Musical Moon Bounce
Create bouncy music on homemade instruments
Materials
- rubber bands
- small containers
Directions
In the episode "Arthur Bounces Back," Arthur's moon shoes let him bounce high up into the air. Talk with your children about what they'd do with moon shoes, and then have a Musical Moon Bounce!
- Discuss: Ask your children: If you had moon shoes that let you bounce as high as you wanted, where would you go? What adventures would you have? Encourage lots of imaginative ideas.
- Create: Have each child make a musical instrument by stretching a rubber band over a small container. Now your kids can play bouncing music on their one-string "guitars."
- Bounce: Have your children take turns bouncing as you and/or other kids play guitar. Everyone can sing the following verse adapted from "Miss Mary Mack":
I bounced so high, high, high
I touched the sky, sky, sky,
And I never came back, back, back
'Til the end of July-ly-ly.
As children bounce, ask: Where are you bouncing in your moon shoes?
Based on an activity in Play and Learn with Arthur, Volume 1
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