Musical Story Telling
Creating our very own musical composition yesterday was a fun way for us to “concretize” and “visualize” sounds as we were introduced to different musical notes and were asked to associate a sound with it. To continue on with our musical composition, we explored being an orchestra conductor.
Wrapping Musical Batons
An orchestra conductor’s trademark would be his/her special baton which seems to work like magic as when it swayed, it is able to control music. To create our own baton, bamboo sticks were brought out for us to wrap long strips of paper around it. The concept behind this activity was to enable us to feel and see how an actual baton looks by providing us with an item that closely resembles it.
B wrapped as many bamboo sticks as he could. He displayed great eye-hand coordination as accomplishing this task required being aware of where to wrap the paper around.
I, on the other hand, thought of a fun way use the strips of paper by using it as a blindfold to play peek-a-boo
A explored the depths of the holes of the bamboo “stick “container” by inserting sticks. She also noticed that the inserted sticks make sounds as it jiggles around the space within the holes.
Decorating Our Own Guitar
Yesterday’s storytelling about David Bowie wherein we were shown a picture of him playing the guitar inspired today’s station of decorating our own guitar. Cutout paper templates of guitars were laid out for us to add colors by dipping our fingers into a watercolor palette. It was an interesting experience to witness how solidified watercolor would dilute or magically disappear when mixed with water! We were also quite astonished to see how the colors would swirl around with water when we use our fingers to mix.
A spent the most time working in this station as he found using watercolor fun. He even thought of playfully painting his teachers’ noses with paint! S preferred using stickers to decorate his guitar. We are excited to see how our personalized guitars would look like tomorrow!
Dancing with the Waves
The heat from summer is definitely rising and being by the beach is one of the most common pastimes to cool off. To recreate the soothing waves of the beach, the blue tactile beams were spread out and tropical music was played in the background to provide us with the mood of being by the beach. I, who loves to dance, enjoyed “swimming” and “dancing” through the waves. She had a big smile on her face when we applauded her for her great dance moves and being in sync with the rhythm.
How Do Musical Instruments “Move”?
How does a guitar produce such a lovely sound? How does a castanet make its “clucking” sound? How can the piano play our favorite “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”? In the past, we learned that by moving certain parts of our bodies, we can produce sound. Does it work the same way with musical instruments?
We listened to Ella Jenkin’s “Play Your Instrument and Make A Pretty Sound” and was able to distinguish the distinct sound instruments such as the triangle, cowbell, rhythm sticks, etc. We were each given a pair of rhythm sticks to mimic the movements of how musical instruments would make a sound. For instance, for a castanet to produce sound, we “clapped '' rhythm sticks together just like how an actual castanet would “move”.
Musical Storytelling of “Happy Birthday, Spot!”
Naomie’s current favorite book, “Happy Birthday, Spot!” was read in a “musical” way today to be in line with this week’s theme. By reading the text in a rhythm, we are able to detect musical patterns and are able to move our bodies along with it. Luan did a great job bopping his head along to the beat with how the story was read to us.
We hope everyone is keeping cool this Wednesday!
Love,
Buds Class Children