RAINSTICKS

This rainstick instructional activity isn't just about making art; it's about understanding Native American symbols and culture. Kids read about the use of rainsticks and why specific symbols were used to decorate them. They then make...

Second graders read a book together as a class about the rainstick and then use their creativity to design their own. They then will be able to see the connection between the sounds of the rainforest and their own rainstick.

Learners explore their family traditions through interview, art, and creative writing. They take home the included interview sheet to learn more about their ancestral celebrations and use a map to identify where their ancestors came...

Young scholars research the history of the rainstick and learn how it was originally made. They comprehend the use of the rainstick in various cultures. Students create a replica rainstick and decorate it in authentic Native American...

Young scholars construct a rainstick. In this music lesson, students investigate the history of the rainstick by reading the book Bringing the Rain to the Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema. Young scholars express their feelings about the...

Second graders listen to a read aloud of Sandra Robinson's, The Rainstick, a Fable. They make a rainstick of their own. They compare the sounds of the rainstick with those of the rainforest.

Students make rainsticks using hollow cardboard tubes.

Students create a rainstick decorated with repeated patterns of shape and color, out of paper towel tubes.

Middle schoolers create their own set of rainsticks. Using a pattern they designed, they make the sticks out of tubing and toothpicks. They place a combination of dried beans and rice inside and then decorate the outside of the stick. ...

Students create rainsticks. In this rainstick lesson, students use rainsticks as instruments to create the soothing sounds of rain. This lesson contains the directions to creating large and small rainsticks.