Volume 4: Musical Instruments

Cue the trumpet fanfare: Teeny Zeeny Volume 4, Musical Instruments, will ship this week! You can find music everywhere—birds singing in the trees, rain pitter-pattering on stones, wind whistling through branches and ocean waves crashing on the shore. Humans have been making musical instruments for thousands of years, using shell, hide, wood, metal, and even synthetic sounds on a computer memory chip. Teeny Zeeny 4 will give you a short introduction to just a few of the world's many instruments, some of which you may have even played before! Read on for trivia, homemade instrument inspiration, and the score for this next issue

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Did you know...

• Drums are the world's oldest and most common instrument.

• The metal jingles on a tambourine are called zills.

• A piano has 88 keys.

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This month's enclosure...

Musical instruments look cool, but they sound even better. Follow the link enclosed to hear samples of all the instruments included in Teeny Zeeny 4, or get a sneak peek by clicking here.

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Make your own...

Musical instruments! With a little ingenuity and a well-stocked junk drawer you are on your way to creating an at-home symphonette.

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Sneak peek...

Batten down the hatches for Teeny Zeeny 5: Weather!

Teeny Zeeny is a picture book zine for kids ages 1-3. Each monthly issue features 11 full-color illustrations following a theme, plus an at-home activity idea and a search-and-find for older kids. Teeny Zeeny arrives lovingly packaged in the mailbox once a month, an affordable way to surprise your favorite toddler.