Music is everywhere! Please try the following activities at home to practice music skills:
● As a family:
○ Listen to music together
○ Discuss music
○ Move to music
○ Sing familiar songs together
○ Identify music in everyday life: commercials, movie soundtracks, songs for birthdays and other occasions, and the use of certain songs to determine whether enough time was spent washing hands.
● Find objects or creatures that are
○ Fast or slow
○ Loud or quiet
○ High or low
○ Smooth or choppy
○ Same or different
○ Silent or with sound
● Practice the four ways of using our voices
○ Whisper
○ Talk
○ Shout
○ Sing
● Explore and/or practice on any instruments you have in the home.
● Explore the music section of your public library, when you don’t need to stay at home.
● Have a mini-performance at home.
● Create sounds to go along with storybooks at home.
● Play games from music class with the whole family or all who are in the home.