The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Level: 6-year-old primary students

Activity 1: Crafts – How to make a flute Materials:

- Kitchen roll cardboard or roll cling film - Ruler or measuring tape - Glue - Coloured pencils, felt-tip pens, scrap polka dots

Description:

Make several flutes following the instructions on website below or any other of your interest. Children on their spots will observe how you do it and collaborate giving you the materials you need. Call out the material you need and children will give it to you. Once made, the students will be in charge of decorating them. Activity 2: Reading and Performing The Pied Piper of Hamelin Materials:

- Flutes made from the previous activity - Story The Pied Piper of Hamelin (Children book or adapted story below)

Description:

Teacher tells the children the story of The Pied Piper of Hamelin. Children and teacher move around the classroom or the gym acting out the story as the teacher is telling it. Children and teacher take the crafted-flutes to play it as the story develops. Instructions on How to Make a Flute. Taken from: https://www.koolkidscrafts.com/how-to-make-a-flute.html We start with a plain old kitchen roll cardboard tube, or if you can get the inside tube from cling film, that`s even better. They have thicker cardboard and are a slimmer tube. But a kitchen roll will do just fine if you can`t. Get yourself a 12 inch ruler or a measuring tape and make some marks for the wind way and the finger holes. Measure 5 1/2 cm from the end and mark. Continue the line another 1 1/2 cm and mark again. Between these two marks is where the wind-way will be cut out. Continue along the line another 8 cm and mark, then 7mm and mark again this 7mm is the area where you will cut the first finger hole. From there measure 1 1/2 cm between each 7mm space for the other 5 holes. You should have 6 spaces all 7mm wide. The wind-way is not a round hole but an oblong one, so measure its width 8mm. When you have finished measuring, punch the holes with pointed scissors and twist until they are the size of the 7mm spaces. Cutting out the wind-way is a bit trickier. If the cardboard is thick you will need a craft knife and the help of an adult to do it for you. Cut a stopper to block of the end near the wind-way. You do this by placing the end on the tube on a piece of cardboard and draw around it. Cut it a little smaller by cutting around the inside of the circle. Place it inside the end of the tube and put some PVA glue around the edge to seal it and leave to dry thoroughly. Decorating Your Flute

Ana de Serrano