Barber, Nicola and Mary Mure. The World of Music . Silver Burdett Press, 1995. Not very good for brass instruments, but excellent for showing and describing a whole range of percussion instruments, including several different families of drums. The Usborne First Book of Music.
Procedure Begin the lesson by reviewing the percussion family of instruments with the children.
Next, remind the children about the piece of classical music they heard by the Mexican composer Carlos Chavez, which he wrote entirely for percussion instruments. Tell the children that in some countries, the traditional instrumental music is written for nothing but percussion instruments. Have someone point out Southeast Asia on the world map. Make sure that everyone understands why that is south and east in terms of the entire continent of Asia. Then tell the children that the places you are looking for are two little islands whose names are four letters each.