Music is a language. I don't mean this in the abstract "the Language of Flowers" kind of way, I mean it literally. The basic ideas of opposites (loud v. soft, fast v. slow, et al) are like learning the basic sounds of your native tongue. Learning the specific parts of music (measures, note names, rest names) is like learning words of your language. Learning to read music (time signatures, key signature and the like) is like learning to construct sentences.
The process of learning music is a cumulative one.
Activities for Your Itty-Bitties
- Objective: Recognize the differences in loud, soft, fast, slow, high and low.
- Materials: Two adult helpers, one sign with a picture of a Quail and one that has a picture of Lion, assorted audio clips.
- Setup: Have each adult take a sign and stand on opposite sides of the room. Have the children stand in the middle of the adults. Play a clip of a highway and have the children move either to the Quiet Quail or the Loud Lion depending on how loud it is. Repeat this with clips of parks, solo flutes, orchestras and whatever else you can find.
You can follow up by using a Venn Diagram to catagorize your guided listening clips into groups.
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