With Easter just around the corner, I thought it might be fun to provide another activity using all of those wonderful, "what do I do with them?" plastic easter eggs. This is a simple activity, in that you simply purchase a bag of the plastic easter eggs and seperate the tops and bottoms.
Use a file folder and place tape lines (only 1 line for sol-mi activities) to represent the staff. Have students create a B Section to an Easter or Spring song. As children sing the song (A Section), move the eagg tops and bottoms above or below the line to create a sol-mi melody.
Extension 1: Use more tape lines to create advanced B Section options. For example, 2 lines could be used for mi-re-do activities. I usually only use 1-line, 3-line and 5-line file folders.
Extension 2: Use file folders and mini-eggs to create learning center activities. Place the file folders (with tape lines) and mini-eggs in a learning center. Have a collection of sentence strips cut to 6". On each of the sentence strips, write solfege patterns using letters. Example - s-m-l or s-m-d or d-r-m. Have the children work in groups of 2. Student 1 will draw a card and place the mini-eggs on the file folder lines. Student 2 will sing the solfege pattern created with the mini-eggs. Student 1 can assess Student 2 as the child's singing should match the sentence strip card.
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