Hi kids!
Everyday is Earth Day if you find ways to reuse, reduce, and recycle! The following videos teach you how to make instruments from recycled materials and items around your home. Make as many as you want! Have fun playing! Scroll down to also find a playlist of songs that celebrate nature and our planet Earth.
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Watch this video to learn about how sound works and to see what instruments you can make at home!
Make a GUIRO!
Make a SHAKER!
Make a DRUM!
Make a RAINSTICK!
Make a set of SPOONS!
Make a XYLOPHONE!
Now play along to “I Love Hong Kong!”
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Listen to songs on this Earth Day playlist below to think about our connection to nature!
“The Dirt Made My Lunch” by Banana Slug Band
“The Pretty Planet” by Tom Chapin
“One Light, One Sun” by Raffi
“Thanks a Lot” by Raffi
“The Circle Game” by Joni Mitchell
“What a Wonderful World” performed by Louis Armstrong
“A Seed Knows What to Do” by Sarah Pirtle
“Try a Little Kindness” performed Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Tops
“To Everyone in the World” by Raffi
“The Earth is Our Mother”
“Habitat is Where It’s At” by Spaceship Earth
“Nature’s Outside Your Door” by Spaceship Earth
“Only Take What You Need” by Earth Mama
“Blessed Be” by Raffi
“Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” by Spaceship Earth
“Bio-Bio-Bio-Bio-Biodiversity” of Spaceship Earth.
“Energy Tango” by Earth Mama
“Let it Be” by Malvina Reynolds (not the Beatles version!)
“Baby Beluga” by Raffi
“Ode to Water” by Earth Mama
“The Bird Song” by Earth Mama