We are working on playing the instruments properly, following and keeping a rhythm and listening to instructions and each other.  We also love all of Mat’s warm up games!

Congratulations to this weeks drummer of the week, Tommy!

Today we wrote a traditional Japanese poem, a Haiku.
A haiku has three lines, and the syllables for each line are 5, 7, 5.

Haikus are often written about the seasons and nature.

Here are our poems.

What we have learned so far…

if you can say it you can play it,

jembe drums are from Brazil

pandeiro tambourines are portable and can sound like many instruments

how to sit and hold the instruments

being in a band is great fun!