DAY: 3
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Topic: Brass instrument
Content:
Vocabulary: Brass, trumpet, saxophone etc.
Material required: Books, pictures etc.
Presentation: β’ Introduce them to the topic of brass instruments. That these instruments are made up of brass. β’ Trumpet, saxophone works like wind instruments. Show the pictures of instruments and ask them which are wind instruments.
Assessment: β’ Have you seen any brass instruments before? β’ Where do we get musical instruments from? β’ How will the sound be from trumpet loud/ soft? β’ Have you heard saxophone music?
Closing: To know about brass instruments and in which metal these instruments are made.
Evaluation: β’ Language skills when they answer open ended questions. β’ Cognitive skills: understanding metal verses plastic or wood β’ Auditory skills when they listen to the music, understand loud and soft music
Extension: Encourage them to play musical games. (musical chair at the blow of a trumpet) Make trumpets using paper cone Ask the children to sort the metals to nonmetals to understand brass.
DAY: 4
Topic: Percussion instruments
Content:
Vocabulary: Rhythm, band instruments, strike, percussion, xylophone, drums, triangle, bell, piano, keyboard, accordion, cymbals, gong etc.
Material required: toy instruments, models, books and pictures, pencils.
Presentation: β Invite the kids to the topic of percussion instruments. β Play drums as they form a circle. Explain that a drum is a percussion instrument. β Any instrument that we hit or strike to produce music is a percussion instrument. β Encourage them to name all the percussion instruments they know. Show them the instruments picture book and ask which are the percussion instruments. They are also called as rhythm band instruments. β Make them clap hands in the rhythm pattern of (1,2,3.....1,2,3.... 1...2....3...) as a fun game. β Tabla is one of the percussion instrument used in olden days. β They can make music with two pencils following rhythm pattern.
Assessment: β What are percussion instruments? β Name your favorite percussion instruments? β Which percussion instrument makes clang sound? β How does percussion instrument work? β Why is bell a percussion instrument? β What is a rhythm pattern? β Can they come up with a pattern? β What pattern does twinkle twinkle little star follow?
Closing: To make the children understand the instruments that can be hit, strike to produce music and recollect the topic and observe them.
Evaluation: β Math skills when they follow the rhythm. β Auditory skills while discriminating sounds. β Whole hand movement. β Cognitive skills of language skills while answering open ended questions.
Extension: Bring all the vessels, plate and metal and wooden ladles from the kitchen and ask them to play a pattern.