craft lesson #3

Musical Instruments and the Sounds They Make

Discussion: The aim of this lesson is for children to learn the names of multiple musical instruments, and to learn to appreciate and differentiate between the various sounds that these instruments make.

Materials: I will have a tape or CD featuring solos played by musicians on different instruments. I will also have pictures of the different instruments being played. I will have pictures of a trumpet, trombone, drums, flute, piano and guitar; Rachel Isadora's Ben's Trumpet.

Procedure: First I will read the book Ben's Trumpet by Rachel Isadora.
"Class, did you notice that there were different instruments being played in the jazz band? There was a drummer; he played the drums. The trombonist played the trombone. The trumpeter played Ben's favorite instrument the trumpet. Today we are going to listen to different instruments being played by musicians. Let's listen to the music and try to decide what instrument is being played. As the music is playing I will eventually hold up a picture of the instrument being played, and you can check to see if you guessed the correct instrument."