Materials:<\/h2>\n\n- 4-6 glass jars or glasses the same<\/strong> size<\/strong><\/li>\n
- water<\/li>\n
- food colouring (optional)<\/li>\n
- spoon (wooden or metal)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Instructions:<\/a><\/h2>\n\n- set up your jars\/glasses in a line on a table<\/li>\n
- fill each glass with water–adding more to each glass as you go down the line<\/li>\n
- add drops of different food colouring to each glass and stir (optional)<\/li>\n
- using your spoon–and your creative thinking skills, create<\/em> some music by gently tapping on each glass<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nI wonder what you noticed about the sounds from the jars?\u00a0 <\/span><\/h3>\nHow is the sound different in a jar with a little water compared to one with a lot of water?\u00a0 <\/span><\/h3>\nHmmm…I wonder what other instruments you could create???<\/span><\/h3>\nI hope you have fun exploring music–you can even record the song you created…I know a music teacher who would LOVE to hear it!!!\u00a0 And me too, of course!<\/h3>\n
Here’s a story about music you might enjoy: To Be A Drum<\/a><\/p>\nYou can also look in Bookflix<\/a> for more books about music…or Epic!\u00a0<\/a>(Epic! also has a video for how to make a Kazoo–so many fun ideas…)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today you are going to build your own Xylophone!!\u00a0 What is a Xylophone you ask…? Here is a video of a xylophone playing Baby Shark! Materials: 4-6 glass jars or glasses the same size water food colouring (optional) spoon (wooden or metal) Instructions: set up your jars\/glasses in a line on a table fill each … Continue reading
Instructions:<\/a><\/h2>\n\n- set up your jars\/glasses in a line on a table<\/li>\n
- fill each glass with water–adding more to each glass as you go down the line<\/li>\n
- add drops of different food colouring to each glass and stir (optional)<\/li>\n
- using your spoon–and your creative thinking skills, create<\/em> some music by gently tapping on each glass<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nI wonder what you noticed about the sounds from the jars?\u00a0 <\/span><\/h3>\nHow is the sound different in a jar with a little water compared to one with a lot of water?\u00a0 <\/span><\/h3>\nHmmm…I wonder what other instruments you could create???<\/span><\/h3>\nI hope you have fun exploring music–you can even record the song you created…I know a music teacher who would LOVE to hear it!!!\u00a0 And me too, of course!<\/h3>\n
Here’s a story about music you might enjoy: To Be A Drum<\/a><\/p>\nYou can also look in Bookflix<\/a> for more books about music…or Epic!\u00a0<\/a>(Epic! also has a video for how to make a Kazoo–so many fun ideas…)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today you are going to build your own Xylophone!!\u00a0 What is a Xylophone you ask…? Here is a video of a xylophone playing Baby Shark! Materials: 4-6 glass jars or glasses the same size water food colouring (optional) spoon (wooden or metal) Instructions: set up your jars\/glasses in a line on a table fill each … Continue reading
Here’s a story about music you might enjoy: To Be A Drum<\/a><\/p>\n You can also look in Bookflix<\/a> for more books about music…or Epic!\u00a0<\/a>(Epic! also has a video for how to make a Kazoo–so many fun ideas…)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today you are going to build your own Xylophone!!\u00a0 What is a Xylophone you ask…? Here is a video of a xylophone playing Baby Shark! Materials: 4-6 glass jars or glasses the same size water food colouring (optional) spoon (wooden or metal) Instructions: set up your jars\/glasses in a line on a table fill each … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\nI wonder what you noticed about the sounds from the jars?\u00a0 <\/span><\/h3>\n
How is the sound different in a jar with a little water compared to one with a lot of water?\u00a0 <\/span><\/h3>\n
Hmmm…I wonder what other instruments you could create???<\/span><\/h3>\n
I hope you have fun exploring music–you can even record the song you created…I know a music teacher who would LOVE to hear it!!!\u00a0 And me too, of course!<\/h3>\n