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Activity #7 Acrostic Poems

Activity #7 Acrostic Poems

Do you know what season we are in? Djeran is the Nyoongar season of April and May when the cooler weather begins. Typically, Djeran means cooler nights, red flowering gums, and bright pink and orange sunsets. Today we’ll be writing acrostic poems inspired by the...
Activity #6 Dancing Doodles

Activity #6 Dancing Doodles

STEP ONE: Listen to “Gopher Mambo” by Yma Sumac (https://spoti.fi/39uphKz). Doodle, squiggle and draw shapes and lines around your page as you listen to the song. Does the music inspire long thick lines, thin jagged zig zags, curly pathways, or a combination of...
Activity #5 Trashcan Composition

Activity #5 Trashcan Composition

Did you know that you can make music out of things in your bin? Percussion is music you make by hitting objects (or yourself) with your hands or another object. Today we’ll be experimenting with rhythm and composing percussion songs out of things you can find in your...
Activity #4 Olympic Statues

Activity #4 Olympic Statues

A tableau is when you pose your body and freeze like a statue to tell a story. Today we’ll be making tableaux (frozen pictures) of different types of sport. Don’t forget to stretch before you try this at home!⁠ STEP ONE: Brainstorm your favourite types of sport and...
Activity #3 Eye Spy Poetry

Activity #3 Eye Spy Poetry

Poetry is a careful selection of words to make the reader imagine something or feel a certain way. Today we’ll be writing short poems about what we can see from our windows using the 5 senses and our imaginations. ⁠ ⁠ STEP ONE: Look out your window and select FOUR...