Our Theme-Of-The-Week is...Music!

This is a fun opportunity to expose your kids to different kinds of music - to listen to, play/create and sing along to.

• Your local library will have lots of different kinds of music to choose from.  You could also download music from the internet. 

• Try a different kind for each day of the week;  Jazz, Rock, Classical, Pop, Country or Rap - just make sure the lyrics are okay for kids.  Talk about what you like about each kind each day and at the end of the week, discuss what everyone's favorite is and why.
   

• Buy some toy instruments and try to play along to some favorite songs or the radio (this can be hilarious).
   

• Make some instruments:
   

  • Guitars (elastics stretched over Kleenex boxes make a nice "ping" sound when strummed - attach the Kleenex box to a stick).
     

  • Maracas (add beans or rice to pretty much any container, add a lid and secure it tightly with tape or glue if needed).
     

  • Drums (many containers flipped over and hit on the bottom with a stick will make a great sound;  use lots of different containers for lots of different sounds).
     

  • Air blown into a bottle makes a great sound too.
     

  • Let the kids see what other things around the house make a sound that could be used for a band (even tapping on the floor is music if you do it in a rhythm - let them be creative and open their minds up to different ideas).
     

• Its also fun to sing along to music.  Little ones may enjoy CDs that have the classic songs like "Mary Had a Little Lamb" and "Old MacDonald" etc.  Older kids may enjoy introducing you to their music favorites;  have some fun singing along :).

  
  
  Let your imagination run and take your children's personalities and skill levels into account.  The name of the game is fun and silliness - and a little learning in there too is great. 

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