Re: [microsound] sound activities with kids?

[Alex Keller <akeller@xxxxxxx>]

i've spent a few interesting afternoons with my daughter (who just 
turned three), two pairs of headphones, and a minidisc recorder... we 
have crawled around the backyard listening to the crunching of leaves 
and grass... used contact mics to listen to heartbeats... and recently 
we floated a few mics in tupperware containers in the bathtub then 
pitched pennies into the tub. informative? maybe not, but definitely 
fun (and we've come up with some nice recordings as a result).

alex

>
> i am going to be the "helping parent" at my daughter's nursery school
> tomorrow...a class of ten 2 year olds.  the teacher told me a couple
> of weeks ago that if i wanted to do a simple sound activity with the
> children, i could.
>
> two year olds don't like a lot of structure...just a tiny bit...but
> they do like rhythm.  i have been trying to think of an activity that
> could be creatively interesting, as well as slightly informative (for
> the kids).  if anyone can offer some suggestions as to possible
> activities, i would be appreciative.  being there aren't that many
> children, some sort of recording activity that would result in a
> short cd might be interesting, where i can distribute the cds to the
> parents the next week.
>

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