• 1.

  Listen to music with distinctive beats, such as marches or calypsos. Children march or dance to the music.

• 2.

  Tap out beats on a drum. Ask children to match with clapping, head nods, or hops.

• 4.

  Cover the outside of an oatmeal box, coffee can with plastic lid, or similar round container with construction paper. Cut the paper to fit with Crayola® Scissors.

• 5.

  Decorate the drum cover with Crayola® Construction Paper™ Crayons and Glitter Glue. Dry overnight.

• 6.

  Glue the cover around the drum with Crayola® School Glue.

• 7.

  Decorate the drum head (box lid) with markers. Glue it on the drum. Dry overnight.

• 8.

  Use your palms, fingers, a chopstick, wooden spoon, or dowel stick as a drumstick.

Standards

• Letters, Numbers & Words
• Listening
• Vocabulary
• Physical: Balance
• Physical: Eye - Hand Coordination
• Physical: Large Motor
• Physical: Small Muscles
• Social & Emotional: Flexibility
• Social & Emotional: Pretend Play
• Thinking: Creating
• Thinking: Problem Solving
• Thinking: Understanding Concepts