Fizz Boom Read: Music!

July 22, 2014

Fizz Boom Read: Music!

A storytime devoted to all kinds of  musical enterprises!

Books:

Be Quiet, Mike by Leslie Patricelli

The Croaky Pokey by Ethan Long

Pete the Cat: Old McDonald Had a Farm by James Dean

Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin by Lloyd Moss

Songs:

Opening Song: Where is Thumbkin? - Kimbo

Song 2: Skinny-Marinky-Dinky-Dink - 100 Singalong Songs for Kids

Song 3: Let Everyone Clap Just Like Me - Wee Sing in the Car

Song 4: Hokey Pokey - Wee Sing and Play

Song 5: Old McDonald Had a Farm - 100 Singalong Songs for Kids

Song 6: Shakes My Sillies Out - Raffi

Song 7: Dance Your Fingers/Clap Along With Me - Wee Sing for Baby

Song 8: Wheels on the Bus - 100 Singalong Songs for Kids

Experiment:

The kids were a little to restless for a magnet board this week so we jumped right to our experiment: THE STRAW OBOE!!

 

Back in January, we had a workshop about the summer reading program where a very nice librarian from the state presented the theme and a bunch of ideas on how to incorporate the theme into our storytimes. The Straw Oboe Experiment is something she mentioned and we decided to give it a try. This experiment is on the Internet in a few different places, but this is the only video I could find with a hands on demonstration:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-u8mlW6x1Q

Basically, you straighten one end of a plastic straw (very basic - the thicker ones from Wendy's, McDonald's, etc do not work. Too fancy and nice apparently). Once the straw end is flat, you cut the end into a long triangle. The longer the triangle the better. This creates a reed!

Then, you blow. I had to slightly squeeze the place beneath the triangle slightly to get a good sound on a few of the oboes I made. The sound is not exactly pleasant (think more a kazoo than oboe), but it does work! I was able to recreate this in front of the kids and they were fascinated!

I had almost 100 plastic straws so I gave them out with printed instructions for the kids to try it themselves at home. Not sure how much that parents will love the kazoo sounds in the house, but it's all in the name of science!

Craft:

This week we made DIY Drums! The form of them was already done (a white cardboard, round box with a piece of plastic to form a drum). I did not make one for show because, again, we had a limited amount in stock an I didn't want to take one away from a kid! All the kids had to do was color as they wished! Much loved by the kids!