Teaching music without singing or instruments

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I teach elementary music. Since March, I was teaching online, so kids could sing and play instruments at home. We will be going back (probably) mid-August, and all the studies so far are saying there should be no singing unless 12 feet apart (that would give me 2 students in my room). Also, woodwind instruments can cause aerosols. Most of them not as much as you would think, but my instrument, flute, creates more aerosols than any other instrument because when you blow it, you blow across the edge and half the air goes out (the other half goes in and vibrates because of the split). Flutes and recorders create tone by splitting the air, so naturally they send plenty of aerosols. Japanese schools are very traditional in terms of having everyone always follow the set curriculum, which includes a lot of singing and recorder playing in upper grades. They aren't doing either. They are humming with masks on and no recorders. The other difficult thing is that using shared percussion instruments means complete cleaning of everything between classes. I have lap glockenspiels, handbells, and a variety of rhythm instruments, but I will have to disinfect them between classes and sometimes I have zero minutes between classes. I can teach rhythm using body percussion (clapping, tapping) and do some not-too energetic creative movement and folk dance. I can teach about composers and instruments and listening. But kids like to make music. Do you have any good ideas other than what I have listed?