Let's Make Music: The Ups and Downs

Read to Your Child

Bing and Bong stumble upon a bunch of Flockers, perched on peaks in the and ready to sing their hearts out. Bing immediately finds a baton and has the flockers singing notes.

Inspired to experiment, Bing attempts a couple of note combos, but some of the results sound bad and not what he was hoping for. No sooner does Bing find the desired combos, then one Flocker bows out with laryngitis.

Bong immediately steps up to the challenge, adding a soothing whistle to the tones. Now, Bing, having learned what works and what does not, can conduct the choir to the heights of Carnegie Hall, until the alarm sounds and it’s time to head home.

You Will Learn...

• Notes are different musical sounds.
• The difference between low and high notes.
• That some notes sound nice together and some do not.

Parents

In this episode, Bing and Bong had a lot of fun experimenting with notes and the musical scale. This activity is designed to introduce your child to musical notes and the concepts of high and low notes.

Skills

• Listening
• Musical

Author: Jim Mueller, M.S.