When Steve came in today he noticed that the children had removed the bark from the drum. He was pleased to see that they had done such a good job. Steve discussed the next problem with everyone. How could we stop the drum from wobbling so much? The decision was made to put legs on to the base of the drum and Steve made suggestions of how this could be done. The children voted for flat legs as "It is much downer" (Mackenzee).
Steve had great helpers as he worked to cut the legs and attach them. Ruby had a plan for the pattern to go on the drum and together they burned and then carved hearts around the edges.
The drum looked great! It was ready just in time for mat time, we all had our own drum sticks to play along with the African drummers on the big screen. We had turns at playing our fabulous new drum and some of the other drums we have at kindergarten. It was a very noisy but rhythmic end to a busy morning.
