Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year because there are so many fun and engaging activities we can do in music! One of my favorite lessons is using Halloween poems to create spooky sound stories. A sound story is using instruments or various objects to add sound effects to a story, poem, or book. In Second grade classes, we started by learning a Halloween poem together as a class. Once we read through it a few times, we decided which words needed a sound effect. They discovered that important words and onomatopoeias were great choices. Next, I showed the students a collection of sound effects instruments and the students chose appropriate sounds for the words that they had circled. Then, the students performed the poem collaboratively using the instruments. The students then got into small groups and began working on their own Halloween sound story. The groups followed the same steps that we had followed together as a class. The groups received a bucket full of classroom percussion instruments that they used to create their sound effects. It was so neat to watch each group's creative process! Each group performed their sound stories for the class. They definitely got me into the spooky Halloween spirit!! ツ
The Scary Witch Halloween rhythm game is a fun musical listening game for Halloween. It is both educational and also a bit daring too!
The cup acts like a sound board. If you rubbed the towel down the string without it, you would not hear any sound, but the cup amplifies the vibrations created by the movement and you get the sound!
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How to Rock Out in a REAL P.I.M.P. Costume for Halloween.: The purpose of this INSTRUCTABLE is not only to help you out by rocking a sweet stume for this Halloween, but hopefully to revolutionize your lifestyle by providing some insights into the highly demanding world of being a PIMP.
Enjoy teaching sound energy activities! Your third, fourth, or fifth grade students will love the hands-on stations.
John Bradford, a University of Kentucky student, was on the side of the road hitchhiking on a very dark night and in the midst of a big storm. The night was horrid, and seemed to drag-on. Yet still, no car went by. The storm was so strong he could hardly see a few feet ahead of him...
Explore sound science with a tonoscope, a device that helps you see sound vibrations. It's a super fun sound science experiment for kids.
Try these easy sound experiments -- Elementary & Middle School kids will LOVE testing the science of sound with this fun wave experiment to create a 'gong' and explore how sound waves travel!
As a class, we made a chart listing words with the /oo/ sound. I titled the chart "Words That Say BOO" and used the enormous googly eyes in the word boo.
Decorating your walls can be a pain in the ass, but it's not so bad once you get the hang of it.
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Try these easy sound experiments -- Elementary & Middle School kids will LOVE testing the science of sound with this fun wave experiment to create a 'gong' and explore how sound waves travel!
I love this time of year in my classroom because it signals the beginning of a delightful string of holidays: Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas! The music of Halloween is especially fun̷…
Food can be a fun, motivating (and delicious) way to elicit the R sound in speech therapy. Who doesn’t love snacks, right? Today I’ll share 5 ways I use food to elicit the R sound in my speech therapy room. Some of them may surprise you! Sticky Stuff Think icing, peanut butter, or even nutella… […]
