I wanted to share this really neat instrument that our music teacher brought for us yesterday. Since she knew that we were learning about the ocean, she brought in this wonderful ocean drum. I included a video so that you could hear what it sounds like. Our kids LOVED this!
We didn't do a lot of beating on the drum. We swirled the small metal beads around to make neat sounds! This is a picture of the drum in our classroom, it is the same drum from the above video!
I brought in smaller sensory sound tubes from recycled Pringles cans. I used aluminum foil, rice, cereal, and bells inside three different tubes to create unique sounds. I covered the tubes with sparkle scrapbooking paper. The paper was an added bonus for sensory because the kids liked the way the texture felt on their hands. One student was so entertaining, he rubbed the paper then studied his hands carefully. He could rationalize why the crumbly texture didn't transfer and make his hands messy! It is so sweet to see the student's expressions when they are really concentrating!
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