Find a sibling, parent, or guardian and ask them to help you.

Sing & Move
Click this link to listen to“If You’re Happy and You Know It” Clap Your Hands, Stamp Your Feet. Can you think of a new action and create a new verse? Sing your song to your learning partners!

Learn About a Unique Instrument
Have you ever listened to a didgeridoo? Click here to watch a YouTube video about this curious instrument. Meet Nathan and learn how a Didgeridoo can sound like animals from Australia.

Maracas - Make Your Own
Can you find something in your house that makes a shaking sound like a maraca? Try placing rice, beans, or even popcorn kernels in an empty water bottle or an empty can. What else can you try? Click here to watch a YouTube video to learn how to make a maraca out of empty plastic eggs.

Listen and Move
Practice moving to the music. Can you remember how to move by listening to the different music? Click here to watch this video and move with the different tunes.

Clap Along
Mr. Bean keeps adding claps and then the music gets faster. Click here to watch the video and clap along. Can you keep up with Mr. Bean?

Percussion Play-Along
Click here to watch this video and play when the bee lands on a flower. What can you find to use as an instrument? Try tapping pencils or spoons together. You can even make your own instrument.

Lullabies
A lullaby is a quiet song sung to children to lull them to sleep. Ask your mom and dad if they remember their parents singing them a lullaby when they were young. Have someone sing you a lullaby at bedtime. Click here to listen to this famous lullaby called “Mockingbird” on YouTube. Does listening to it make you sleepy?

Create Rhythms
Did you know you can create rhythms with words? Click here to watch a YouTube video and clap along to “Sweet Beets”.

Storytelling with Instruments- The Three Little Pigs
Use instruments to help tell the story of the three little pigs. You’ll need a different instrument or sound for each little pig. Click here to go to YouTube and play along with the story on this video. Do you have a favorite story you could add instruments to?

Sing and Sign
Can you make the musical signs with this video? Click here to listen on YouTube. Sing along and do the hand signs! Can you guess the name of the songs?

Steady Beat!
Play your favorite song and show the steady beat of the music. Pat your shoulders, clap your hands, stomp, walk, or choose your own way to keep that beat! Play it again and add a stuffed animal friend. Can you tap your stuffed animal on your head? Can you tap your stuffed animal on the floor? Tap them anywhere as long as it goes with the steady beat!

Apple Tree
Sing or say these rhyming words: “Apple tree, apple tree, will your apple fall on me? I won’t cry and I won’t shout, if your apples knock me out!” Find six objects (our video example uses apples and cups) and tap the top of the object on the beat as you sing. The object you tap on the word, “out!” is OUT! Keep going until there is one object left. Who was the winner? Or, try playing with your family, “Duck Duck Goose” style!  Watch this YouTube video to see this fun activity in action!

Listening Walk
There is music all around us, we just have to find it! Go on a walk with a trusted adult. Explore the different sounds you hear. Do your shoes make the same sound as your grown-up’s shoes? Is the wind blowing? Do you hear a car horn, or a neighbor’s pets? If you see a person on your walk, say hello! See if their voice is high or low. What other sounds do you hear?

Down By the Bay
Click here to listen to this silly song on YouTube! Did you notice that at the end of each verse, the singer makes a rhyme? Talk with a grown up or sibling about what rhyming words you heard. Then, work together to create your own silly rhymes! “Did you ever see a ____, ______ a ________? Down by the bay!” See how many fun new verses you can create for this song.

Opposites: High and Low
Opposites are things that are different, like high and low. A composer named Mr. Elgar wrote a song that uses high and low sounds to tell us a story about two characters: the fairies and the giants. Fairies are small, so they make a high sound. Giants are big and heavy, so they have a low sound. Move around your space like a tiny fairy, or a big giant. Click here to play the song “Fairies and Giants,” and act out each character as you hear them. Make up a story for our characters. Why are they in the forest? What is happening when we hear each character in the song?

Opposites: Fast and Slow
Fast and slow are another pair of musical opposites! Make a list of things that are fast and things that are slow. A turtle is slow. A cheetah is fast! What else can you think of? Then, go pretend that you are ice skating in an open space. Instead of ice skates, use two paper plates, flattened cardboard boxes, or something else you can use to make your feet move smoothly across the floor. Have your grown up play different songs that are fast, like Flight of the Bumblebee, or songs that are slow, like Moonlight Sonata, while you ice skate!

Opposites: High and Low
Another pair of opposites are high and low sounds. Things that are bigger make lower sounds, like grown up voices or a big drum! Things that are smaller make higher sounds, like a bird or a baby. Make a list of things that make high sounds or low sounds.

Song Maker
Every day we have lots of big feelings that we feel, like happy, sad, excited, or mad. What are some other big feelings you have? Click here to go to Song Maker on Chrome Music Lab. Use the colors to make a song that sounds sad. Do you like the sad song? Did you make it fast or slow? See if you can make a happy song next. What did you change to make it sound happy? Pick some more big feelings and give them a try too!

Make Your Own Instrument
Click here to watch a video that explains how you could make your own instrument at home. With help from an adult, find some recyclable items at your house that you can use to make your own! Play along with your favorite song or make up a song of your own with your “new” instrument.

Body Percussion SHOWDOWN!
Click here to watch a video on YouTube and choose a colored line to follow along with. You can perform this using a body percussion of your choice (clap, snap, pat). For fun, have family members perform the rest of the colored lines with you to see who can perform their line most accurately!

Trash or Treasure???
Click here to watch a video on YouTube about making instruments from trash. Then use your knowledge of how instruments look and sound to create your own recycled instrument! Use things you can find around your house. Some of these items might even be considered “trash” like in the video. See if you can get your instrument to produce a sound and play a song! 

Create your own Comic Strip!
Composers often use music to tell stories without words. Click this link to listen to the piece “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”. Create a comic strip to tell the story you imagine is being told!

That’s A Rap
Write down 4 sentences to describe your favorite activities or foods. Click here to listen to “Dope Beat 8” on YouTube. See if you can rap your sentences to the beat!

Finish the Lyrics
Have your family create a list of songs that everyone knows. Try playing the game “Finish the Lyrics”. One person sings the beginning of the lines and the first person in your family to correctly sing the rest of the lyrics, WINS!

Humdinger
Create a list of your family’s favorite songs. Take turns drawing song names out of a hat and humming them for each other. See who can name the song based on your humming!

The Lion King?
Click here to watch a YouTube video to see how music affects the movies we watch. What are the different moods you feel while watching the different versions?

Who’s Got the Beat?
Choose a song on the radio to perform different rhythm patterns to. See if you can perform your rhythm while someone else performs something different.

Destined for the Stage
Create a stage area in your home or outdoors. Invite your family to put on a talent show for each other.

So You Think You Can Dance?
Click here to watch a KIDZ BOP video on YouTube. See if you can follow along to learn and perform this dance!

Create Your Own Rap Using Garage Band!
Learn how to make your name into a rap and add beat tracks to a sampler.  Click here to watch the YouTube video about Garage Band.

Hand Clapping Challenge!
Click here to watch the Handclap Challenge video on YouTube. Follow the video to practice the pattern then challenge your friends and family to see how fast they can go!

Movie Soundtrack Challenge!
Listen to clips of popular movies and try to guess what movie they are from before time runs out! How important is music in a movie? Click here to go to YouTube and play.

Let Your Ears Listen and Your Brain Decide!
Click here to listen to 26 different GENRES (types of music) on YouTube. Trying new music genres is like tasting new food; everyone is different in what they like. Which genres did you like? Which genres would you not order again?

How Much Music Does Your Family Make? 
Ask your family and relatives if they were ever involved in music in their life.  Did they play instruments, did they attend concerts, did they sing on the stage, were they ever in a rock band?  The answers may surprise you. 

Travel the World Through Music! 
Music is important all around the world. Click here to explore the Radio Garden site. Listen to music radio stations and make cultural connections from around the world!  Where did you decide to travel?  Did you enjoy the music?

LIVE Music!
Attend a free outdoor concert this summer with Olathe LIVE! Bring chairs, a blanket, and a few snacks and enjoy the night! Click here to see the schedule on the Olathe Parks and Recreation site.

Find Your Voice!
Click here to watch a YouTube video with tips on how to begin writing lyrics. Music can be a way to express feelings, thoughts, and emotions. Writing lyrics (words) is a healthy and creative outlet to get your voice heard! Write down thoughts, feelings, stresses, celebrations, and ideas – music can be about anything!

Music in Your Future?  
There are many ways to be involved in a successful music career.  From working backstage at a concert, to teaching music lessons, and even composing music for video games. Click here to explore the Careers In Music website. Explore the site to see all the opportunities for you to take your love for music to the next level and possibly into your future.  What career interests you the most?