Description

This is a set of print at home activities on traditional Chinese musical instruments. The resources are designed for elementary music (best for grades 2-4, but could be adapted for elementary music classes or homeschool families spanning grades 1-6). Perfect addition to a music around the world unit, or during the Lunar New Year / Chinese New Year!

This resource includes:

• Recommended listening links (examples on YouTube of the instruments and songs)
• Posters with images and info on traditional Chinese instruments  (10 posters in color – use for bulletin board & for reading)
• The same musical instrument posters in black and white (10 posters in b&w – use for coloring and reading)
• Posters on famous Chinese musical pieces (4 posters in color – for bulltin boards and reading)
• The same posters on musical pieces in black and white (4 poster in b&w – for coloring and reading)
• Poster with info on the pentatonic scale  (1 poster in color)
• The same poster on the pentatonic scale in b&w
• Printable matching cards for each Chinese instrument (10 matching cards in color AND 10 matching cards in black & white)
• Word Search (1 page word search on ‘Music of China’ with an answer key)
• Scavenger hunts in 2 different levels (these are bingo-board style worksheets in 2 levels: 9 questions, and 20 questions with an answer key included)
• Worksheets (2 versions of worksheets on music and instruments of China, with an answer key included)
• Answers are included for all the worksheets

Instruments featured on the posters, coloring pages, and matching cards:

• Guqin
• Guzheng
• Bianzhong / Chinese Bells
• Gong
• Hulusi
• Chinese Cymbals
• Dagu / Chinese Bass Drum
• Erhu
• Yueqin
• Gudi / Ancient Bone Flute

Chinese musical pieces included on the posters:

• Guangling Melody (ancient Chinese music)
• Autumn Moon Over Han Palace (ancient Chinese music)
• High Mountains and Flowing Water (ancient Chinese music)
• Gong Xi, Gong Xi (a popular song during the Lunar New Year)

Ways to use these activities:

• Bulletin board display
• Read & coloring activity
• Elementary music centers
• Homeschool music lessons for elementary ages.
• Games (matching, memory, or go fish)
• Scavenger hunt

This is a downloadable set of printables in PDF form (due to the number of activities you will receive a zip file with 4 PDF files included) for you to print and use for your family or students as many times as you wish.

Please contact me at ka*******@dy******************.com if you have any questions.