From Cloudy to Sunny Skies: Raindrop Race

Music Time “I’m Singing in the Rain”: Umbrellas (pre-cut out of fabric) were arranged in a circle in the room. We danced to the classic song "I'm Singing in the Rain." When the music stopped, we found an umbrella to stand on. We then came up with different ways of greeting our friends (e.g., waving, high 5s).





Art Project “Raindrop Race”: We engaged in this activity once before a long time ago when the Clubhouse theme was science. We used eye droppers and diluted paint in different colors and placed drops of diluted paint on a piece of paper that was attached to a cookie sheet. The twist was that the cookie sheet was elevated. We worked in small groups. It was interesting to observe the movement of the drops. 

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!

Shoebox Race Car (On the Go!)

Art Project “Shoebox Race Car”: We were divided into small groups in order to start with our 2-week project. The objective was to build a race car using a shoebox. First, we decorated 4 discs (i.e., our wheels) with stickers and/or sharpies. Then, we painted a shoebox together and also attached tissue paper to the box.

Some cooperative strategies/ideas:

1. Students discuss the design of their car.
2. Students brainstorm different team names and then take a vote to determine the race car team name.

Cooperative Race “The Rope Train”: We held on to a jump rope with one hand and then started to move together as a group and pretended to be a train. We were not allowed to let go of the rope while we were running. Like our game with the hula hoops from last week, this required lots of cooperation and teamwork. After each completed turn, the player in front moved to the back and a different player took over the position of the driver.