If you can’t whistle, practice puckering your lips and blowing air in and out through your lips. Can you make a small whistling sound? You are on your way!

Can you do like the picture above and put two fingers in your mouth to make a really loud whistle noise?

Make this a family activity: Can you all whistle a song together with different family members whistling different parts of the song?

This activity promotes muscule control.

Put on your favourite song and lip sync! If you want you can grab a microphone and put on a rockstar outfit. If you made musical instruments in #258, use them as part of your band.

Make this a family activity: Get the whole family into the lip sync band!

This activity promotes timing and musical skills.

Make this a family activity: Get the whole family practicing songs together.

This activity promotes musical skills which leads to improved mathematical skills.

Make this a family activity: Get the people in your family to share their favourite music with you.

This activity promotes music appreciation which can improve math abilities.

If you need pompoms, make your own from plastic shopping bags. Smooth out the bag, then grab its bottom. Scrunch a bit of the bottom together in your hand to make a handle for your pompom. Roll tape around your handle. Using scissors, cut the rest of the bag into strips, leading up to the handle, being careful not to cut the strips off the pompom. Coloured bags can make nice pompoms.

Make this a family activity: Show off your routine for your family, or have them join in.

This activity promotes team spirit, teamwork, creativity, physical activity, and coordination.