Thursday, May 23, 2013

Developmentally appropriate instruments

Recorder: Third-fifth grade. By this age, students should have developed eye-finger dexterity and coordination to cover all the fingerholes.
Xylophone: Third-Fifth grade. Requires enough hand-eye coordination to use mallets.
Rhythm sticks: pre-k-first grade.  Rhythm sticks can be used for lower grades because they use large muscle movements.
Finger cymbals: Pre-K-First grade.  These also are good for lower-grade levels because they don't require fine-motor skills.
Kazoo: Pre-K-First grade.  The kazoo is a simple wind instrument that is used to teach pitch.  The instrument is played by humming so the students do not need to have finger-eye coordination developed.

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