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Dan and Jill stand in school music room beside two covered hand drums on low stands.

In the Band

School Readers · Level 1

Dan and Jill stand in school music room beside two covered hand drums on low stands.

This is Dan. This is Jill.

Dan and Jill each sit at one small hand drum, palms ready above heads, no playing yet.

Dan has a drum. Jill has a drum.

Dan gently taps his drum with fingertips while Jill waits seated beside other drum.

Dan can tap. Tap, tap, tap.

Jill gently taps her drum while Dan watches quietly, both whole bodies visible.

Jill can tap. Tap, tap, tap.

Dan and Jill play hand drums together at calm pace.

We can play. We can tap.

Dan and Jill have stopped, hands resting on knees away from drum heads, relaxed smiles.

Stop, Dan! Stop, Jill! We can stop.

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