Mr. Music Man

The kindergarten students learned about several of the different classroom instruments we have and how to play them. After naming and demonstrating each instrument, I placed 6 hula hoops around the room and put one of each instrument inside the hoop. I then split the class into groups of 3-4 and had them sit around each hoop. We did an echo activity to allow each student a chance to play every instrument. They started out by picking an instrument from the hoop and then I played a rhythm on the drum and they echoed back. Then, they put that instrument down and picked up another one. I did this very quickly so students didn't have time to argue or play out of turn and also so that they had a chance to play all of the instruments at least once.

After that activity, I let the students create a Music Man out of the instruments. They could make one big one or two small ones, but they had to work together to make it look like a person. Here are some pictures of what they came up with!