Squeezer Shaker - pack of 5 Shakers

The Squeezer Shaker is a wonderful little musical instrument, great for all ages and is made by recycling the goatskin off-cuts from the Djembe drum-making process. There are 5 instruments in this pack and they're beautiful, tactile and very tough.

The ‘Squeezer Shaker’ can be shaken and squeezed at the same time which means it can produce a very interesting range of sounds. The harder it's squeezed, the higher the pitch (like a mini talking drum), and so children (and adults) can improvise with both pitch and rhythm.

Squeezing and shaking also exercise a wide range of muscles, so the instrument has both musical and physical benefits. Played in small (or large) groups there is also ample scope for developing social and communication skills, and for game playing of all sorts.

As well as being a great little Shaker (in class try using them for emphasising syllables, for counting and lots more), children enjoy decorating them. Goatskin - which is after all what we used to call parchment - can be written on in pencil, ink, felt-tip or watercolours.

The Squeezer Shaker really is an astonishingly versatile and educationally potent instrument.

N.B. For SEN settings: When you purchase this product you get free access to a wide range of downloadable SEND teaching resources. Please visit our SEND resources page to see the range - free resources have a purple "FREE" label alongside.

The teaching support can be accessed via the QR code in the bag.