EAC’s KinderArts program has gathered some intriguing ideas for creative and arts-oriented activities for preschoolers.
About the percussion projects: “Using kitchen utensils or sticks from your backyard you can practice tempo (fast and slow), dynamics (loud and soft) and register (high and low),” notes EAC’s Education & Outreach Coordinator Alison Brennan (yes, she is also a music teacher!). “Older children will also have fun copying simple rhythm patterns.”
Please scroll on to explore, and feel free to send ideas to alison@eastportartscenter.org.
An outdoor music station! Read more about this idea here: https://www.andnextcomesl.com/2014/06/diy-recycled-outdoor-music-station.html These fun maracas use spoons, tape, and recycled plastic Easter eggs. Vary the egg ‘fillings’ (rice? popcorn? lentils? beads?) to hear different sounds.
The work of Eastport Arts Center is funded in part by a grant from the Maine Arts Commission, an independent state agency supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.