Clang! Bang! Chinese New Year Music with New Instruments
Help me give my students some Chinese inspired instruments to help them play music for Chinese New Year. Year of the Wood Snake. The old instruments are falling apart or rusting and we could use some new ones.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Veglia's classroom raised $990
This project is fully funded
My Project
Every other year I pull out my music lesson for Chinese New Year and I update it for what year is being celebrating. It is a lesson that integrates Social Studies, Music and Folklore together. My students are introduced to the Chinese Zodiac, the twelve animals that rotate in a yearly cycle. This year is my year, the Year of the Snake, so I want to pull out our dragon head for our dance with the drums, cymbals and clappers to have our outdoor parade around the square outside my classroom. We use videos from Panda Express and Twinkle, along with other sources, that explain what the traditions are from music to food, money to spring cleaning.
There are rhythm reading videos, instrumental music and dances that go along with songs they learn to sing.
They sing along with Bella learning Gong Xi Gong Xi, and play the rhythm sticks, drums, gongs and cymbals along to the Lunar play-a-long. I noticed that many of my small hand cymbals have broken handles and are rusting, some of my small drums have cracks in the wooden frame or drumheads which is why I'm looking for new ones. After they are done with the rhythm songs and singing, I take them outside to re-create the Dragon Dance on the video we watch.
We also have each class vote on which book they would like me to read them, each one shares different aspects of Chinese New Year. Some books also have read-a-longs on You Tube, but the ones I have asked for are not. These books will give my students more choices as well as to give anyone who might be on the spectrum, who cannot take loud noises, a book to read silently while the rest of the class makes music outside.
Nearly all students from low‑income households
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Materials cost
$791.34
Vendor shipping charges
$7.92
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$11.87
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$841.13
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$148.43
Total project goal
$989.56
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$989.56
2 Donors
-$476.82
Donations toward project cost
-$431.82
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$45.00
match offer
-$481.54
Match offer toward project cost
-$409.31
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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