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Regardless of personal preference, exceptionalities, or socio-economic status, children love to move and make noise. So, what better way to teach music literacy than by drumming? The benefits of bucket drumming for 5th grade music students are abundant. First of all, bearing in mind social constructivist learning theory, hands-on kinetic practice is the most effective way for adolescent students to learn any skill, especially in social groups. Secondly, the great music pedagogue, Carl Orff posited that music making should be community-based, allowing for freedom to imitate and improvise within the social group. Bucket drumming allows for exactly that freedom. Finally, even as Orff believed, the opportunity to make instrumental music as a community should be granted to every individual; indeed, it is a human right. With this project, even the poorest of my 5th grade students will be able to build an impressive rhythmic vocabulary, as well as a large bank of ideas for musical expression, which they can bring with them into 6th grade choral education. In conclusion, when instrumental education is just not affordable for families, students will continue to reap the social and cognitive benefits of such education. The end results are a better choir and a happier student.

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Regardless of personal preference, exceptionalities, or socio-economic status, children love to move and make noise. So, what better way to teach music literacy than by drumming? The benefits of bucket drumming for 5th grade music students are abundant. First of all, bearing in mind social constructivist learning theory, hands-on kinetic practice is the most effective way for adolescent students to learn any skill, especially in social groups. Secondly, the great music pedagogue, Carl Orff posited that music making should be community-based, allowing for freedom to imitate and improvise within the social group. Bucket drumming allows for exactly that freedom. Finally, even as Orff believed, the opportunity to make instrumental music as a community should be granted to every individual; indeed, it is a human right. With this project, even the poorest of my 5th grade students will be able to build an impressive rhythmic vocabulary, as well as a large bank of ideas for musical expression, which they can bring with them into 6th grade choral education. In conclusion, when instrumental education is just not affordable for families, students will continue to reap the social and cognitive benefits of such education. The end results are a better choir and a happier student.

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