Music all around us!!

What a fun filled afternoon of musical discovery we had today. We hung up some of our pots and pans, muffin trays and tea pots from the bridge in the playground and went on a journey into the world of music and found out how we can make music with the things around us.
It started off by everyone coming up and choosing something to play. Our new instruments didn't really look like the instruments we have inside, but boy did they make a cool sound!
Tap tap tap, clang clang clang, bang bang bang, bong bong bong .........
We found out that they all sounded different and the sound changed when you used a different drum stick. The sound was also different if you banged on the inside of the pot versus the outside of the pot.
Our journey then took its next turn by the children realising that other things in the playground could make music to. We realised when you start to look around you, every thing can make music! The balustrades, the slides, the metal bars, pieces of wood ...... the list goes on.
The piece to resistance came next .... Every one played a newly discovered instrument all together. Once we had all chosen something to play the count down was one.
ONE, TWO, THREE ..... GO!!!!!!
You wouldn't believe how amazing the sound was that came from these instruments when they were played altogether. Every one was very impressed with big smiles all around at how awesome we all sounded playing our instruments.