Let's make music!
Let's make music!
Exploring sounds with containers and utensils
Materials Required
- Pots and pans/different containers from kitchen
- Spoons
- Spatulas and utensils
Play experience profile
-
Ages:
-
Min Playtime5 - 15 Minutes
-
Skills
-
Energy LevelActive play
-
Messiness Rating
-
EYLF Outcomes
Play Experience Preparation
Collect utensils, pans and containers to be used - Set up a space for the experienceExperience Steps
- Collect utensils you will need - either from kitchen or source from elsewhere.
- Set these up in an inviting way.
- Let your child play with sounds and explore the utensils, pots, containers.
- Play with sounds alongside your child.
What to talk about, or questions to ask during the experience
- Can you play- loud/soft/fast/slow
- Discuss tempo (fast/slow), rhythm of music, dynamics (loud/soft)
- Create patterns to mimic and play along to a nursery rhyme
- Mimic patterns and sequencing for older children - play with long and short sounds
- Compare the different sounds made by different utensils and containers
Build on this...
- Exploring other musical instruments in the home.
- Exploring other musical instruments from around the world.
- Make your own musical instrument e.g. rain shaker, shakers with bottle and seeds etc.
- Find other objects inside and outside the home that makes a sound
- Research instruments with older children using digital technology
WHO guidelines for physical activity and sedentary behaviour
Provide evidence-based public health recommendations for children, adolescents and adults on physical activity.
Learn more
Provide evidence-based public health recommendations for children, adolescents and adults on physical activity. Learn more
This is a physical activity involving small and large muscle movements, depending on the age of the child.
EYLF Outcomes
The Early Years Learning Framework has been designed for use by early childhood educators working in partnership with families, children’s first and most influential educators.
View PDF
The Early Years Learning Framework has been designed for use by early childhood educators working in partnership with families, children’s first and most influential educators. View PDF
- Children interact verbally and non-verbally with others for a range of purposes
- Children express ideas and make meaning using a range of media
EYLF Principle
Principle 1: Secure, respectful and reciprocal relationships. Through a widening network of secure relationships, children develop confidence and feel respected and valued.
EYLF Practice
Practice: Learning environments. Indoor and outdoor environments support all aspects of children’s learning and invite conversations between children, early childhood educators, families and the broader community. They promote opportunities for sustained shared thinking and collaborative learning.
Author:
Share Play Experience
Related Play Experiences
