19 fun music games for your baby

The music games not only help the little angel have fun, but also help a lot in the development of her child's personality and talent in the future.

Music is always a useful spiritual food for everyone. More importantly, music also has a positive impact on children's brain development. Want to create music fun activities for your baby but don't know what to do? If so, please join aFamilyToday Health from following the sharing below.

1. Create your own tunes

This is the idea commonly used in music classes. This game encourages your child to enjoy music more. You need to prepare:

 

1 sheet of paper

Crayon

How to play

Join the adults to create symbols that represent meaningful sounds. For example, star means "clap hands", circle means "stamp feet", triangle means "clap the table" ...

Then have your baby use these symbols to create their own melody.

After your child is finished composing, let them follow the notes above with them.

2. Painting with music

 

 

This game not only helps children enjoy music, but also helps them develop their drawing skills. You should organize this game in groups. Tools include:

Music player or computer

Paper

Crayons and pencils

How to play

Give each child a piece of paper and crayons.

Disseminate the rules of the game for children: When listening to music, draw will start, while the music stops, stop drawing. Then, move the paper to another child and repeat the same process as above. Repeat this until you want to stop.

Finally, return the picture to the child's desk and view the product.

3. "yes / no" game

This is a game often used to warm up when learning music. You only need 1 enough space to let your baby play.

How to play

You or the teacher will be the guide. You will sing a short piece of music for your baby to repeat until they memorize. Then, replace the lyrics of the piece with the word "yes / no" and the child will have to say the opposite of what you said.

For example, if you correct the lyrics to "no, no, no, yes, no, yes, no, no" then the child will have to sing "Yes, yes, yes, no, yes, no, yes, yes".

You can use only 1 word or mix 2 words to increase the difficulty and make the game more fun.

4. Find objects with music

This is a very useful game in helping children improve their listening skills. You need to have:

Toys make music

Space to hide toys

How to play

The goal of the game is for your child to find toys by listening to the music they play.

Hide toys somewhere, play music and let them find it.

Increases difficulty after each game. The more children play this game, the better their listening and positioning skills will improve.

5. Hand pass game

 

 

Hand games are common in picnics and are often played in groups. To play, you need:

One gift

Wrapping paper

Chocolate or toy

How to play

Pack the gift as many layers as possible. Between each layer of wrapping, place a chocolate candy or a small toy.

Have the group sit in a circle. When the music starts playing, the gifts will be passed to each other. When the music is off, the gift reaches the child's hand, the child has the right to pick up a layer of wrapping paper to receive the gift. Then the child comes out of the circle and the other kids move on.

The game ends when all layers have been removed or until only 1 person remains.

6. Music chair

This is a variation of a game often held on a picnic and often played in groups. The game needs:

Seats (quantity depends on the number of players)

Space

Music player

How to play

First, choose an activity that you want your child to do like reading, storytelling ...

Arrange your seats in a circle and play music. At this time, the child will stand and walk around the chairs. When the music is off, the child must quickly run to the nearest chair and sit down. The child who is still standing while everyone is seated must do the activity you offer like reading a passage from a book or solving a problem ...

7. What's that sound?

How often does the guitar sound? Is it different from the sound of a violin? If you want your child to learn to identify and distinguish the sounds of musical instruments, try this game. You need to prepare:

Player

Sound files of different types of instruments

How to play

First, play the sounds of each musical instrument to get your baby acquainted. Then, choose any sound and ask your child to guess what musical instrument it comes from. After each play, parents can increase the difficulty by making slightly difficult to distinguish sounds.

8. Music puzzles

If you are looking for a fun activity for your music class, you can try this game. Give your child a few sentences related to notes, melodies or more simply, about singers or bands they like. You just:

Set of questions

Gift

How to play

This game can be played individually or as a team. If you have more than one child, divide it into groups and let them name their own group. If not, you can use the names of famous composers. Ask questions and let each group raise their hands for the answer. The group that answers more correctly will win and receive a reward.

9. Microphone recording

Just like spinning a water bottle, spinning the mic is a game of randomness. Adults can use it to play truth games, singing competitions ... Supplies:

1 wireless microphone

List activities that you want your child to do such as singing a song, dancing ...

How to play

Have babies sit in a circle and place the microphone in the center

Randomly assign one kid to record the microphone

When the microphone stops recording and the microphone points to the child, that child must stand up to perform the activity outlined earlier.

10. Antakshari

This is a very popular game in India and the Middle East and is often played in groups. You need:

Space to play

1 microphone

How to play

Set clear rules before playing to avoid disputes.

To start the game, the instructor will randomly select 1 letter. The first group will have to sing a song that starts with that letter. After the song is stopped, the next group must sing a song that starts with the first letter of the ending word. Every turn like that, the team that cannot sing will lose points. The team with the highest score wins.

You can create variations to make the game more interesting, for example sing only songs of a certain genre or sing songs from a certain band.

11. Karaoke competition

 

 

This is a game that is both fun and relaxing. Parents can organize this game on weekends. Here is a list of the tools you will need:

Karaoke

List of children's songs, make sure these are songs they know and love.

How to play

Write a playlist of songs on slips of paper and place them in a box.

Divide the participants into teams.

Which team is the turn to give the box to that team to draw for the song. Whichever song you win will have to sing that song.

You can comment on the melody when your child sings, but don't judge his voice. To make the competition more intense, try putting some strange cards in the box for your child to guess the melody.

12. Dance with props

This is an extremely simple game, for all ages. What you need is:

Music player

Props such as hats, balloons, ribbons, wigs, teddy bears, flowers ...

Space to jump

How to play

Create a dance floor large enough for your children to be comfortable with

Place the props on a table set in the corner of the room. When the music is playing, the child has to rush to the table and choose an instrument.

Then tell him to dance to his liking combining with the props he took. When the music is off, the child has to go back to the table and choose another prop. When the music returns, I'll keep dancing.

13. Jump with paper 

This is a game that both helps keep balance and helps children have fun dance moves. You need to prepare:

Any box of tissue

Space to jump

Music player

How to play

Give each child a tissue and ask them to put it on their head. When the music is playing, the babies will start to move and dance so that the tissue does not fall.

If the paper falls but the child catches it in time, he can put it back on and continue to jump. If it falls to the ground, the child will be disqualified. The last person left will be the winner.

14. Stand still like a statue

Adults can organize this game for one or more children. This game is suitable for children of all ages. You need to prepare:

Music player

Space to jump

How to play

Play music and motivate your baby at will. When the music stops, children will have to stand still like a statue for 30 seconds to 1 minute, if they move, laugh or move, they will lose.

When the music returns, the child will continue to dance. Who stays behind will be the winner.

15. Music and emotions

This is a great game to help your child learn a variety of music genres and understand the relationship between emotions and music. Parents can prepare the following items:

Collection of songs describing emotions such as anger, happiness, sadness ...

Music player

Space to jump

How to play

Make sure you choose the right song for your child.

Ask them how they behave when they are angry, happy, sad ... Ask them to dance to the rhythm of the song that you set out earlier. For example, if the song is a fun song, the child has to move fast and hard, while the song is sad, the child only moves gently.

16. Jump with the animal

This game will be extremely interesting. You need to prepare:

Pictures of animals

The songs belong to different genres

Space to jump

Music player

How to play

Place pictures of animals where they can see them.

If the child is too young, parents must explain the characteristics of each animal before starting the game. You need to show your child the speed at which the animal moves, the sounds of the animals and other unique traits. For example, if the child hits the dog, the child will have to jump on 4 legs, the snake has to crawl on the floor and the bird has to flap its wings.

Play songs at random, slow to fast tempo and vice versa.

17. Dance on newspaper

This is a very popular game for couples who love each other. However, you can make a little modification to suit your child. You need to prepare:

Music player

A large space to jump

Newspaper

How to play

This is a game that requires children to use intelligence and balance in order to win.

Give each child a newspaper and assign each child's dance space so they don't hurt each other with vigorous exercise.

When the music is playing, your child will put the newspaper on the floor and start dancing on it. Babies can't step out while music is on.

After a few minutes, turn off the music and have your child fold the paper in half and place it on the floor. Play music so your baby can continue doing the above. Just like that, the smaller the paper, the more difficult it increases. The child who stays behind will be the winner.

18. Dance Competition

Hold a small dance competition for your kids. Give your child some costumes and props, have them choose a song and practice first. In addition, you also need to prepare:

Music player

Space to jump

Costumes and props for dancers

How to play

The gameplay is also very simple, divide the kids into small groups and provide props for each team. Then, parents let the children of each group choose the exercises and pre-exercise with the props the adults provided. Let groups compete with each other and reward the group for doing best.

19. Dance with a wooden stick

This is a game that helps test the flexibility of the body. With music, this game will become a lot more interesting. You need to prepare:

A long wooden stick

Music player

Space to play

How to play

Two adults each lift one end of the wooden stick and raise it above the child's head.

There are two simple rules for this game: Children must jump, move and not touch the wooden stick. Anyone who touches the wooden stick is disqualified.

After each turn, lower the height a little. Who stays in the end will be the winner.

If these games are not enough, find ways to add music to other games such as jumping rope, rowing ... or you can play music while doing some housework like cooking, gardening ... This will help your child. become more interested in music.