Ty and I started with a pair of toilet paper rolls. I helped him staple the two together side-by-side so he would have binoculars. He then colored them and decorated them with stickers. I punched holes on each side for us to place a string through so he could wear them around his neck, but he had no interest in that. He knew just what to do with them and began looking around the house with his new set of eyes.
I asked if he wanted to make another project or if he just wanted to play with his binoculars, and he was ready for more project action.
The kids will sometimes grab an empty toilet paper roll and begin using it as a trumpet, but in looking for project ideas I found/rediscovered a slightly different, more sophisticated way of trumpeting using the card board tubes. I first cut a square of wax paper...maybe 3x3. I then helped Tysen secure the wax paper to one end of the empty paper towel roll with a rubber band. When I "trumpeted" with the new trumpet for Ty, he was thrilled with the new buzzing noise that came from it. It took him a few tries to emulate the sound, but he figured it out and there was no stopping him after that.
I'll be the first to tell you that I'm not the most science-minded person, but I wondered if using a shorter cardboard tube would change the sound of the trumpet. So, just to experiment, I cut another 3x3 square of wax paper and Tysen and I made a short trumpet. Just an FYI, the difference in the size didn't make a difference in the way the instrument sounded...I suppose because the real instrument being used is the voice!?! Like I said, I'm not the best at understanding the science of things. When Koen got home from school, he wanted to make a set of trumpets as well (not just one -- he needed both sizes...just like Ty). He'd made binoculars like these in preschool, so he wasn't interested in those, but he was all about the noise-makers!
No comments:
Post a Comment