RAISING CONSCIOUS KIDS
NOODLE DRUMMING COOPERATION
BUILDS FOUNDATION FOR GLOBAL
PEACE THROUGH SUPERKIDS
by Janai ‘Granma Boom’ Mestrovich
Curly egg noodles were laid on the top of a large drum by each of the ten children’s
little preschool hands in an unforgettable, fun lesson on cooperation. The second
ring of children waiting to activate their own turns with Noodle Drumming had
shakers and rattles to join in the Noodle Drumming music, sitting on the outside
of the drumming circle.
F
irst, I demonstrated putting one
handful of noodles on the face of
the drum, then directed a child to
put another handful there. I asked
if the children wanted to have that
many noodles or more. They shouted with gusto that ‘more’ would be
better. I explained that if we all took turns and cooperated nicely, we would have lots of noodles to
drum. Every child cooperated with a smile, pouring uncooked egg noodles onto the drum, taking
turns and being patient.
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Next I gave instructions for everyone to hold drumsticks up in the air and wait for my signal to begin
drumming very quietly and gently to observe how
slowly the noodles would move when we drummed
lightly. I told them I would give a signal when we
could all cooperate together and begin drumming
loudly and fast so that the noodles would jump up
in the air, flying onto the floor. Eyes sparkled and
huge grins appeared on their faces as they nodded
and agreed to cooperate with both phases of the
drumming. Getting commitment to cooperate was
an important key. And they did exactly that.