Activities for all grade levels

MUSIC LAB for fun music making!

Watch this show below to find some ideas for creating musical instruments at home! Have fun~and you can send pictures of your creations to me here: CCoutts@hrce.ca

Try out this activity of exploring combinations of notes and rhythms in 4/4 time: The music samples used are available on the page "Basinview Rocks Music is Our Playground"

A Musical Treasure Hunt! Here is a video I made while walking in my neighbourhood. There are sights and sounds of spring, as well as some music symbols. How many musical things do you see in the video? Next time you go for a walk in your area, can you leave some musical treasures behind?

Are you missing the instruments from our music classroom? I sure am! One of my favourite things to play with all classes is the xylophones. I like doing the scale cha cha and improvising games. Have a look at the video below - you can make your own xylophone using water and glasses!

Using Cups as rhythm instruments! for beginners and more advanced rhythms: