of listening and timing.

I'm going to introduce the different ways of playing a drum while we sing the goodbye song.

Sorry this lesson plan is short....not feeling well, hope to make it to class this week. See you....