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Great work Nathan. you may want to also talk about how the children are interacting. Are they smiling, watching each other?, laughing??

Great job.

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They then try to use the strainer instead, but when Child 2 tries to put the rod on it falls off and Child 1 goes back to hitting the pots and pans on the table. Child 2 comments on how similar the rod is to a conductor's baton and waves it in the air pretending she is a conductor. another child shows up with an Educator and they ask Child 1 to move some of the pots and pans out of the way so Child 3 can sing into the microphone which is a PVC pipe attached to the music area which the children can sing into pretending it's a microphone.

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this activity can be extended many ways by:

• having a "music time" (get in a group and sing songs together)

• playing more music during free play

• set up more activities that encourage collaborative play (e.g. 3 legged races)

• set up more activities that encourage experimentation (e.g. set up some sort of color mixing activity)

• somehow incorporate more instruments into the activity (e.g. tie some string to a plank of wood for a bass/gutair)

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Learning outcome 1.2.3 - Child-directed learning: this is shown by the children choosing to play in the music area.

Learning outcome 3.2.3 - Environmentally Responsible: Pots, pans, and wooden rods/sticks were used instead of actual instruments to encourage children to reuse things they already have.

Learning outcome 5.2.1 - Collaborative learning: Child 1 and Child 2 were drumming together and experimenting with the rod together

By participating in this activity the children involved developed their social and language skills through collaborative play and their cognitive development was also improved by imaginative play, experimentation, and pattern making. Gross motors skill were developed as well through hitting the pots and pans.

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Child 1 starts using the music area, using a wooden stick to hit pots and pans on the table in a pattern. Child 2 watches on while blocking their ears to stop the noise. An Educator walks by and makes a comment to Child 2 saying " Is it a bit loud, is it, Child 2? It’s not as loud as the drumbeat man yesterday. He was very loud, wasn’t he?". Both children then move on to hitting the pots and pans with their sticks together. Child 2 then puts their wooden rod through a metal tube that's hanging with the pots and pans. Child 1 comments how nice it sounds and watches then Child 2 puts their rod on a pan and Child 1 uses their wood stick to hit the bottom of the pan which makes the rod jump up.

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Connecting with practice: Discovering – making music