Classroom Percussion Starter Kit โ Coordinator's Setup Guide
What instruments to buy, how many, how to store them, and how to roll them out so they last. The setup guide for coordinators starting from scratch โ or refreshing an inherited cupboard chaos.
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Page count: 7. Print-ready PDF โ letter / A4 friendly. Click image to see all pages.
Learning objective
Provide a music coordinator with operational guidance for setting up, storing, and managing classroom percussion across the school.
About this resource
- Subject: Music
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade levels: Pre-Kindergarten (ages 3-4, โ Nursery), Kindergarten (ages 4-6, โ Reception / Y1), Grade 1 (ages 6-7, โ Year 2), Grade 2 (ages 7-8, โ Year 3), Grade 3 (ages 8-9, โ Year 4), Grade 4 (ages 9-10, โ Year 5), Grade 5 (ages 10-11, โ Year 6), Grade 6 (ages 11-12, โ Year 7)
- Pages: 7
- Date added: 2026-11-04
- Credit: Qualified primary teacher
Classroom percussion โ what to buy
Convenience links for individual classrooms; schools usually buy via specialist music retailers (Music Education Solutions, Normans Musical Instruments) for better quality and prices.
Untuned percussion โ class basics
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Wooden Claves (Pair) โ Stagg
Buy 30 โ class set -
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Tambourine 8-inch โ Meinl
Buy 15 โ durable -
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Egg Shakers (Set of 6) โ Various
Cheap, durable, child-friendly -
T
Triangle (with striker) โ Stagg
Buy 10 โ sound-friendly
Tuned percussion
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Glockenspiel (25-note diatonic) โ Stagg
Class set โ buy 15 if budget allows, 8 minimum -
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Recorders (Class Pack of 30) โ Various
One per child KS2 โ number them
World music
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D
Djembe Drum (Small) โ Meinl
Buy 4 โ for whole-class drumming -
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Cabasa โ Stagg
World music programme โ single item
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