Music has always been an activity that children have liked because it helps to connect with oneself and with others. Next we are going to tell you about some activities with music that you can do with children. Take note!
Draw the music
In this activity, children literally draw music as they listen to it. Provide large pieces of paper and crayons or crayons and ask your child to draw what he hears. I could draw:
- How the music makes you feel
- Wavy lines or zigzags to represent slow, flowing music or fast, choppy music.
- The beats they hear (for example, draw short and long lines for short and long sounds)
Keep this wide open and let your son surprise you with how he interprets and draws music. Draw your own interpretation at the same time and see how the images differ.
Hide and listen
This game is about listening to the volume and making the correct associations (high means near and soft means far). How to play hide and listen:
- Blindfold your child and hide any instrument (like a tambourine) somewhere in the room where you are playing.
- Tell your child which instrument to find.
- Next, your child searches for the instrument while you play background music.
- He explains that when the music becomes softer, he moves further away from the instrument and when he increases the volume, he moves closer to it.
Dance to the beat of the song
This game consists of using the whole body and using actions and accessories to represent the music. How to play Dance to the rhythm of the song:
- Use accessories like scarves, streamers, ribbons, hitting sticks, etc.
- Use your body to make sounds: stomp, finger click, clap, march, tiptoe, etc.
- Play different types of songs: nursery rhymes, classic songs, radio pop songs, etc.
- Dance freely together and let the creative juices flow by using the accessories.
- A classic song could work well with a scarf or ribbon, a happy song could be clapped or the sticks could be struck together, a nursery rhyme could march (for example, ants march), etc.
- Show some examples and ask your child to make up some of his own examples.
- Finally, choreograph your own song along with instruments, props, and movements.
Let's make up the words
This last activity is more challenging as it will teach your child about rhyme and rhythm. How to play Let's make up the words:
- Pick a familiar nursery rhyme with a fairly easy melody
- Make up a new name for the rhyme together
- Taking turns and going line by line, make up new words for the song
- Try to make the lines rhyme in pairs
- Try to match the beat of the song
Play these games to have a great time as a family! Do not lose detail of each of the steps and play those games with which you think you can have a fun time together while enjoying music.