Musical Streamers

Using streamers during your music time can help children open up and complete various movements while listening to different genres of music.  Producing your own streamers is much cheaper compared to actually purchasing them from school stores or catalogs.  Plus they are actually fairly easy to make with just some simple items that you find around the house.

Through streamers, children learn about and develop:

• Cause and effect
• Space – their own and the area around them
• Rhythm
• Spatial directions
• Fast vs. slow
• Positive self-esteem

To make your own streamer, you will need:

• Plastic rings from canned pop
• Ribbons

OR

• Shower curtain rings
• Plastic ribbon tape found in a hardware store/fabric strips

First, cut each plastic ring apart to make several pieces.  Next place the ribbon onto different parts of the plastic ring tying it securely each time.  You can put as many ribbon strands on it as you want.  Once all the ribbons are secure on your ring, you have a completed streamer of your own.

Now it is your turn to share!  What are some of your favorite things to do with streamers?  Include your music ideas, as well as your movement ideas!