DAY: 2
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Topic: Wind instruments.
Content:
Vocabulary: whistling, Flute, wind, bagpipe, clarinet etc.
Material required: whistles, toy models, pictures, books, pen cap or straw etc.
Presentation: • Welcome the children to the topic of wind instruments. Wind instruments are those which need air to be blown to produce sounds. • Show them different wind instruments and how they work, with the picture or a toy model. • Encourage the children to try whistling. Invite them to make different sounds by changing the shape of their mouth. • Some of the wind instruments are flute, bagpipe, clarinet etc. • They can blow whistle using pen cap or straw.
Assessment: • How do you get the sound from your mouth? • What is passing through the holes to produce sound? • What material is flute made up of? • Do you like to hear flute music? • How do you feel when you listen to the various sounds from the wind instruments?
Closing: To facilitate them about the wind instruments and recollect the topic with interesting games and observe them.
Evaluation:
Skills: • Oral motor skills while blowing. • Auditory skills while discriminating sounds. • Language skills while answering open ended questions:
Extension: They can play clapping game. Clapping on the shoulder, knee, hips or stomach makes it more fun They can pop the bubble wrap to understand how the sound is made when air is forced out of the bubble. They can make different sized straws and stick it with c tape and blow. This is like a harmonica. They can use pen caps as whistles, even closing and opening of book makes sounds like harmonium.