Week 9 Topic

Week 9

The project this week aims to provide opportunities for your child to learn more about music. Learning may focus on famous musicians, listening to and performing music and exploring a range of music genres and instruments. 

Drummers Drumming ● Using pots, pans and baking trays from the kitchen lay out your own ‘drum kit’. Allow your child to explore by banging and tapping the pans to see the different sounds they make. Extend this activity by tapping out a rhythm and asking your child to listen to it then repeat it. You could make this more difficult by adding in a blindfold so they have to rely on the sound to identify which pot or pan they need to hit to copy. 

Make your own Music ● Your child could create a guitar using a plastic tub with elastic bands wrapped around it. Post a picture of your musical instrument send to [email protected].

 Can your child draw instructions on how to make a guitar for somebody else to follow?

Play ‘What’s that Sound?’ ● Game 1- Hum a song to your child that they are likely to know. Can they guess which song it is from the tune alone? Take it in turns to hum out a tune. 

● Game 2-  Go into a room of the house while your child listens outside of the door. Make a sound or play a rhythm out on an item in the room e.g. tapping on the table. Open the door and ask your child to find what you used to make the sound.