This music assembly takes students on a magical journey through the Land of Percussion that allows them to hear and see different percussion instruments while gaining an understanding of the history of percussion and why it is the oldest and most diverse forms of musical creativity. Uncle Devin will also introduce students to different genres of music while showing them how percussion instruments are the heartbeat of many of them.

Learning through Scraping, Shaking, and Striking

In cultures worldwide, exploration through percussion is a natural way of connecting children to the group and developing their motor responses. Furthermore, movement through music helps stimulate the brain and integrate the right and left hemispheres.

This workshop is designed to teach participants how to incorporate percussion instruments into the early childhood classroom and relate it to other areas of the curriculum. Uncle Devin shows how the musical process of shaking, scraping, or striking instruments can engage students in a creative process that connects the sounds and rhythm of percussion instruments with their desired learning objectives and classroom management.

Percussion instruments are often called the heartbeat of life. Using percussion instruments throughout the day can be a powerful tool in helping to reach learning objectives, as well as classroom management. In this professional development workshop, Uncle Devin will show teachers easy and fun ways to use a percussion instrument to engage students in a creative process that connects the sounds and rhythm of percussion instruments with your desired curriculum focus.

It is best if all participants have a Djembe drum; even a mini-Djembe would work. We can assist in recommending, ordering or renting Djembes.