My students need four maracas, 48 egg shakers, four tambourines, and four hand drums to use during our music class.
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My Students
We want to shake, rattle, and roll with the beat in music, but we don't have enough instruments to use. Our classes are growing in size, but our instrument inventory is not!
My students are elementary students in grades 1-5 who attend a public school in Illinois.
They attend music class twice a week. I like to provide my students with regular opportunities to use instruments as part of their music class. My students love to play all types of instruments! Hands-on learning is vital to our active music classroom.
My Project
My students need four maracas, 48 egg shakers, four tambourines, and four hand drums to use during our music class. Our music classroom is a vibrant, active learning environment where students regularly have instruments in their hands to explore rhythms and timbre. Many of the instruments at our school have been there for years and are showing significant wear and tear. Some are no longer usable. Our class sizes are growing, and I do not have enough instruments to use in many of the larger classes, even when students partner up and take turns. I want my students to always have opportunities to be actively engaged in music learning and to play instruments as part of their elementary school music experience. I am requesting more maracas, tambourines, shakers, and hand drums so we can "shake, rattle, and roll" in our music class.
In my 9 years as an elementary music teacher in our district, I only once received $100 to purchase instruments for my classroom.
I know that I must look outside my district for funding if I want to provide instruments for my students. Music makes the students more aware in all areas and helps them learn and appreciate creativity. An instrument in their hands makes that learning more personal. Thank you for considering our request and helping us be active music makers!
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