For Grown-Ups

Partner game ~ adult and child, or child and child. Sit on the floor across from one another with legs extended in a V shape- feet touching your partners feet. Reach ...

Find a song you all know well – perhaps something like Row, Row, Row Your Boat. Together, clap the beat of the song while you sing the song. Now put the ...

Sing a well known song such as “Happy Birthday”. Sing the song at normal speed. How does that make you feel? Now sing the song very, very quickly (loads of ...

Listen to a variety of musical examples. Move around the room slowly to the slow music and quickly to the fast music. How does that make you feel? Bouncing ball ...

To experience the sensation of becoming a ‘Soloist’, start singing a familiar song together and then direct by way of pointing to someone to take over the lead as the ...

Have children stand at one end of the room. One child stands at the other end of the room. The idea is to be the first child to get to ...

Find examples of the various ‘Solo’ materials to describe the influences that they have on you when listening! Consider how the soloist is different from the accompanying players. Listen for ...

In music, a solo (from the Italian: solo, meaning alone) is used for the act of performing a solo. With that being said, “ It’s Karaoke time!!!”

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Exploration of your environment. Using the basic levels for dynamics, create a chart to list or tally the things around your home that create sound and classify them by their ...

Family gathering game to experience how the number of individuals involved in dynamic making affects the relative quality of the levels. Through the creation of a ‘body parts orchestra’ with ...