The boys wrote many compositions, and couldn’t wait to perform them for Dad when he came home from work! Gresham tried out my sample composition for the xylophone, and the boys were hooked. Writing the notes and reading back the sequence is a fantastic project for a kindergartner. For younger kids, you could either use small numbers and write songs that add up to 5 or 10, or just skip the adding part. I had Owen (age 5) just draw the notes without worrying about the addition part of the activity. He and Aidan wrote songs that added up to 100 and 200. I chose to aim this activity at Gresham’s math level (finished 2nd grade, starting 3rd grade in the fall), and so I used the numbers 5, 10, and 15.
#MUSIC MATH LESSONS HOW TO#
I showed the boys how to write a composition by drawing music notes that matched the color of the note they wanted to use. If you don’t own any real instruments – keep reading! It would be easy to do this activity with homemade instruments.Īt each station, we used color coded notes. I’m a violinist and love music and instruments, so it was worth the investment. We own several real kid’s instruments that I purchased for use in our homeschooling. We adapted this activity for home instead of a classroom, and the boys loved it. Kids are practicing SO many skills through this activity: The other thing I love about this is that by pre-selecting the notes, basically any composition will sound pleasant to the ear. Instead of trying to create a song out of an endless number of notes (too open-ended), kids have a manageable amount of notes to choose from and a goal in mind (add up to 100). I absolutely love this activity! For one thing, this is a great way to explore musical composition without overwhelming kids. The two remaining keys were labeled “5” and “10.” The students were instructed to write a composition by creating a pattern of the two notes with the only requirement being that the finished composition needed to add up to 100. In the “real kids” segment of the show, a classroom teacher gave his students a xylophone with all but two keys removed. Several weeks ago on the Curious George PBS Kids show, I saw a fun idea to create musical compositions with a mathematical element. That means that if you make a purchase through a product link, I will earn a small percentage of the sale at no additional cost to you. This post contains Amazon Affiliate links.
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