Barney™
As a helping hand for growing children, Barney (along with special pals Baby Bop™, BJ™ and Riff™ ) helps parents give their children the range of skills they need to grow - and he always does it with lots of fun, music and laughs. Barney & Friends™ episodes are always filled with Sharing, Caring, Imagining, Dancing and Learning and can be seen on PBS KIDS® and PBS KIDS Sprout℠. For more information about Barney and all his friends, please visit www.barney.com.
Barney™: Rhythm Recipes
Barney, BJ™, Baby Bop™ and their newest dino friend, Riff™, know that music is all around us - all you have to do is...listen! There are even a variety of musical instruments available in your kitchen! Try these: tap a wooden spoon on pots, pans, or plastic bowls; shake a securely closed plastic container full of rice or beans; tap two spoons together to make an interesting noise; use old pot lids as cymbals. Experiment with rhythms (fast and slow) and with loud and soft sounds. Play some music and sing, strum, drum, hum, stomp, tap or clap along to the beat of the song.
Maraca
Ingredients:
Dry beans, rice, buttons, or pennies
1 paper cup
1 piece of construction paper or wax paper
1 rubber band
Instructions:
To make a maraca, put dry beans, rice, buttons, or pennies in a paper cup. Cover with a piece
of construction paper or wax paper. Secure with a rubber band. Shake gently while marching
or singing.
Shaker
Ingredients:
2 paper plates
1/4 cup dried beans or rice
Instructions:
Decorate two paper plates with markers
or crayons. Pour 1/4 cup dried beans or rice
onto one of the plates. Staple or tape the
other paper plate on top.
Kazoo
Ingredients:
1 toilet paper tube
Wax paper
1 rubber band
Instructions:
Cover one end of a toilet paper tube
with a small sheet of wax paper and
secure it with a rubber band. Hum into
the open end. Young children may need
help learning to hum!
Stone Clappers
Ingredients:
2 stones
Instructions:
Look for stones that comfortably fit in your child's hands. Clap them together as you sing
favorite songs or march in a pretend parade.
Drum
Ingredients:
1 oatmeal box or coffee can
2 sheets of construction paper
1 rubber band
Markers or Crayons or Paints
Glue Stick or Tape
Instructions:
Cover the outside of an oatmeal box or coffee can with 1 piece of construction paper and
decorate. Use the second piece of construction paper (attached with a rubber band) or the
box lid as the drum head. Gently tap with fingers to the beat of the music.
Guitar
Ingredients:
2 or 3 rubber bands
1 empty tissue box
1 paper towel tube
Instructions:
To make a guitar, stretch two or three rubber bands lengthwise around an empty tissue box.
Attach a paper towel tube to one end of the box for the neck. Strum the rubber bands and
sing a favorite song.
Jingle Bells
Ingredients:
Your own shoelaces
6-10 bells
2 spoons
Instructions:
Lace some bells through your children's shoelaces. Have them walk while listening to the
rhythm of the jingle bells. Then, let them run while listening to the rhythm of the bells. Also,
use some spoons to tap against each other for rhythm instruments and march to some
favorite music.
