Does your baby or toddler enjoy exploring different objects and textures? Why not take the opportunity to encourage your child to listen to sounds around them and to create sounds from objects around them? Christmas music activities can be so rewarding. Using music and sound for young children is a great way to engage your child in fun activities.
Musical instruments, although nice to have, are not necessarily needed in order to make music and sounds with your child. Take a look at the short list of musical opportunities at Christmas time below:
- Crinkle and tear wrapping paper from all those presents – lots of interesting sounds to hear!
- Sing Christmas Carols. Children love nothing more than hearing their parents voices
- Spin an empty or round chocolate or biscuit tin that you’ve had for Christmas and listen to the sound it makes as it gradually lowers, then falls
- Fill the tin with some rice or dried beans to make an ocean drum. Swirl, shake and tap to hear different sounds
- Use empty toy boxes and tins as a drum
- Scrape rough surfaces from packaging together
- Compare sounds when tapping or scraping
- Swish tinsel through the air and through fingers to engage many senses, (touch, sight, hearing)
Do you have any more ideas for Christmas music activities? If so, I’d love to hear them!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Play On Education!
