Storytelling With Instruments

 

Listening and Interacting



Here's a fun idea for kids of all ages.  Tell a story in a musical way by using maracas, triangles, cowbells, rainsticks, etc.  You or someone else may write an original story or maybe you will just want to use a story from a well loved book. (i.e. The Ugly Duckling,  The Three Little Pigs)  Depending on the age of the children, you alone may want to use the instruments while you are reading the story; or, if the kids are able to listen, wait, and then play the instruments when cued, they may play the instruments, as well.

Some of the original stories I've written involved rattlesnakes (maracas), ponies galloping (tone blocks), and rain (rainsticks).  Kids also enjoy the interaction of helping tell the story by laughing on cue, calling for a lost child in the story, and cheering on the hero.

Have fun, stay on the beat, and keep it musical!