Making a Megaphone (Fine motor)
Listen to song "Salve Regina Gregorian Chant" and create a "megaphone"
Instructions
- Listen to the song “Salve Regina Gregorian Chant” or Watch/Listen here while doing this activity
- This idea recycles an empty paper towel roll
- You will also need about 3 feet of 1/2 inch to 1-inch wide ribbon (could also use yarn to wrap the paper towel roll)
- Tape one end of the ribbon inside the edge of the towel roll and let the child wrap the roll from one end to the other end with the ribbon
- Encourage the child to cover all of the towel roll by overlapping the ribbon
- Use as a megaphone for Month 8 Activity 10 activity
Simplify
To make it easier, you can use clear tape at intervals to help keep the ribbon in place
Extend
This activity uses hand-eye skills so encourage the child to take his time in making the megaphone. Share why people use a megaphone - to amplify or make a voice louder. Click here for a picture of a cheerleader using a megaphone. Articulate your words clearly so the audience can understand what you're saying - learn a cheer with your child: GO PACK GO; WAY TO GO; YOU GOT THIS; DE-FENSE; etc.
Explain that the song "Salve Regina" is a chant and how that is different from other music
QUESTIONS FOR CHILD
Can you name some different types of music and tell me what is your favorite type of music? (rap, country, classical, pop, rock, etc.)
Is there a song you like to listen to that makes you happy? What is the name of the song and why does it make you happy?
Materials
- Song "Salve Regina Gregorian Chant"; Watch/Listen here or use a song of your choosing
- empty paper towel roll
- about 3 feet of 1/2 to 1-inch wide ribbon
- tape
Activity Resources
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Curriculum Plan Resources
Skills Focus
- Shape - Heart
- Color - Review
- Number - Six, 6
- Alphabet Letters - H, P
- Senses - Hearing
- Character Trait - Honesty
- Target Words - Good-by, Many, Match, Why
Monthly Proverb
If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.
Did You Know?
"Children with below average language skills can make rapid improvements if their parents take simple steps to change the way they interact with them." University of Sydney
Books to Read
"Museum ABC"
by Metropolitan Museum of Art (Activity 11)
"My Very First Book of Shapes"
by Eric Carle (Activity 2)
"Big Red Barn"
by Margaret Wise Brown (Activity 8)
"My Very First Book of Shapes" VIDEO
by Eric Carle (Activity 2)
"Big Red Barn" VIDEO
by Margaret Wise Brown (Activity 8)
"Museum ABC" VIDEO
by Metropolitan Museum of Art (Activity 11)
Music Playlist
"Old MacDonald Had a Farm"
by Countdown Kids Album 100 All Time Children’s Favorites (Activity 10)
"SalveRegina - Antiphona (tonus monasticus) in Honorem Beatae Mariae Virginias"
Album Salve Regina Gregorian Chant by Benedictine Monks of the Abby of Saint-Maurice & Saint-Maur, Clervaux (Activity 21)
"You’ll Be In My Heart"
by Phil Collins Album Tarzan (Movie Soundtrack) (Activity 18)
"Old MacDonald Had a Farm" VIDEO
by Countdown Kids 100 Silly Songs (Activity 10)
'SalveRegina - Antiphona (tonus monasticus) in Honorem Beatae Mariae Virginias" VIDEO
by Benedictine Monks of the Abby of Saint-Maurice and Saint -Maur, Clervaux (Activity 21)
"You'll Be In My Heart" VIDEO
by Phil Collins Tarzan Movie Soundtrack (Activity 18)
Monthly Materials List
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Fingerplay / Poems / Songs
Up Down Turn Around
(Activity 14 Month 8)
Up, down
Turn around.
Touch the sky,
And touch the ground.
Wiggle fingers
Wiggle toes
Wiggle shoulders
And say "hello"
Up, down
Turn around
Touch the sky,
And touch the ground.
Pat your belly
Blink your eyes,
Blow a kiss,
And say “good-bye “
I Need To Be Honest
(Activity 13 Month 8)
I need to be honest
My mom and dad say
And telling the truth
Is just one way!
Why be honest
I ask mom and dad.
You will feel your best
When the truth is always said.