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Paper Plate Banjo

By Sharla Kostelyk

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We are spending a few weeks doing the letter “M”. This week, we focused on Music. We read “The Musical Life of Gustav Mole” and did a lot of corresponding activities. After I read it to the kids, I put the book and accompanying CD into the workbox rotation so that each of the kids had a chance to listen to the CD and read along. The CD included music from different instruments in the book.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I had bought a Gustav Mole game and the kids played it a lot.  It taught about the different musical instrument families and there were various levels of difficulty (something we look for in games so that multiple kids can benefit from them).

 

 

 

 

 

I printed a lot of worksheets about classifying musical instruments and music terminology that I put in their workboxes to complete including a musical instruments mini book.

We made banjos and we had parades around the house using those and shakers and various other music instruments.

To make the banjos, we glued three beads to the top of a paint stick (got them for free from the hardware store) and attached (using packing tape) the stick to the back of two plastic plates stapled together.  Then we “strung” three elastics across the plates.  We also experimented with tightening and moving the elastics to see if that changed the sound.

 

 

 

 

This little guy (Gustav Mole puppet) was a lot of fun for the kids to find in their workboxes!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  1. Dawn says

    March 23, 2012 at 5:24 pm

    Where did you find the music game! I would love to have that. What a great and creative week.
    Blessings,
    Dawn

    • Sharla says

      March 24, 2012 at 6:04 pm

      The music game (and the book and puppet) were from Discovery Toys. I think they are discontinuing them because they were really discounted.

  2. MissMOE says

    March 23, 2012 at 11:01 pm

    Sounds like an awesome week. I love the idea of backwards day–I think my girls might enjoy being silly for a day.

  3. Sherri says

    March 23, 2012 at 11:14 pm

    Backwards day sounded like great fun. I love that you went to Costco like that. 🙂 Showing the children that it is alright to be a little silly.

    How is the GF diet coming?

  4. JDaniel4's Mom says

    March 24, 2012 at 5:54 am

    What a wonderful music unit! The game sounds like a lot of fun!

    Thank you for linking to Read.Explore.Learn.

  5. Deborah says

    March 24, 2012 at 6:12 am

    Sounds like a very fun and educational week! I loved the weeks where the children learned lots just by having fun.

    Blessings!
    Deborah

  6. Dawn says

    March 25, 2012 at 11:16 am

    Hi, Sharla! I nominated you for the Versatile Blogger award – come by my blog to collect, if you so desire…. (-:

    • Sharla says

      March 26, 2012 at 8:00 am

      Thanks so much Dawn! I am honoured.

  7. Sherry Ellis says

    March 25, 2012 at 4:08 pm

    Backwards day sounded like a lot of fun!

  8. April N. says

    March 26, 2012 at 7:34 am

    Love love love the backwards day! Thanks for the idea! Looks like you had a great week!

    April (stopping in from the weekly wrap up)

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