| Here are some free preschool lesson plans for making | | | | is in the box. Does it make a soft or a loud sound? |
| music with your preschool class or your own | | | | 2. Make your own rock band! Go outside and collect |
| preschoolers at home. These are very simple, and will | | | | rocks of different sizes. Your preschoolers might even |
| introduce your preschooler to listening and thinking | | | | enjoy helping you with this. Then pick up various rocks |
| about music. | | | | and bang them together, one pair at a time. Ask your |
| These activities will help your preschoolers learn: | | | | preschoolers if they can tell you if the sounds the |
| -To listen for the difference between loud sounds and | | | | different rocks make are the same or different. If they |
| soft sounds | | | | are different, how are they different? |
| -To identify how sounds are the same or different | | | | 3. No talking allowed! Play a game with your |
| -Different ways they can create music with their own | | | | preschoolers where they have to talk to each other |
| voices. | | | | by singing their words instead of speaking. For some |
| Now, onto the fun! | | | | reason, this game reminds me of a scene in the movie |
| 1. What's making that sound? Look around your home | | | | Finding Nemo, where Dory was "talking" to the whale. If |
| and collect items like marbles, bells, pencils, paperclips, | | | | your preschoolers are familiar with the movie, you |
| and other small items. Put one item in a small box and | | | | might use that as an example of how to sing words |
| shake it around. Ask your preschooler what they think | | | | instead of speak them. |