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Natsumi By Susan Lendroth and Priscilla Burris
ISBN-13: 978-0399170904
Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/Natsumi-Susan-Lendroth/dp/0399170901
Natsumi is small but full of big exuberance, and puts her girl-power to good use when she discovers a Japanese tradition as energetic as she is. The book introduces several traditional Japanese arts, and is a great way to introduce Taiko drumming to your students.
The Musicplayonline January Grade 3 Lesson modules introduce students to several Japanese instruments. Lesson 16 introduces a Japanese New Year’s song and the koto. Lesson 17 introduces the song “Sakura” and taiko drumming. In Lesson 18 students learn about the shamisen. And in Lesson 19 the students learn about the shakuhachi. This is a good story to use in Grade 3, Lesson 17 which features the taiko drum.
There are many opportunities to use unpitched instruments or found sounds to create sound effects to enhance this story.
Page 8-9 : Choose an instrument and play along with the words, “Not so fast!” “Not so hard!” “Not so loud!”
Page 11: Play with “tap, tap, tap” and with “SLAP, SLAP, SLAP!”
Page 13: Play with “she stirred,” “she beat,” “she whirled her tea into a cyclone.”
Page 15: Play the fan noises with Natsumi. “Whisht. click”
Page 21: Play the Boom! Boom-boom Boom! on the biggest drum you have.
Page 25: Optional - move with fans to “Sakura” from Musicplay 3.
Page 28-29-30-31: Play the Booms on a drum!