This scenario has been designed to promote the learning of musical durations through soft bricks play. A different sound has been attributed to each duration. These sounds were chosen from those produced by the instruments that the children use daily at school, and for each duration an instrument was designated that had characteristics compatible with the corresponding duration. In order of appearance:
One beat sound: Wood sticks (TA)
four beat sound: Big cymbal (BOUM)
Three beat sound: Small cymbal (CHA)
Two beat sound: Triangle (DIN)
The activity is based on counting up to four, but at the same time also introduces an important principle of equivalences in number formation. The number four can in fact be the result of 1+1+1, or 1+3, or 2+2, but that’s not all: if we consider the infinite possibilities of assembling the bricks, children will be able to choose and create the rhythmic sequences to be reproduced, combining creativity (giving their sequence a shape: an elephant, a dragon…) with mathematics and sounds. In other words: the music.

Age group: 3-7

Created with: Stop motion

Author(s): Enrico Bindocci, the children of Santa Croce school

School Name: Scuola Santa Croce, Casa dei Bambini di Maria Montessori

Files: https://1.digitalecec.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Il-castello-di-Tabum-Chadin.mp4