Spring has Sprung in Music Class with a RAINBOW of fun!

April showers bring may flowers, as the old saying goes. But along with those showers comes rainbows! And a rainbow of color and excitement has hit the MLE Music classroom this spring! BOOMWHACKERS have arrived! :) 

Boomwhackers are tuned percussion tubes. They are lightweight, hollow, color-coded, plastic tubes, tuned to musical pitches by length. They are used as musical instruments in the percussion family. 

These fun, easy to play instruments produce sound by striking the ground, a table, or your own body and the students and I have LOVED experimenting with them. We have used them in 3rd grade for Note Naming relay races, in 1st grade for "Name that Tune", and we have used them in 2nd grade for a special Star Wars and Super Mario Borthers play along! 

We plan on continuing to use our Boomwhackers the rest of the year for special circle games, rhythm reading, and Orff ensembles. 

Keep checking in for pictures and videos of these exciting, fun, and engaging lessons using our new colorful Instruments! And ask your students about what we have done already with these easy to play tubes!

Happy Spring!

Miss Klumb