Learning To Play Percussion Instruments Essay

1. Describe how you might contribute to a lesson given to a group of seven year old children learning to play percussion instruments.

Keeping a group of children aged seven engaged is key, whilst the teacher is discussing and using speech to explain about the instruments my contribution would best be given by demonstrating in turn how the instruments are correctly to be played and demonstrate the sound the instrument makes. Perhaps moving around the class spending a little time with each child as they pass around the instruments to have their own turn. Helping them where needed to make different sounds and to play them correctly.

2. What might your role be in organising, using and maintaining the learning resources, material and equipment for this percussion lesson?

Before class I would lay out all the instruments and check to make sure they were in working order and that everything needed to play them was available for it to be played correctly i.e drumsticks etc. I would make sure I was able to demonstrate each instrument correctly. At the end of each class I would make sure that the instruments were cleaned …show more content…
I would encourage any good behaviour by praising it or maybe even use of incentives such as a star stamp on the hand when a pupil has been attentive. Should there be any incidences of bullying I would intervene and speak with the children involved individually for two reasons, firstly to try to find out from both sides exactly what happened, and to make them feel able to confide in me and be open and honest if they had any problems. I would log details and report this to the class room teacher, and the situation could be acted on accordingly with punishment made where required to ensure the situation wasn’t to reoccur and to make it known to other pupils that bullying will not be