Music in a Garden
by Ow Yang Jing Yi
#Scienceofplay28
Create music using natural materials found in the garden.
Skill Level: Advanced
Suitable For: 5 - 6 years old
Estimated Time: > 30 mins
Environment: Outdoors

Learning Framework
Physical - Eye-hand coordination, balance, stretching, cutting, hitting, rubbing
Intellectual - Comparing, observing
Emotional - Appreciation
Social - Performing for family and friends
Materials

Step 1
Ask the children to find natural materials in the garden and put them into the paper bag. With the materials gathered, put them into the individual bottles. Ask the children to name the natural materials and identify the source.

Stones
Branches
Leaves
Pebbles
Sand
Twigs
Seeds
Fruits
Used bottles
Step 2
Ask the child to think of ways to create music. Suggest ways such as rubbing, hitting, or banging the materials. Play the ‘instruments’ to an existing song or compose a new song and perform the song for family and friends.own text and edit me. It's easy.
