re: sound activities with kids?

[john hudak <jhudak@xxxxxxxxx>]

hello folks!

it went as well as i expected today.  after watching my daughter play 
with the pie plates, i decided to just bring them and to forget the 
ping pong balls...one thing at a time is certainly enough for a two 
year old.

i told them we were going to make a tin plate orchestra, and handed 
out the tin plates.  i asked them what kind of a sound you could make 
with the plates.  they all started banging on them.  i tried to 
divide them into soft and loud sections, but they weren't focused 
enough to do it, so i concentrated on trying to get a few other 
sounds out of the plates...holding them with one finger and tapping, 
crinkling the plates, rubbing on them, and dropping them from a 
height.  that was it.

after it was over, i felt that we could have spent the whole time on 
trying to make different rhythms, but all in all, i would have done 
better to take the "let's see what kind of sounds we can get out of 
this" approach.

i kept a cassette recorder on the whole time, so i have some sounds 
to listen to and perhaps do something with for the parents (the kid's 
first cd!).

if i get anything interesting, i'll post it somewhere as an mp3.

thank you all who responded!

best future,
john

>howdy folks!
>
>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.
>
>thanks for any and all suggestions!  i wish you all peace in this 
>time of unrest.

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john hudak
jhudak@xxxxxxxxx
http://www.johnhudak.net

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