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Loud, Medium, Quiet Sounds

Have children continue exploring making sounds with their shakers. Have children make loud, medium, and quiet sounds and have them explain how they made those sounds.

My Favorite Sound

Have children draw a picture that features their favorite sound and then dictate or write a description.

Night Scenes

Look at and talk about some of the illustrations in Night in the Country. Ask children to draw a scene that includes soft and loud sounds.

Nighttime Sounds, Morning Sounds

Listen to and identify sounds with your child at bedtime and in the morning. Describe how they are the same or different. 

One-on-One Reading: Bear Snores On #2

Read aloud Bear Snores On to individuals or small groups. Use illustrations, gestures, and sounds to help children understand unfamiliar words.

One-on-One Reading: Night in the Country #3

Read aloud Night in the Country to individuals or small groups. After reading, have children make some of the sounds they heard in the book.

One-on-One Reading: The Listening Walk #3

Read aloud The Listening Walk to individuals or small groups and help children make connections to the sounds in the book.

Our Word Morphs (“Nn” and “Qq”)

Have children dictate or write on an index card the name of something that begins with “Nn” to make new word morphs. Repeat with the letter “Qq.”

Percussion Band

Have children use sticks tap out different rhythms on various surfaces.

Play Together: "Alphabet Hokey Pokey"

Have children review the letters “Oo,” “Ss,” “Nn,” and “Qq” as they sing “Alphabet Hokey Pokey” with you.

Play Together: Sound Detectives

Give children the opportunity to become “sound detectives” by having guess what object makes a sound they hear.

Read Together: City Lullaby #1

Read a story full of sounds you hear in the city and ask children to repeat some of the city sounds they hear in the book.

Read Together: City Lullaby #2

Reread City Lullaby as you focus on the story as a number book and have children count the objects on the page.

Read Together: Educator’s Choice, Unit 3, Week 1

Read a book focusing on sounds and how they are made.

Read Together: Educator’s Choice, Unit 3, Week 2

Revisit one of the books from the week or the video Between the Lions “Night in the Country” and focus on the sounds in the story.

Read Together: Max Found Two Sticks #1

Read the book Max Found Two Sticks by Jerry Pinkney. Have children use materials to create sounds like Max made in the story.

Read Together: Max Found Two Sticks #2

Reread Max Found Two Sticks by Jerry Pinkney, and have children tap out some of the rhythms Max makes on their thighs.

Read Together: Night in the Country #1

Read a book about nighttime sounds in the country using a quiet, soft, soothing tone. Ask children to imagine the sounds and act them out.

Read Together: Night in the Country #2

Invite children to use their voices, bodies, or objects to make some of the sounds in the book.  

Read Together: Oscar and the Bat: A Book About Sound #1

Read aloud Oscar and the Bat: A Book About Sound by Geoff Waring and have children listen to the different sounds in the story.

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