Looking for a FUN summer activity for kids that is educational too? This fun music activity for kids helps kids of all ages learn music notes while having fun with a music notes game that was made for summertime. This water balloon game is perfect for preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade students. As they play this music game for kids they will learn music notes for kids!
Music Activity for Kids
Make learning music notes outrageously fun with this music activity for kids! Whether you use this as music activities for preschoolers, kindergarteners, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, grade 4, grade 5, or grade 6 students – you will love that kids will learn the notes on a staff while playing with water balloons! Yep this water balloon activity teaches while it helps kids cool off and have some summer fun. So add music note games to your summer bucket list for kids! This is perfect for parents to try at home on the drivway, music camps, summer school, summer camps, and more!
Music Activities for Preschoolers
This activity is really simple and only requires a little prep:
- sidewalk chalk
- quick fill water balloons
Music Games for Kids
To prep you are going to draw a large musical staff on the driveway with both the base and treble cleff. I suggest drawing half notes or whole notes going up the staff on each line and space. Use this handy Free Music Notes Chart to help if you are unsure how many lines and the note names.
Learn Music Notes
I like to start by having the kids learn or recall what the name of each note is. Remember musical notes from A – G and then repeat again. I like to have them color all the C notes in with one color so they see how many times the C appears on the grand staff. Write the name C in the same color. Repeat with all the notes. It’s a great visual for kids!
Water Balloon Game
Fill up water balloons. We like to use the rapid fill as they are all ready in about 60 seconds! We put them in a bucket with some water. Putting it in water takes the pressure off the bottom balloons.
Alternatively, add 1 teaspoons of liquid tempera paint per balloon before tieing off for some colorful music!
Music notes for kids
Now it’s time to review what you have learned and practiced by turning it into a fun summer activity for kids! Say the name of a note and have students throw water balloon at that note. At the beginning you can still see the note name, but as you keep playing the helpful hint will dissapear and kids will have to remember.
You will be surprised by how quickly they will learn their notes!
Notes on a Staff
If you want to play more of a competition type game. have one student stand on the treble clef and one on the base clef. The base clef student will toss his waterballoons at the treble clef while the other player stands on the staff….. they will cool of nicely. Next note turnabout is fair play as the balloon is launched back this time at the base clef.
Music Note Games
As students are aiming at the staff, it should just get students feet and legs avoiding some typical complaints kids have with being hit in the face with a water balloon.
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Music for Kids
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Summer Activities
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