musical activities for kids
4-6
similar empty glass bottles (or bone-china soup bowls)
Metal spoon
| 1. |
Fill
each bottle with varying outs of water i.e. if you have 5 bottles,
leave one empty, fill the others ¼ th, ½, ¾
th full. Fill the last one completely. |
| 2. |
Arrange
the bottle in order of the outs of water filled in them. |
| 3. |
Let
your children experiment with the different sounds the bottle
make by tapping them with metal spoon. |
You
will get better music by using a plastic drum stick (maybe one left
over from a broken drum or xylophone) instead of the metal spoon.
You
can try these tunes out on a six bottle Jaltarang (no. them, starting
with the one holding the most water)
Mary
had a little lamb
3212333
222 355
3212333 322321
Jingle
Bells
333
333 35123
444 4433 3355421
Twinkle,
twinkle little star
11
55 66 5 44 33 22 1
55 44 33 2 55 44 33 2
11 55 66 5 44 33 22 1
2
paper plates
Sewing needle (for use with the string)
String
| 1. |
Lay
the plates together with their underside facing outwards. |
| 2. |
Using
a needle & string sew up the edges of the plates together. |
| 3.
|
The
children would enjoy decorating the dhapli in bright colours
using felt pens. |
| 4. |
They
can now strike the dhapli with their finger to make music. |
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