George Learns About Music Instruments

From Curious George

George Learns About Music Instruments
24 minPre-KK1st2ndMusic
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Summary

George discovers all kinds of musical instruments and the different sounds each one makes. He listens closely and explores how music is made.

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Discussion questions

Talk about it

Different instruments make different sounds — some you blow, some you hit, some you strum. Listening carefully helps us tell them apart.

  1. Which instrument made your favorite sound? How would you describe it?
  2. How do you make a sound come out of a drum? A horn?
  3. Which instruments sounded high, and which sounded low?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: instrument, sound, high, low.

Try it: Clap a short rhythm, then tap the same rhythm on your desk. Notice how the same beat sounds different.