4 ‘Crazy Easy’ Instrument Study Activities For Tweens
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Do you think that your tweens will be bored if you try to get them into music through instrument studies?
Actually, tweens are at a wonderful age, where they will benefit much from instrument studies.
In this post, I have not only provided you with four different activities that your tweens will find really engaging and thus, will open them up to a world of music, but I have also included age appropriate worksheets that will help take their learning to the next level.
So, without further ado, let’s get started.
Research
Pick an instrument of choice, like the violin or the clarinet for instance and learn about it in depth.
Learn about the instrument family it belongs to (string family in the case of the violin and woodwind family in the case of the clarinet).
Learn about the origin and the evolution of the instrument.
Learn about the role it plays in the orchestra.
Ask your tweens to use the worksheets I have included with this post, for this activity.
Create
Next, ask your tweens to create a list of famous violinists or clarinetist etc, depending on the instrument that is being studied.
Once the playlist is created, have them play it in the background during homeschooling hours for a week or more to internalize and become familiar with the sound of the instrument.
Compare
Ask your tween to compare the violin or clarinet or selected instrument with another instrument, either from the same family or a different family.
For the sake of this example, let’s say the instrument of choice is the piano, then your tween can compare it with the marimba, which is also from the percussion family, or he can compare it with the trumpet, which is from the brass family.
Your tween can take this activity a step further and even compare and contrast the songs performed on a violin with those performed on a trumpet etc.
Learn
Once all of the above is completed, it is now time for your tween to explore one of the instrument families in depth, in terms of the role the family plays in the orchestra, the different instruments that belong to the family etc.
Now, that you’ve read through the post, what do you think?
Do you think that your tween will benefit much from these activities?
More importantly do you think your tween will enjoy these activities?
Would you like to fill your homeschool with instruments? Then read my post, 9 ‘No Fail’ Ways To Fill Your Homeschool With Instruments, and learn how you can add instruments to your homeschool at a fraction of the cost.
Karen Cadera
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Mom, Teacher, Minimalist, Zero Waste Enthusiast, Multi Pod.
My daughter loved the games, but there were also worksheets and videos. The weekly lesson plans were complete, and I never questioned what I should be doing next.
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