Instrumental body parts

In the beginning of the unit the children discovered that we can use our body parts like instruments.  Billy noticed that by tapping or slapping certain body parts we can make sounds.  We can make clicking and drumming sounds with our mouth and tongue.

"Our hands look like cymbals"
We played the song game "Sing, Oh sing" to include variety of ways we can make music with our body parts.

"Sing, oh sing altogether
Sing, oh sing altogether
Sing, oh sing altogether
Won't you be my darling."

We replaced "sing" with sound action words:
snap, stomp. pop, clap, slap. We also worked
in partners to try creative ways of making sounds with our bodies.

As we played together the children compared our actions to certain instruments they've tried before.
Winston thought of our clapping hands like cymbals. Billy was slapping his tummy like the drums and our clicking tongues sounded like castanets.





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