Continuing on the theme of our body, today we talked about ears. Today didn't go as well as I'd hoped... Riley had a hard time sleeping last night. He went to sleep well, but woke up at 10, 2, and I think 4:30-5:00ish. So he had a hard time staying focused on the tasks. He also didn't take a nap. So, I don't know... but we still had fun!
One of the first activities we did today is called: Playing the rainbow. We filled up glass jars with different amounts of water, then you add food coloring. Using a metal spoon, you gently hit the jars. It was really fun! We did the four colors that came in the food coloring package, but then Riley wanted to mix them together... We went from Red, Yellow, Blue and Green to Green, Orange, and Purple.
Drummer Riley! He had so much fun playing with these jars. The first activity we did was the head band on his head. It reads: My Ears Can Hear. He loves playing with glue, so he had fun doing that too.
Of course, if they are stackable, they will be stacked... He did this for about 5 minutes. He rearrange the jars in every possible way. Which one had the most to the least, by the color, by the sound. It was cool.
Of course, accidents will happen! This made the loudest sound! We both had a good laugh about it!
No good lesson about ears and sound would be complete without checking out some instruments. Demya and Benson were kind enough to let us come over and explore the many instruments they have at their disposal! Riley liked getting to touch the different kinds of guitars (Benson has several). We talked about how the different kinds of strings make different sounds.
They played a cool duet for us too. I know it's hard to imagine a stranger combination than a french horn and a guitar, but it was really very beautiful... It was the first time Demya had played since the 4th of July... she was surprised by how much hard it was to play with the new baby belly!
This is an wooden flute that Demya made during her student teaching. Her master teacher had a class of eighth graders that made these every year. They would have a concert, and many of the kids got to play solos. Mya had fun making hers. It has a really pretty sound to it... well, when Riley isn't trying to make it sound like a train whistle!
This is also a Indian whistle. It belongs to my mom. Benson was trying to explain to Riley that if you played softly you can make really pretty sounds with it!
Emma found the sheet music fun... She has definitely hit the age of exploration! It's driving me a little crazy... she seems to find every light socket, cabinet door, piece of food/paper/gooey thing on the floor! But then she looks up at you with those big blue eyes and smiles. She's cute, and she knows it!
I asked Riley at the end of the day what his favorite sound was. He told me the trombone! He was so proud of himself. He was able to make sounds come out the horn!
Drummer Riley! He had so much fun playing with these jars. The first activity we did was the head band on his head. It reads: My Ears Can Hear. He loves playing with glue, so he had fun doing that too.
Of course, if they are stackable, they will be stacked... He did this for about 5 minutes. He rearrange the jars in every possible way. Which one had the most to the least, by the color, by the sound. It was cool.
Of course, accidents will happen! This made the loudest sound! We both had a good laugh about it!
No good lesson about ears and sound would be complete without checking out some instruments. Demya and Benson were kind enough to let us come over and explore the many instruments they have at their disposal! Riley liked getting to touch the different kinds of guitars (Benson has several). We talked about how the different kinds of strings make different sounds.
They played a cool duet for us too. I know it's hard to imagine a stranger combination than a french horn and a guitar, but it was really very beautiful... It was the first time Demya had played since the 4th of July... she was surprised by how much hard it was to play with the new baby belly!
This is an wooden flute that Demya made during her student teaching. Her master teacher had a class of eighth graders that made these every year. They would have a concert, and many of the kids got to play solos. Mya had fun making hers. It has a really pretty sound to it... well, when Riley isn't trying to make it sound like a train whistle!
This is also a Indian whistle. It belongs to my mom. Benson was trying to explain to Riley that if you played softly you can make really pretty sounds with it!
Emma found the sheet music fun... She has definitely hit the age of exploration! It's driving me a little crazy... she seems to find every light socket, cabinet door, piece of food/paper/gooey thing on the floor! But then she looks up at you with those big blue eyes and smiles. She's cute, and she knows it!
I asked Riley at the end of the day what his favorite sound was. He told me the trombone! He was so proud of himself. He was able to make sounds come out the horn!
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What fun things for the kids to learn! Its amazing how fast your little ones are growing, and they both look so much like you and Allen.
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