Choose Your Groove

Explore musical genres.

Monday, July 27

Today you will explore musical genres. A genre is a style of music usually connected to a community. You will also learn more about your family members’ interest in music. Think for a minute about the music you hear at your house. How many different styles of music do you hear every day? Does your family make music or mainly listen to music?

This activity is for ages 6-10, but anyone can join.

Supplies:

• Pencil or pen
• Choose Your Groove Survey
• Book: My Family Plays Music by Judy Cox (optional)

The Challenge:



Step 1: Let's Read

• Start with reading a beautiful picture book about families and music, My Family Plays Music, by Judy Cox. You can find it here if you don’t have a copy: youtube.com/watch?v=oDIKQksaLio
• There are many different styles or genres of music in the book. Check out this video that has a little bit of each one. Which is your favorite? youtube.com/watch?v=P9fNEkHg_Ek



Step 2: Family Survey

• A survey is list of questions to help you learn about a group.
• Use the Choose Your Groove Survey to ask family members which musical genres are their favorites. If it's not listed on the survey, go ahead and add extra genres!
• Don’t forget to add your favorites too!



Step 3: Time to Reflect

• What did you learn about your family?
• What’s the same and what’s different about your family members’ answers.
• Which style of music would you like to learn more about?

Extension:

• Ask a favorite grown up to help you make a play list of family music that everyone likes on a platform like spotify.com/us/kids/ or youtubekids.com/. What will you name your playlist?