Many of our classes this year enjoyed playing along to a variety of songs with our classroom boomwhackers. Although you might not have a set of boom whackers at home, you can click on the virtual boomwhackers below or try to make your own!  With a bit of digging and careful listening, you might be able to find items around your house to make your own: Paper towel rolls, pool noodles, different sizes of empty plastic pop bottles. Can you think of other possibilities? Gather your items and listen carefully to see how close you can come to the sound of the notes you will need. Click on the site below to use virtual boom whackers to compare the sounds you make with the tubes and objects you found. Or, if you prefer, you can simply use the virtual boom whackers to play along with the songs below.  

Virtual Boomwhackers:

https://www.musick8.com/boomwhackers/playboomwhackers.php?bwswitch=TRUE

·    Now that you've become familiar with how they work, open the document below so you can play along to Somewhere Over the Rainbow. You will need to print the song or record the colours on paper before playing on your virtual boom whackers.

Somewhere Over the Rainbow:

https://www.derbyshiremusichub.org.uk/site-elements/document-packages-and-resources/music-from-home/primary/week-7-somewhere-over-the-rainbow-boomwhackers.pdf

This link has many classic songs to play along with.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwHk3-6B6BouaTQtVHdTUWpyd0k/edit

Have a great week!