Author: Lloyd Moss
Title: Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin
Illustrator: Marjorie Priceman
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Publishing
Year: 1995
Genre: Caldecott
Format: Paperback
Reading level: Elementary
Interest level: Elementary
Topics: instruments, orchestra, music groups, caldecott
Summary: This is the story of all the instruments tht can be in an orchestra. With the clever rhyming the reader learns about the instruments and also what different groups of number are. For example, three instruments that are played together is known as a "trio." As you add a new instrument it will create a new group until you have the entire orchestra.
Extension Activity(s): For this extension activing, the kids will be given a choice of what instrument they want to make that is in an orchestra. There will be a list of all the instruments and they are to pick one and they will then make their very own instrument. For example if they pick a violin, they will use a kleenex box with strings and then a popsicle stick to play their new instrument.
Title: Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin
Illustrator: Marjorie Priceman
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Publishing
Year: 1995
Genre: Caldecott
Format: Paperback
Reading level: Elementary
Interest level: Elementary
Topics: instruments, orchestra, music groups, caldecott
Summary: This is the story of all the instruments tht can be in an orchestra. With the clever rhyming the reader learns about the instruments and also what different groups of number are. For example, three instruments that are played together is known as a "trio." As you add a new instrument it will create a new group until you have the entire orchestra.
Extension Activity(s): For this extension activing, the kids will be given a choice of what instrument they want to make that is in an orchestra. There will be a list of all the instruments and they are to pick one and they will then make their very own instrument. For example if they pick a violin, they will use a kleenex box with strings and then a popsicle stick to play their new instrument.
