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Colored Pencil Night Drawings
Show children the illustration of the raccoon and her babies in Night in the Country. Encourage children to draw a night scene using colored pencils.
Draw and Write Together: Animal Sound Parade
Show magazine pictures of animals to children. Ask them to name the animals, then sort the sounds each make on a two-column chart titled “Loud/Soft.”
Draw and Write Together: City Sounds
Create a number chart with children by using the illustrations and text from City Lullaby. Include the numbers, the noise makers, and the descriptive sound words.
Draw and Write Together: Favorite Sounds
Have children draw a picture that shows the object that makes their favorite sound. Have them complete sentence frames to identify the sound.
Draw and Write Together: Sound Book
Have children collectively make a number book of sounds modeled on the book City Lullaby. Keep the book in the Writing Center for children to view.
Draw and Write Together: Sources of Sounds
Review the “Sounds We Hear” chart with children. Encourage children to share what they have learned about sound. Record any new ideas on the chart.
Draw and Write Together: We Went Walking #1
Construct a rebus chart with children of sounds they heard on their listening walk.
Draw and Write Together: What Made That Sound?
Ask children to recall a sound they heard during the day and have them draw a picture of the source of the sound.
Favorite Sounds
Have children draw pictures about their favorite sounds. Ask questions about their drawings and write what they tell you under their picture.
Listening Pictures
Children draw a portrait of themselves listening to a sound and draw the object that is the source of the sound.
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.
Winter Scene
Invite children to use the materials to create their own winter scenes.