I explained to the kids how music is very important in many different cultures. In many francophone countries such as Togo, Senegal and Haiti you can find that music accompanies storytelling, helps celebrate various occasions, and brings people together. Our all school concert is coming up so I thought it would be appropriate to use these ideals and create instruments to help us celebrate! I was inspired from the sound of the senegalese cas-cas for our art project. I found a different way to create the instrument but make a similar sound. For this project you are going to need: Paint, a stapler, 2 paper plates, and beads (or beans)
Step 1:Paint a design on the bottom of each paper plate
Step 2: On the inside of the paper plate add as many beads as you would like.
Step 3: Next, place the other paper plate on top of the one that has beads in it. And then begin to staple the two plates together so that the beads do not fall out
Once you have finished stapling take a step back, admire your work and start making music!
-Mme. Skoog
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