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There are many different types of instruments, like flutes, drums, horns, and string instruments. They all make different sounds. When they play together, they form a band. When a band is in a parade, it is called a marching band!
Have you ever seen a marching band?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Have you been to any parades where people play musical instruments? How about football/hurling matches, dancing festivals, or weddings with bands playing? What musical instruments have you heard of? (piano, violin, etc.) Do you want to learn to play an instrument? Which one(s)?
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Activities You Can Do in the Classroom: Below are some suggestions for how the theme of instruments and bands can be incorporated into areas of play.
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| Prop Boxes | Fill prop boxes with different types of clothes. Let children create their own band uniforms. |
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| Creative | Make musical instruments, a pre-school banner and flags to wave, etc. |
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| Role Play/Music | Create a marching band together using all of the materials the children have created (instruments, uniforms, banner, etc.) |
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| Circle Time | Show the children how we can make music with our bodies! Go around the circle and encourage children to become instruments - whistling, stomping, clapping, humming, making funny noises. Each one can add to the tune. |
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| Visitors | Invite guests in from different cultures to explore and demonstrate instruments from around the world |
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LINKS WITH PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES:
Talk to children about: Going to see a parade, going to hear an orchestra play
