Rainstick - 100cm, bamboo, painted

The ‘Rainstick - 100cm, bamboo, painted’ is a very long version of the classic South American instrument. Easy to play, easy on the eye, easy on the ear and affordable too.

The Rainstick is made from a length of bamboo and is pierced through with an evenly spaced spiral of bamboo pegs. These pegs cause the enclosed pieces of stone to fall more slowly when the Rainstick is turned upside down. The longer the Rainstick, the longer the ‘rain’ shower that results.

This one is 1 metre (3 foot 3 inches) long and is the biggest Rainstick that we offer.

We have included shorter Rainsticks in our ‘Lots of Littles Kit - 60 instruments’ and ‘Big Stuff Kit - 14 instruments’ collections. Looking for something shorter? We also offer medium and smaller versions of this.

These instruments can help to support, explore and benefit children's development in all the following areas:

Sensory and/or physical need

* Self-played:

-Gross motor skills required for twisting from wrist
-Shoulder strength
-Stretching enhances muscular co-ordination
-Large arm muscle movements required

* Practitioner-facilitated play:

-Practitioner holds and student  activates by pushing or touching one end
-Progressively stronger push or touch required
-Progressive stretching to reach out to affect instrument

Social, emotional and mental health

-Listening
-Pleasant, sustaining sounds
-Sounds move from one place to another, enhancing auditory following
-Show by picture or other visual cues = self-esteem growth
-Can be used as a reward instrument

Rainstick conversations
-Improve listening
-Improve turn taking
-Observe how others play
-Praise and appreciation upon task achievement

Cognition and learning

Gentle,fun and challenging muscle lengthening can help improve relaxation, attention, focus and engagement, all key functions related to stress-free learning

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.