MELODY - SOLFEGE EGGS

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.