EAT, PRAY, LOVE…MUSIC!

HOLIDAY FUN

How to keep your child musically occupied.

Asking your child to practise every day is a good thing but may not necessarily work well for both mother and child. It would be like telling them to do their regular school work during the holidays. It's good but not good enough for holidays. Instead of getting them to read their school book, you would get them to read anyway, and when they come across a new word, find out the meaning and use it in a sentence, to get a better understanding of the word. Instead of doing the regular math, you would get them to solve a puzzle that involves mathematical principles. There are different ways of keeping your child constructively occupied during the holidays.

So what do we do with his/ her music lessons.

Must practise. True.

but…

Let's look at something different. How about making a musical instrument using vegetables. There's nothing expensive and all other tools you need can be found around your home.

The vegetables which are mostly used are,

marrow, carrot, potato, butternut etc.

Then, cabbage, moringa (in some parts of the world it is called drumsticks) because they look like drum sticks!

As tools, you would need, a knife, spoon, nylon string or rubber bands, some pins etc.

I decided to share this interesting video from YouTube which shows how to make simple musical instruments from vegetables.

 

I have included a few more, for your convenience. These give clear instructions and are easy to make.

How to make a tom tom drum.

How to make an oboe

And here's a serious one.

I am sure that you and your children would enjoy watching these videos as much as you enjoyed following the instructions. Perhaps, unknowingly, you may have found a way of getting them to eat it!
I am sure, this will be a lot of fun!