Rainsticks (Moving and Grooving)

Warm-up Game “Musical Instruments”: We danced around to music. When the music stopped, we found a circle to stand on and then one of us drew a picture out of a bag that showed a musical instrument (e.g., drum, piano, violin, saxophone). We then pretended to play the instrument.

Art Project “Homemade Rainsticks”:  
We created rainsticks out of poster mailing tubes. The twist was that we worked with a partner on 1 tube, which meant we had to share and to compromise. 

Here are the detailed instructions:

• Measure aluminum foil piece that is slightly larger than the tube.
• Work with your partner, each of you holding the foil on one end and carefully twisting it. Place foil in tube.
• Fill the tube with beans (approximately 3-4 spoons).
• Seal tube with lids.
• Decorate the outside of the tubes with paint, feathers and paper scraps.
• Reinforce the lids with duct tape.
• Experiment with the rain stick by moving it in different ways. Discuss if the sound resembles the rain.  
  

Welcome Back!!! Moving and Grooving!

WELCOME BACK!!!

We were so happy to see our Clubhouse friends. Since the new theme is music and movement, we warmed up by engaging in one of our favorite movement games: The Freeze Dance.

Then, we made new placemats for this Clubhouse session by using the familiar art technique "Drip and Fold." We worked with a partner and created a collage by putting blobs of paint with Q-tips on a piece of paper (i.e., pre-cut and taped together musical instruments), folding it in half, rolling a rolling pin over it and open it up again. Fun!