Woodwinds!

M is counting the days of the month.

K discovered the theme poster. 

            The Spanish word for Wednesday is"Meircoles". 

M is howling like the wind.

Singing "Woodwind Sound" to the tune of "The Muffin Man." The children are singing the words and adding in different actions. They are humming, and pretending to whistle.

C is making windy sounds.

S is joining in on the action.

C is exploring the theme poster. She s looking for things that make sounds.

Afterwards, the kids had fun acting out the images on the back of their magnifying glass.

M is playing the flute.

K found the owl on the theme poster.

The kids are exploring the cardboard tubes. They are blowing through the tubes to make different sounds.

 The kids learned that musicians use their fingers to cover holes on woodwind instruments to make different sounds. Afterwards,, they took turns rolling a color cube and identified the color on top. Then, they placed their fingers on the color pipe according to the colors. 

Stringed Instruments!

Mother Goose Time!

Singing "Play Guitar" to the tune of "Skip to My Lou," on the Circle Time CD.

The children love to dance!

Working on the covers of our journal.

The kids are stamping their fingers in paint to make music notes.

G enjoys painting.

K is exploring the paint with his fingers.

Gentle touches!

How many strings does a guitar have?

K wants to help with circle time!

C & M are pretending to blow horns.

C is counting to number 7.

The kids are watching a short video that has children playing stringed instruments.

It is time to explore the strings of a guitar.

S is pulling the guitar strings to make music.

I think C has played one before.

The kids are playing a matching card game of musical instruments.

All done!