Activities
to do with Children
Museums
Performances
Provide young children
with the opportunity to make music and to listen to music.
Teach children simple songs to sing. Expose children to
the wide variety of music, different rhythms, tempos and
moods. Listen to music of many cultures, Italian opera,
folk music, jazz, reggae, rock, country, and children’s
music that you like.
As you listen or sing
to music, dance with the child. Carry him or hold hands.
Encourage young children to move
to the rhythm of the music.
Fun
activities to do with children
Create
your own simple instruments to play with a child:
- Drums:
Beat on the lid of a coffee can or upside down pots and
pans.
- Rhythm
Sticks: Tap together two wooden rulers or wooden spoons.
- Tambourine/Shakers:
Fill plastic eggs, film canisters or aluminum pie tins
with rice, beans, marbles or another small substance.
Glue around together and begin shaking.
- Bells:
Sew jingle bells on a 1” elastic strip and sew ends
of strip together to form a wrist or ankle band.
- Chimes:
Fill clear
glasses or glass jars with different amount of water.
Tap lightly with a spoon to make different notes.
Visit Enchanted
Learning for music crafts to do with children.
Log onto American
Library Association for a list of sites to visit.
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Take
a trip to a Music Museum
New Haven County:
Yale
Collection of Musical Instruments, 15 Hillhouse Ave.,
New Haven (203) 432-0822 Over 800 16th to 20th century musical
instruments.
Middlesex County:
Museum
of Fife & Drum, 62 N. Main St., Ivoryton, (860)
399-6519 This small museum is dedicated to the history and
development of parade music, with an emphasis on the fife
and drum. See uniforms, parade and performance gear, and
musical instruments.
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Take
young children to a concert or performance
New Haven County:
Yale
University School of Music, Sprague Memorial and Woolsey
Hall, corner of College
& Grove St., New Haven (203) 432-4158 Yale University
School of Music performs in a 1901 concert auditorium.
International
Festival of Arts & Ideas, New Haven Green, New Haven,
800-ART-IDEA Enjoy performing and visual arts from around
the world during this yearly festival. Experience classical,
jazz, and popular music. There is also international theatre,
interactive activities for children, street performers,
and much more. The festival runs two weeks in June.
New
Haven Summer Concert Series, New Haven Green, New Haven
New
Haven Symphony Orchestra, 70 Audubon St., New Haven,
800-292-NHSO Enjoy a performance from one of the oldest
orchestra in the United States.
Neighborhood
Music School, 100 Audubon St., New Haven, (203) 624-5189
Neighborhood Music School offers free lunchtime concerts
featuring its faculty, open houses and programs for children
call or visit the website for more information.
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