Je cherche les musiciens...

Firstly, apologies that there was no post last week - illness has once again got in the way in our house!  Hopefully though, everyone is now okay and the glimpses of sunshine over the last few days are a sign that spring is really on its way and the winter bugs will soon be history!
I did manage to run a toddler session last Friday, just forgot to take any photos of the craft and had no chance to update the blog post.  Anyway, we sang another song about printemps and made some springtime collage pictures and all had good fun!

This week, our new song had a familiar tune "I am the music man" and gave us the opportunity to have a dance!  I did come across a French song called "Je cherche les musiciens" on Mama Lisa's site but the tune was not one I recognised and I decided that with a bit of tweaking it could be made to fit to the tune that we all know!

So here are my adapted lyrics:

Je cherche les musiciens
De quel instrument jouez-vous?
Nous jouons du piano
Et nous sommes des musiciens
pia-pia-piano, piano, piano, pia-pia-piano, pia-piano

Verse 2 replaces the piano with de la trompette and trom-trom-trom-trom-trom-trompette, trom-trompette, trom-trompette, trom-trom-trom-trom-trom-trompette, trom-trom-trom-trompette

Verse 3 has des castagnettes and cla-cla-cla-cla-cla-cla-cla, cla-cla-cla, cla-cla-cla, cla-cla-cla-cla-cla-cla-cla, cla-cla-cla-cla-cla

And verse 4 des cymbalettes and ting-ting-ting-ting-ting-ting-ting, ting-ting-ting, ting-ting-ting, ting-ting-ting-ting-ting-ting-ting, ting-ting-ting-ting-ting

Of course, a song about instruments provided a great opportunity for us to make our own and so this week our craft activity involved making shakers.

To make your own, you will need:
an empty plastic bottle
dried pasta/peas/lentils
straws
pipecleaners
scissors
glue
collage materials and stickers
sticky tape

First let your toddler choose materials and stickers to decorate the outside of the bottle as they wish.

Secondly, let them practice their scissor skills snipping up straws and pipe cleaners.

Add the straw and pipe cleaner pieces and some dried pasta/peas/lentils to the bottle.

Put the lid on and secure with sticky tape - this will not be totally secure though and you should make sure that your toddler is not left unattended with their shaker in case the lid comes off and they have access to the little things inside!

One shaker, ready to make music with!

Here are our creations to inspire you!

 

Happy singing, crafting and music making! :o)