Drumming from the Heart

Unit of 3 Lessons
Grade Levels: 
K
1
2
Subjects: 
Arts Education
Language Arts
Philanthropy
Issue Area: 
Arts
Focus Question 

 What gifts of time, talent, and treasure can I give to meet the needs of another person? 

 

Photo Credit:  Aliens 11 by Aaron Cutler Memorial Library is licensed under CC by 2.0

Unit Overview 

The purpose of this lesson is to have students identify the shared gifts in the folktale, "The Drum" and make drums using different recyclable containers and colorful craft supplies. Students visit a local preschool or retirement facility of their choosing to read aloud a book they wrote and illustrated about generous giving. They share a drumming performance and give the drums and books as gifts.

Service Experience 
The learners share their talents with another group, such as a Head Start preschool, who would benefit from literacy experience or social interaction. They write a class story (a retelling of "The Drum") and make drums. Each student shares his or her reading talent with an individual from the other group and gives the completed book and drum as a gift.
Lessons in This Unit 
Unit: 
Drumming from the Heart
Lesson 1 of 3
Grades: 
K
1
2

The purpose of this lesson is to have the children identify the value of the gifts in the folktale "The Drum." They brainstorm gifts they have to give (time, talent, and treasure) and the value these gifts may have to others.

Unit: 
Drumming from the Heart
Lesson 2 of 3
Grades: 
K
1
2

The learners make drums with recyclable containers and colorful craft supplies. They collaboratively write and illustrate a retelling of the story of "The Drum" and give it to a younger child. 

Unit: 
Drumming from the Heart
Lesson 3 of 3
Grades: 
K
1
2

The children visit a local preschool or retirement facility of their choosing to read aloud a book they wrote and illustrated about generous giving. They share a drumming experience and give the drums and books as gifts.