Drumming in Early Childhood

In the Early Childhood classrooms, we have been playing different types of drums! 

We started by learning a rhyme:

Snowflakes, snowflakes all around,

Whirling, twirling to the ground,

Softly, softly floating down,

Snowflakes, snowflakes all around.

Here is a VIDEO of the Cardinals version!

We also discovered that we could feel the vibrations of the drums when we lay on the floor!

Check out this YouTube VIDEO of the Cardinals Rumbling!

Here's a look at some of the drums we have be using:

Hand Drums (Frame Drums) come in different sizes and we hold them in one hand while we use the other hand to play.

The Gathering drum is normally play with mallets but we played it with our hands. We sit on the floor with this drum and it is big enough to share with a friend!

The Tubano drum also comes in different sizes. They are all the same height but are different widths. the bigger the drum the lower the sound.