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Recite Together: “Night Music”
Read aloud and discuss the poem “Night Music” about the nighttime sounds in the country.
Recite Together: “Ten Little Monkeys”
Together recite the familiar chant “Ten Little Monkeys” using finger actions to help the children count down from ten.
Review the Week Together: Unit 3, Week 2
Review loud and quiet sounds and have children share a favorite activity from the week.
Review the Week Together: Unit 3, Week 3
Review sounds of different volume, pitch, and timbre with children and animal sounds heard on a listening walk.
Sing Together: “Listen, Listen, Little Ears” #1
Teach children a song about listening and invite them to sing along with you.
Sing Together: “Listen, Listen, Little Ears” #2
Sing “Listen, Listen, Little Ears” and have children name something they hear.
Sing Together: “Listen, Listen, Little Ears” #3
Sing “Listen, Listen, Little Ears” with children. Have children sing it in a loud voice, then a second time in a soft voice.
Sing Together: “The Wheels on the Bus” #1
Ask children to share sounds they might hear when riding a bus. Sing and act out the motions to “The Wheels on the Bus.”
Sing Together: “The Wheels on the Bus” #2
Sing the “Wheels on the Bus.” Encourage the children to make up new lyrics for a different machine, place, or animal.
Small Group: Find the Sound
Play a listening game with children to have them practice using their sense of hearing to find the source of sounds.
Small Group: High or Low?
Play recordings of high and low sounds. Ask children to identify the sounds by pitch.
Small Group: More Shake and Listen Indoors
Have children continue to explore making sounds with the shakers and use concept vocabulary to describe the sounds.
Small Group: More Tap and Scrape
Have children continue to explore sounds with the tap and scrape materials.
Small Group: Shake and Listen Some More
Have small groups of children continue to explore predicting and making sounds with the shakers made of different materials.
Small Group: Shaker Match
Join small groups of children at the Science and Math Center to have children focus on making pairs of mystery shakers.
Small Group: Tap and Scrape
Have children make more tap and scrape sounds then invite them to mimic each other’s sounds.
Small Group: Whose Voice Is It?
Play back recordings of children’s voices and have them identify who is speaking by listening to the sound of the voice.
Sort Loud and Quiet Animal Sounds
Have children work together to sort toy animals or pictures of animals into those that make loud sounds and those that make soft sounds.
Sort Loud, Medium, and Quiet
Place pictures on a table. Have children sort the sounds the things in the pictures make into loud, medium, and quiet sounds.
Sound Box
Explore and create sounds with your child while using everyday objects.