My students are a very diverse group of children with one thing in common; they all attend an urban, public Montessori school. Eighty-one percent of the students qualify for free lunch and 88% of the students are a racial minority.
We follow the teachings of Maria Montessori to meet the needs of the whole child - physically, emotionally, cognitively, and spiritually through following and allowing the child to guide his or her learning.
I am fortunate to be in a school that sees music as an integral part of the child's development and encourages musical growth and expression.
My Project
We recently had a project funded to make it rain in the music room! We will be using instruments like thunder and ocean drums plus rain sticks to create a stormy soundscape in music class. While planning this activity I had a thought- don't frogs love water too?
I want to use the frog guiros and talking drums to create a musical response to the "rain" that will fall in the music room.
I have requested 3 frog guiros (that really sound like frogs- it's super cool!) and a talking drum that students will use to express how the rain makes them feel. The frogs can croak fast, slow, soft, or loud and the talking drum can be made to sound happy or sad. It will be a great experiment in emotional expression on instruments!
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