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Bucket Drumming with Ms. Ami Molinelli Part 2

March 3, 2021 Alyson Swihart
In Instrument Making, Math, Rhythmic Sticks, Music Basics Tags Healdsburg, Ms. Ami
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Found Sounds and Nature's Instrument

February 28, 2021 Alyson Swihart
In Instrument Making, Instrument Families, Dynamics Tags Healdsburg, Ms. Maria
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Bucket Drumming with Ms. Ami Molinelli

February 26, 2021 Alyson Swihart
In Dynamics, Rhythmic Sticks, Movement Activity, Instrument Making Tags Healdsburg, Ms. Ami
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Make Your Own Shakers With Teacher Kim and Lorenzo (VIDEO)

May 19, 2020 Alyson Swihart
In Instrument Making, Kids Teach Kids Tags Ms. Kim
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Percussion Ear Training That You Can Do At Home (VIDEO)

April 11, 2020 Alyson Swihart

Ear training is the method of learning to recognize specific notes or chords just by hearing an interval.  Percussion ear training is going to test your student’s ability to recognize sounds they hear every day as well as some that may or may not be unique depending on what you select. 

Ear training is the method of learning to recognize specific notes or chords just by hearing an interval.  Percussion ear training is going to test your student’s ability to recognize sounds they hear every day as well as some that may or may not be unique depending on what you select.  Here is a fun way to do this activity at home!

For other resources of Ear Training, check out this post!

In Instrument Making, Science, Instrument Families Tags Percussion, Ms. Ami
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Making Drum Mallets at Home! (VIDEO)

April 10, 2020 Alyson Swihart

Want to bring out the pots and pans and drum with your young learner during Covid19 Shelter in Place? Let's help YOUR ears and muffle the sound by making those wooden spoons or sticks into a mallet!

To learn more about different types of percussion mallets click HERE!

In Instrument Making Tags Percussion, Ms. Ami
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How To Make A Rhythm Wand

February 20, 2019 Alyson Swihart
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Rhythm Wands are super fun.  Who doesn’t like twirling them around while dancing or listening to music? You can make these with your students and use them in multiple ways to teach literacy, mathematics and science.  Here is how you can make them.

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In Instrument Making, Celebrate Cultures Tags rhythm, Percussion
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Let's Make A Sound Wall

January 25, 2018 Alyson Swihart
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Sound Walls are extremely important to the  overall gross motor development of all preschoolers.  Learn how to make one here!

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In Instrument Making, Science

Wind Chimes Teach Sound Exploration

January 23, 2018 Alyson Swihart
Wind Chimes

Students created wind chimes to learn about measurement, physics, and team work.

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In Instrument Making, Science

How to Make Boom Whackers

May 3, 2017 Alyson Swihart

There are so many things you can do with Boom Whakers. They are a great way to teach rhythm, patterns, compositions, color recognition, sentence structure etc.  Don't want to pay for them?  Well, you can make them yourselves (or with your students) and turn it into a measurement and pitch lesson!

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In Science, Instrument Making Tags Instrument Making, Music and Math
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