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Hi everyone!

This week I thought it would be fun to have a music and sound themed week!  

Task 1. [Art] Create your very own musical instruments! 

You can make an instrument out of just about anything – as long as it makes a sound.  Your challenge is to create a musical instrument out of household items.  It can be a shaker made from a plastic bottle with rice inside, or a drum made out cardboard boxes and a wooden spoon, or even something a bit more creative.  Have fun experimenting with all the different sounds and instruments you can make.  Here is a link for some great ideas in case you do feel like getting crafty!

Task 2.  [Literacy] Sound Stories. 

Create sound effects for a story!  An excellent sensory experience that lots of us really enjoy is a sound story, which is basically a story that has props that helps us to make the sounds that are inside a story.  A good story to create sound effects for is ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ by Michael Rosen. There is even a very well know song that goes with this story! Here is a link to a Youtube video of someone who has created very simple sound effects using mostly household items.  Here is another link to give you some other prop ideas.

Task 3. [Science] Explore sound. 

You will need a large bowl (glass works best), clear plastic wrap or clingfilm, a radio/CD player (or anything that makes a loud noise) that can be placed close to the bowl or vice versa and either grains or rice or small bits of scrunched up tissue paper. Here is a link to watch the experiment being done.

• How high can you make the rice jump?
• What was your favourite sound to make?

Task 4. [Music and Science] Create a water xylophone.  

Here is a link to show everything you will need and what the end result should look like!   The idea is to demonstrate that when you strike the glass, it vibrates which creates a sound.  The depth of the water inside the glass determines the pitch of the sound.  Try to figure out which glasses make high pitched sounds and which glasses make low pitched sounds!  Can you make a sound pattern or melody?  Have fun experimenting with the different sounds and sound patterns you can make together!

Task 5 [ICT] *Digital Learning Week*  

• This excellent music resource from the BBC allows you to experiment with instruments, sounds and songs – try it out on your iPad or tablet!
• Our favourite and most requested song in the Beech class before lockdown was ‘Dance Monkey’ by Tones and I.  There are lots of dances and Zumba routines that people have made up to go along with this song!  See if you can find one and dance along to it!  Participate in any way you can – you might want to play along using the instruments you made earlier!  This is my favourite Dance Monkey dance as the smallest ‘dancer’ made me smile
• Download this virtual piano game on Twinkl to experiment with notes and tunes.
• Remember to keep an eye on our Youtube channel for any new dances by Mrs Murray!
• Some music and dance apps that are free to use or download are GoNoodle, Just Dance Now, Kids Music and GarageBand (Apple software only). Simply type in the name of the app into your app store then download.

Remember – all activities are simply suggestions and completely non-obligatory.  You can try one or try them all, totally up to you! Feel free to leave comments or post a photo, I would love to see how you’re all getting on.  

You’re all doing amazing  

Take care, guys