Make music while sharing Latin-American culture The National
Association for Music Education has named March “Music in Our
Schools Month”. But those in a preschool classroom know ...
music is prevalent (and welcome) at anytime!! Yesterday, I
shared how children can make a quiet rattle that helps teach
kids to practice the art of listening. Today's instrument is
called a "guiro"! BE A GUIRO HERO – MAKE MUSIC WHILE SHARING
LATIN-AMERICAN CULTURE AND LANGUAGE Creating a simple guiro can
be a fun way to share Latin-American culture, a bit of Spanish
language, and music-making skills at the same time. A guiro is
any small percussion instrument that has ridges which are
scraped or rubbed creating rhythmic patterns. The craft below
shows you how to make one from an unsharpened pencil, a recycled
water bottle (with ridges) and some string or other decorating
material. It’s easy, fun and sounds great! You can see, hear and
color a guiro as well at the link below. When you’ve completed
your instruments, you can play th