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Gather children in the same groups as yesterday. Play the same music children listened to yesterday. Allow children to practice their music or movements from the week.

Explore Together (indoors): Music Mural #1

Play a piece of music and ask children to paint how they feel. Turn the volume up and down as they paint.

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): 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): Scarf Dance

Provide materials such as scarves, feathers, or strips of construction paper and have children move to music using these materials.

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.

Join the Band #1

Invite children to form their own band, like Violet in the book Violet’s Music. Encourage children to name and talk about the different musical instruments.

Join the Band  #2

Invite children to form their own band, like Lionel and Leona’s rooftop band. Encourage children to name and talk about the different musical instruments.

Listening Station

Set up a listening station in your home where your child can listen to different types of music.

Music Around the World

Listen to music from around the world together. Help your child compare the music to his favorite music or song.

Musical Murals

Play different types of music and have children paint to the music. Display the paintings and the names of the artists.

Play Together: Say It with Dance

Show children pictures of faces showing different emotions. Ask children to move in a way that shows that emotion.

Play Together: “Show Us What Your Instrument Can Do”

Gather children with their rubber-band instruments. Sing the song, “Show Us What Your Instrument Can Do”  and have children demonstrate making sounds.

Read Together: Jazz Baby #1

Have children close their eyes and listen to a short jazz recording before you read the story Jazz Baby by Lisa Wheeler.

Read Together: Jazz Baby #2

Children imagine they are listening to the music in the story Jazz Baby by Lisa Wheeler as you read it aloud.

Read Together: My Family Plays Music #1

Read a book about a family that likes to make music with many different musical instruments. Help children make connections to the book.

Sing Together: “Abiyoyo Is a Giant”

Have children vary the pitch as they sing and act out the song “Abiyoyo Is a Giant.”

Small Group: Making Music

Continue sharing and exploring making music in small groups. Invite the class as a group to give a concert of the sounds they made.

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