1 DRAW to MUSIC Have Children Draw While Music Is Playing
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MUSIC ART DRAW TO MUSIC Have children draw while music is playing. Encourage the to draw fast when the music speeds up and slow and flowing when the music slows down. TAMBOURINES Decorate back side of a paper plate. Fold paper plate in half. Put 4-5 dried beans inside. Staple edges. Staple long paper streamers along bottom edge. WIND CHIMES Tie nails to end of string. Attach string to stick or dowel. Make sure strings are all same length so the nails will hit together when wind blows. Hang wind chimes. SONG MR. ROBERTS HAD A BAND (to tune of "Old MacDonald") Mr. Roberts had a band, E-I-E-I-O. And in his band he had a drum, E-I-E-I-O. With a boom, boom here... And in his band he had a horn... And in his band he had some cymbals... And in his band he had a trombone... SING, SING, SING (to tune of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”) Sing, sing, sing with me. Sing out loud and clear Tell the people everywhere That music time is here. 1 POT AND PAN MARCH (to tune of “London Bridge”) Marching with our pots and pans, Pots and pans, pots and pans Marching with out pots and pans, In our marching band. Watch my feet step, oh, so high, Oh, so high, oh, so high. Watch my feet step, oh, so high In our marching band Hear us bang out pots and pans… As we bang we’ll march and sing… OTHER FUN STUFF MUSIC DETECTIVE Have children sit in middle of room with eyes closed (or put a stocking cap over eyes) Move to different parts of the room and hum or sing a song. Ask child to listen and point to where it is coming from. BODY PART DANCING 1. Cut holes in a large box. 2. Let child get in the box and put his hands or feet or head through the holes. 3. Play music as child moves to the music using the body part that is sticking out of the box. 4. Switch parts. This is as much fun to watch as it is to do. BODY MUSIC Before there were pianos and guitars, people made sounds with their bodies. Think of the different parts of your body that can make a sound. Rubbing hands together, hands on different surfaces, toes against the floor. Slapping open hands against your chest; slapping your thighs, bottom, stomach and hard surfaces. Snapping fingers and toes. Tapping with fingertips, nails, heels and toes on different objects. Clapping hands together or against someone else’s hands. Mouth sounds clicking teeth together, gargling, smacking your lips, popping your cheeks and slapping puffed up cheeks. 2 MAGIC WORD Pick a favorite song to sing. Tell your child that whenever she hears a certain word she should clap her hands. For example, with “Old MacDonald Had a Farm,” each time you hear the word “farm,” clap your hands. Other actions you can do each time you hear the word “farm” are sit down, stamp your feet, change seats or jump up and down. POEM - MUSIC IN OUR HOME Mother plays the violin, Daddy plays the flute. Bid brother blows the horn Toot-toot-toot-toot-toot. Little sister keeps the beat By clanging on a pot. And I try to sing along Whether I know the words or not! OTHER INSTRUMENTS Maracas out of tissue tubes with pebbles inside. Drums from coffee cans. Rubber band box Guitar 1. Find an old shoe box, tissue box, or other cardboard box. 2. Have an adult cut an oval-shaped hole in the top. 3. Stretch a few rubber bands around the box and over the hole 4. Put a pencil under the rubber bands on one side. 5. Tape on a paper-towel tube and decorate the box 6. Rubber bands stretched across cigar box. Bottle Flute - Blow across top of cola bottle to make sound. Bottle xylophone Create a set of tone bottles by varying the amount of water in six glass bottles. Arrange the bottles in order from the least amount of water to most water. Provide a stick and encourage children to explore the tones made by gently tapping on each bottle. 3 Lemon Maracas A lemon maraca can be made from a plastic lemon container. When the container is empty, remove the plug. Rinse the container and let it dry. Then put some rice inside. Insert a large pencil or the handle of a wooden spoon into the neck and tape securely. Sandpaper Blocks: Cover wooden blocks or paper towel tubes with sandpaper. Children play the blocks or sticks by rubbing two together. MUSICAL CHAIRS Place enough chairs for all but one child in circle. Children march around to music. When music stops, children try to get chair. Person without chair is out of game. Remove one chair after each round. (For non-competitive version...have enough chairs for every child. They will enjoy marching to music!) RAINBOW PIANO Materials: 8 Glass bottles or jars (the same size is best) Masking tape or permanent marker Metal spoons Funnel and access to water 1 cup measure (optional) Sponge or rag in case of spill Food coloring (optional) 1. With the funnel, fill the bottles up with different amounts of water. 2. Tap each bottle with your spoon to see if you like the note it makes. Add more water to make a lower note and pour out some if you want a higher note. Use a piano or other instrument to fill the bottles to make scale. 3. Once you're satisfied with the notes, mark off the water level using the tape or marker. This will remind you how far to fill up the bottles later after water evaporates. 4. (Optional)- Use the food coloring to color the water differently for each bottle. You might want to use the colors of the rainbow: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet (add LOTS of blue dye), and then red again for the last note. That's ROY G BIV with an extra red for the last note. 5. Line the bottles up from lowest to highest tone. Put the bottles in a window to let the sun shine through the colored water while you play. 6. Tap the bottles gently with the metal spoon to make music. Experiment! Are there different notes you can get out of a rainbow piano? Try different bottles. Try different amounts of water Change the bottles' order. What type of bottle or which water level gives a higher or lower note? 4 STREAMER STICKS Using paper towel tubes, have kids use crayons to decorate. Cut crepe paper into streamers and tape a few to each of each tube. Let each child experiment with moving stick around. Play slow and fast music for the children to dance to. Direct children's attention to the speed of the music, "Wow, this music makes me want to move my stick very fast (or so soft I want to move very s l o w l y)." FINGERPLAYS FINGER BAND The finger band is coming to town, (march fingers out from behind back) Coming to town, coming to town. The finger band is coming to town, So early in the morning. This is the way they wear their hats (stand fingers on top of head) Wear their hats, wear their hats. This is the way they wear their hats, So early in the morning. This is the way they beat their drums, (use fingers to pretend to beat their drum) Beat their drums, beat their drums. This is the way they beat their drums. So early in the morning. This is the way they toot their horns, (use fingers to play pretend horns) Toot their horns, toot their horns. This is the way they toot their horns, So early in the morning The finger band is going away, (march fingers around behind back) Going away, going away. The finger band is going away So early in the morning. FIVE LITTLE BELLS (hold up 5 fingers & bend down one at time) 5 little bells, hanging in a row. The 1st one said, "Ring me slow." The 2nd one said, "Ring me fast." The 3rd one said, "Ring me last." The 4th one said, "I'm like a chime." The 5th one said, "Ring me at Christmas time." 5 IF I COULD PLAY (make motions to match words) If I could play the piano This is the way I would play. If I had a guitar I would strum the strings this way. If I had a trumpet I'd toot to make a tune. But if I had a drum I'd go boom, boom, boom! THE STEREO I like to listen to our stereo It plays lots of music I know (sway) I can march, or dance, or jump just so (imitate actions) And with headphones I can make it music to go! (pretend to put on headphones) 6 MATCH THE HORNS Duplicate and cut out. Have kids match the pairs of horns. 7 Circle the biggest instrument. 8 MUSIC BOOKS J 398.2 GRI Grimm Bremen Town Musicians (illustrated by Bernadette Watts) J 398.2 GRI Grimm Bremen Town Musicians (translated by E. Shub illustrated by Domanska, J.) J 398.2 HUL Huling Ol’ Bloo’s Boogie-Woogie Band And Blues Ensemble J 398.2 MCD McDermott Musicians Of The Sun J 398.2 SEE Seeger Abiyoyo J 398.2 STE Stevens Bremen Town Musicians J 398.8 KEL Kellogg There Was An Old Woman J 641 BRO Brown Vegetable Show J 745.5 FIA Fiarotta Music Crafts For Kids J 780 WAR Wargin M Is For Melody – A Music Alphabet J 781.17 AJM Ajmera Music Everywhere J 781.6 OLD Rounds Old Macdonald Had A Farm (illustrated by Glen Rounds) J 782.4 LIT Rounds I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly J 782.4 OLD Berry Old Macdonald Had A Farm (illustrated by Holly Berry) J 782.42 CHA Chalk Yankee Doodle J 782.42 EAG Eagle It’s Raining, It’s Pouring J 782.42 KEL Kellogg Yankee Doodle J 782.42 OLD Theobalds Old MacDonald Had A Farm (illustrated by Prue Theobalds) J 782.42 STA Stains All God’s Critters J 782.42 TAB Tabak There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly J 784.4 WAL Wallner Farmer In The Dell J 811 STU Sturges She’ll Be Coming ‘Round The Mountain (illustrated by J 821 TAY Taylor Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (illustrated by Michael Hague) J 92 ARMSTRONG Cline-Ransome Just A Lucky So And So – The Story Of Louis Armstrong E AHLBERG Ahlberg Mockingbird E AJHAR Ajhar Home On The Range E ALDA Alda Lulu’s Piano Lesson E ALEXANDER Alexander Acoustic Rooster And His Barnyard Band E ANDERSON Anderson Chuck’s Band E ANDREAE Andreae Giraffe’s Can’t Dance E APPELT Appelt