Mark Powers
"I Want To Be A Drummer!" essentially came about as an extension of the interactive TrashBamBOOM "junk percussion" workshops I often facilitate as a teaching artist in schools around the country. In those programs, students create rhythms on buckets, garbage cans and all sorts of other everyday "found sounds," turning ordinary objects into musical instruments!
For quite some time, I've wanted to adapt that idea into something that parents could use right at home, with kiddos younger than I typically get to work with in my school visits. Walking into a Learning Palace (an awesome educational store for parents, teachers and homeschoolers, that existed here in the Portland, OR area up until just recently), I ran across two board books from blue manatee press. I immediately saw my idea fitting into their format and mission, and raced home to get to work!
For quite some time, I've wanted to adapt that idea into something that parents could use right at home, with kiddos younger than I typically get to work with in my school visits. Walking into a Learning Palace (an awesome educational store for parents, teachers and homeschoolers, that existed here in the Portland, OR area up until just recently), I ran across two board books from blue manatee press. I immediately saw my idea fitting into their format and mission, and raced home to get to work!
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