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Water Xylophone

by Angela Thayer 7 Comments

Today I’m sharing a quick and fun activity you can do with your little ones. We’re exploring sound with a water xylophone.ย  Exploring Sound with a Water Xylophone

Here’s what you need:

  • Glass bottles (mason jars or Snapple bottles)
  • Water
  • Food Coloring
  • Stick or something to hit the bottles

Fill the bottles with different levels of water. Add food coloring to them to make the colors of the rainbow. Use any object you want to hit the glass bottles to make noise. We used a butter knife and wooden stick.

Playing Music with Water Xylophone

After Troy hit the bottles for a while, we talked about the different sounds we heard. He came to the conclusion that the purple water with the lowest amount of water had a high pitch sound and the red water had a lower sound. It was good for him to stop and listen to hear the differences.

Here’s a short video of his music. I love how he blinks every time he hits a bottle!

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Filed Under: Music, Preschool Tagged With: music activities, rainbow

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  1. Cheryl Gannaway says

    May 28, 2013 at 1:44 pm

    Hello! Loved this activity ๐Ÿ™‚ We did this last night and my son had a great time ๐Ÿ™‚ Thanks so much! If I get around to updating my own blog, I will post about it and link to yours ๐Ÿ™‚

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    • Teaching Mama says

      May 29, 2013 at 4:03 am

      Oh I’m so happy to hear that!! Thank you for sharing, Cheryl!

      Reply
  2. Kirstylee says

    May 28, 2013 at 7:25 pm

    Not only does this activity look super beautiful, it also looks super fun! I can’t wait to try this with my kiddos.
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    • Teaching Mama says

      May 29, 2013 at 4:01 am

      Thanks! It was super fun!!

      Reply
  3. Mary says

    May 29, 2013 at 2:25 am

    This is great! We made a water xylophone a couple of years ago with Mason jars and colored liquid… then we had a water xylophone and recorder concert of Hot Cross Buns. ๐Ÿ™‚ Good times!

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    • Teaching Mama says

      May 29, 2013 at 4:00 am

      Thank you, Mary! That would be so fun to play Hot Cross Buns! And with a recorder! Too fun. Thanks for your comment.

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  4. Cheryl Gannaway says

    May 31, 2013 at 4:42 pm

    Here the blog link for when I did this activity with my son ๐Ÿ™‚ Thanks for the idea!

    http://our-educational-journey.blogspot.com/2013/05/music-with-water.html

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