Gathering Drum! The list of activities and benefits is larger than the drum itself! Here’s just 20 of the experiences common in Lynn Kleiner’s Drumming Activities:
- Beat
- Form
- Phrasing
- Dynamics
- Tempo
- Music Vocabulary
- Expressive Qualities
- Improvisation
- Creativity
- Rhythm
- Surprise Props under the drum
- Surprise Props on top of the drum
- Surprise Props in the drum
- Story Telling
- Chord Changes
- Ostinatos
- Gross Motor Skills
- Fine Motor Skills
- Ensemble (different parts played at the same time!)
- Leadership/Self Confidence
Watch a variety of different age groups playing the drum including Five Little Monkeys from Jungle Beat, and from In All Kinds of Weather, Kids Make Music, Down the River and The Ship Goes Sailing on the Sea. –
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Find hundreds of drumming activities in my books, lesson plans, Music Box and Music Rhapsody Member Curriculum. Music Box Members (which is included for Music Rhapsody members), if you need help, just click ASK LYNN on the upper right of the home page. In Music Box, use the Search feature to lead you to helpful suggestions. Bumble Bee Beat and Ladybugs are long time hits! The recording for Ladybugs is FREE in Music Downloads.
The online and live teacher training introduces the Gathering Drum activities in 6 different age groups.
For Music Rhapsody Members using the curriculum and weekly lesson plans, you will find the lesson plan, music and activity video in your teacher log in area. Here’s the ones featured in the video above:
Five Little Monkeys Young Musicians Make Music Module 3
Down the River Toddlers Make Music Module 1
The Ship Goes Sailing on the Sea Young Musicians Make Music Module 3