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Explore Together (indoors): Music Mural #2
Play a piece of music that contrasts the previous day’s piece. Have children repeat the exercise of painting how they feel.
Explore Together (indoors): Music Practice
Ask children what music they would like to play for Music Day. Have children explore and discuss what music they want to play.
Explore Together (indoors): Responding to Sound
Invite children to create their own music by responding to the sounds they hear indoors. Provide various materials and help children identify and imitate sounds.
Explore Together (indoors): Rubber Band Guitars
Help children place a rubber band around boxes, bread pans, etc. to make “rubber band guitars.” Have them explore making sounds with rubber bands.
Explore Together (indoors): Rubber Band Music
Encourage children to continue their exploration of sound by plucking on rubber bands and changing the pitch by stretching the rubber band.
Explore Together (indoors): Rubber Band Sounds
Have children continue exploring making sounds with rubber bands. Ask children to describe what they see when they pluck the rubber band. Introduce the word vibrate.
Explore Together (indoors): Scarf Dance
Provide materials such as scarves, feathers, or strips of construction paper and have children move to music using these materials.
Explore Together (indoors): Talking Through Tubes
Invite children to explore talking through tubes. Guide children to talk or sing without the tube first, then with the tube to compare the sounds.
Explore Together (outdoors): Imitate Outdoor Sounds
Have children bring instruments outside for a listening walk. Encourage children to listen for sounds and imitate them with their instruments and voices.
Explore Together (outdoors): Outdoor Sounds
Allow children to explore freely making sounds on various outdoor surfaces. Tell children you want them to record at least one observation on a clipboard.
Family Connection: Unit 4, Week 1, #1
Send a Family Connection letter home with children.
Family Connection: Unit 4, Week 2 #1
Send a Family Connection letter home with children.
Family Connection: Unit 4, Week 3
Send a Family Connection letter home with children.
Family Connection: Unit 4, Week 3, #2
Remind children that tomorrow is Music Day.
“Favorite Sounds” Class Book
Have children draw something that makes a favorite sound. Ask children to dictate a caption. Tape all the pages together to create a class book.
Feel the Music
Play a piece of music and have children talk about how the music makes them feel. Ask them to draw how they feel.
Feel the Vibrations
Explore vibrations with your child. Sing a song or hunt for things that vibrate to help her understand how sound is caused by vibrations.
Fish for Letters (jazz)
Display the jazz word card and have children fish for the letters j, a, z, and z. Then arrange the letters to make the word jazz.
Greeting Song: “Show Us Something You Can Do” #1
Sing a chant to help children recognize their name in print and build their concept of self. Make sure each child gets a chance to participate.
Greeting Song: “Show Us Something You Can Do” #2
Hold up children’s name cards one at a time during the chant. Invite children to show the class what they can do with their voices.