Activities

Music Makes Me Feel...

Draw and describe the music you hear.

Materials

• CDs with music of different types
• Paper
• Markers

Directions
Go to the library (or try searching online) and look for music of all different types — classical, rock, jazz, country, world music, anything! Or, choose some songs from your life that have been important or meaningful to you. Listen to the music with your child and talk about how the different songs makes her feel. Then have her draw a picture that she thinks goes with the music and the feelings it creates. Label the picture to say what feelings it shows.

Once she has listened to a bunch of songs and made a drawing for each, see if there's someone else in your family who wants to play, too. Show them the drawings and play them the songs and ask them to guess which picture goes with which song. Can they tell from the feelings shown in each?

Talk About It
Have your child pick her favorite song from the ones you just listened to. Together, try to think of words having to do with music or sounds that describe the song. For example, does the song have a section full of clangs? Or does it start with a tinkle? Encourage your child to use other sound-related words like loud, quiet, whisper, buzz, hum, bang... as many as you can think of!

Watch a Related Story
Ruby Sings the Blues

Related Books
Violet's Music by Angela Johnson
The Dog Who Sang at the Opera by Marshall Izen, Jim West, & Erika Oller
M is for Music by Kathleen Krull & Stacy Innerst

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Age Range: 4-6

Skills/Subjects:

• Creative Expression
• Language and Literacy Development
• Music

Related Episodes:

• #706: Violet's Music
• #706: What Instrument Does Alvin Play?
• #801: Ruby Sings the Blues
• #801: The Camel Dances