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Making Musical Instruments
Constructing and learning about different types of instruments
helps make children more comfortable with music. Using materials
from the child’s home or neighborhood highlights important
concepts such as recycling and the multiple uses of familiar
objects.
Children can begin classifying musical instruments into categories,
building on their developing cognitive skills. Categories
can be based on
- what the instruments are made of (wood, metal, cardboard,
etc.)
- what kind of action makes the sound (striking, shaking,
plucking, etc.)
- what quality of sounds the instruments create (loud, soft,
smooth, sharp, scratchy, echoing, etc.)
About the Author
Nina Jaffe is an award-winning author, folklorist, storyteller,
and arts educator who is on the graduate faculty at Bank Street
College of Education. Her acclaimed retellings of world folklore
include The Way Meat Loves Salt: A Cinderella Tale from the
Jewish Tradition and Patakín: World Tales of Drums and Drummers.
She shares stories and music with audiences in schools, conferences,
and festivals throughout the United States and abroad.
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