Curriculum Plan

Title of Lesson: Rain Tube

Learning Center

Art

Targeted Domain: Creativity

Age of Child (ren) 4-5

Goal:
Introduce Multicultural Awareness

Objective:
Children will investigate the elements of music. Creating a Rain tube

Transition Plan:
Play CD with rain sounds (relaxation music nature sounds)
Procedure:
Teachers give the children a paper towel tube and let them decorate it with markers and sticker.
Close one end off with a milk cap. Reinforce with duck tape. Let the children partially fill the
tube with beans or even dried cereal. Close the other end with a cap. Then let them flip. It
sounds just like raindrops!

Advanced Preparation:
Collect empty paper towel tubes

List Materials:
Paper towel tubing, plastic lids from milk jug, tape, beans or rice or cereal, felt tip markers.

Developmental Benefits:
Preschool and kindergarten children use creativity, hand eye coordination, fine motor and
sensory skills when they create these instruments. African, Chilean and Indian cultures make
traditional use of Rain sticks

Future Plans:
Field Trip to Cultural Center

Your Name: Tonanzit R. Sanchez