Happy Top 10 Tuesday, Tucson Songstress friends! It’s time for another fun music activity for you to do with your children at home. For today’s activity, we will be using shaker eggs. About two months ago, there was a recall on Basic Beat Shaker Eggs. By now, I hope that if any of my readers had these eggs at home, they checked the serial number and returned them to Basic Beat for a replacement. To read about the recall, click HERE. Just to be on the safe side, however, I am going to ask that this activity is not tried at home with children younger than 3-years-old.
To complete to activity, you will need multi-colored shaker eggs. Here is a picture of the eggs from Basic Beat.
To purchase them from Amazon.com, click HERE. The newly made ones are all corrected and safe!
You will also need some paper and crayons or markers.
The Activity
This activity is intended for children ages 3 and up. It is best played with 3-5 players. To begin, have the children draw a picture of an egg. Each child should color a section of the egg the same color as the egg they are using. Here is a drawing of the one we used.
For the first round of the game, choose a child to be “it.” They are the musical conductor. They will hold the egg drawing, and the other children will sit on the ground in front of them with their shaker egg. The conductor will point to a color. The child with the same color egg will create a rhythm for the other egg holders to follow. The conductor will decide when it is time to change the rhythm by choosing another color. As the rounds go on, the conductor should choose the colors faster. If a child can not come up with a rhythm, simply have the conductor choose another color. Make sure each child has a chance to take a turn being the conductor by playing several rounds of the game. This activity will help teach your children rhythm, to follow music cues, beginning reading skills and staying focused.
Thank you so much for visiting The Tucson Songstress for another Top 10 Tuesday music activity. Check back every Tuesday for some more musical fun. Click HERE to see the complete list of Top 10 Tuesday musical instruments under $40 that will help promote music education at home, and please click HERE for an archive of all previous Top 10 Tuesday music activities, too. Until next week, don’t forget to play on!
