The Rundown
This Sesame Street video features Rosita (for those of you who aren't avid Sesame Streeters, she's the blue Latina monster) and a host of various animals, including a sheep, a collie dog and some chickens, playing percussion instruments while singing an incredibly catchy song (it has been running through my head on repeat since we watched it this morning before our breakfast picnic) about musica.
Why We Love It
I'm happy to report that Aiden's Grandpa has just finished building a house in Costa Rica. In the upcoming months, when we manage to squeeze in a trip to our new holiday home, we will need to know a few Spanish words, and what better word to start with for a little musician than musica? And what better way to learn the word for music than through a song about music? Also, who doesn't love a music video that has a collie playing maracas? Enough said I think!
Creative Extensions
1. Create your own instruments from cardboard tubes, paper plates, metal pie plates, jars, beans, pasta and rice. Decorate the instruments with various craft supplies. Make a sound word for your new instruments and add additional verses to the song.
2. Play some more Latin or other world music. Listen for specific instruments. Make up a song about the instruments that you hear.
3. Teach your little person about volume and tempo by playing your instruments quietly and loudly or fast and slow. Encourage your little person to move to the music using quiet and loud steps or fast and slow steps. Be sure to get in there and dnce alongside them.
The Video
Happy musica making,
Creatively yours,
Maya :)
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