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Explain how would you introduce the shaker to infants and use it in a song.

During circle time, ask them if they know what it is, pass it down to each infant 1 by 1 and let them try.

show them the art I made on the shaker and explain to them what the art is and what it means, and them tell them its a shaker and explain what its made from. Paper plate, rice, tape, markers or pencil crayons. Once the infants are done looking and holding the shaker, I would let them listen to the shaker while I shake it. And I would sing “ Twinkle twinkle little star.”

referring to Inuit culture and Language

Inuit culture music resolves around storytelling, and traditional cultures.

-Annie

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Homemake shaker

Introduce the shaker to infant and toddlers and tell them that we will be singing with this shaker, tell them what kind of song well be singing, and say if you wanna sing any kind of song we can using this shaker.

Song i would sing to the infant and toddlers is I PI TI KI” in Inuktitut and in English “ABC”

Language: Inuktitut and English

Culture: we can tell them it’s similar to qilaut but it not.

Elders or not elders who has knowledge in qilaut can tell story about the difference between handmade shaker and qilaut

-Aileen

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Shaker for infants

I’d shake it with a rhythm to a song, when showing an infant . I’d sing ABC, and i, pi, ti, ki, and shake my shaker. Can pretend to play a qilaut inuit drum with the shaker. Can sing all kinds of songs using a shaker. We can take turns using this shaker, tell them how it is made.

We can tell how qilaut were made by Inuit elders, (not only elders) and say this is similar to a qilaut. We can ask what they see in the shaker too. Like mine has happy face and bumble bee.

-Joan

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Songs I would sing with my shaker

-ubluriaq

-tarralikitaq

I would show them the shaker and introduce it to them and how it should be used.

Slowly sing to them and use the shaker. Give the shaker to a baby and then pass it on to the others.

Deanna

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I would introduce the shaker to kids and make them with the kids to have fun with it and make them colour the paper

The sing would be ‘’nauli kalluk’’

It can go with the beat and kids make it energetic and move their body.

To help have energy with the babies

Inuit culture,physical

-ooloota

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Homemade shaker:

For circle time: I’d first shake the shaker inside a bag and ask what do they think it is, encourage them to keep guessing of what they could hear. Then bring it out of the bag and ask if they know what a shaker is. Let the shaker go around in the circle for the children to take turns to play with the shaker. Then once it gets back to me, I would ask to sing a song that goes great with the shaker, shake the shaker right on cue of the beat, I think the song “Shaky shaky egg” or “I know a chicken” is appropriate to use for the shaker. This shaker can be introduced as an Inuit drum, where we can play with it as an Inuit drum while singing an Inuktitut song. It also has an ulu where a traditional tool is used for cutting meat and other stuff.

I know a chicken;

Oh, I know a chicken (I know a chicken)
And she laid an egg (and she laid an egg)
Yeah, I know a chicken (I know a chicken)
And she laid an egg (and she laid an egg)

Oh my goodness (oh my goodness)
It’s a shaky egg! (It’s a shaky egg!)

Now shake them fast! Shake ‘em fast!
Shake them fast! Shake ‘em fast!
Shake your eggs! Shake ‘em fast, shake it fast!

Oh, I know a chicken (I know a chicken)
And she laid an egg (and she laid an egg)
Yeah, I know a chicken (I know a chicken)
And she laid an egg (and she laid an egg)

Oh my goodness (oh my goodness)
It’s a shaky egg! (It’s a shaky egg!)

Now shake them slow, you know how it goes
Shake them slow, because you know how it goes
And shake them fast! Oh, shake those eggs!
Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it!

Oh, I know a chicken (I know a chicken)
And she laid an egg (and she laid an egg)
Yeah, I know a chicken (I know a chicken)
And she laid an egg (and she laid an egg)

Oh my goodness (oh my goodness)
It’s a shaky egg! (It’s a shaky egg!)

Now shake them in a circle, round and round
Don’t you let them touch the ground
When you shake ‘em round and round
Now shake them up and down
Shake ‘em up and down, you got to
Shake it up and down

Oh, I know a chicken (I know a chicken)
And she laid an egg (and she laid an egg)
Yeah, I know a chicken (I know a chicken)
And she laid an egg (and she laid an egg)

Oh my goodness (oh my goodness)
It’s a shaky egg! (It’s a shaky egg!)

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Introducing shakers to infants, i would let them listen to shaker while I shake it. To make it more interesting, I would show the art on shaker. Being with two infants, show them pictures/art, and slowly shake it to make noise out of it and start singing.It is good for infants because they are learning different noises and learning to move their body with instruments. It is important to keep our body active, it is import for infants fine motor skills. They learn with our songs too, so its important to sing to children with instruments. I would sing a song to them “you are my sunshine or twinkle little star”.

-Debbie

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INSTRUCTIONS: Upload a photo of your shaker and then explain how would introduce the shaker to babies and use it in a song. (add details and specifics where possible for example- what song would you lead?)