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Small Group: Tap and Scrape
Have children make more tap and scrape sounds then invite them to mimic each other’s sounds.
Small Group: Tools for Building
Discuss tools for building. Have children use tools to make a key holder for a family member.
Small Group: Tube Sounds
Join small groups of children as they explore listening with tubes at the Science and Math Center. Engage them in conversation and notice what captures their attention.
Small Group: Water Drop Races
Have children use eyedroppers to squirt and drip water drops on a smooth, vertical surface and compare how the drops flow.
Sort by Volume (Loud/Medium/Quiet)
Create a chart with three volume levels. Hold up a picture, ask someone to make the sound of it, and decide where to place that picture.
Sort It Out
Sorting by color, size, texture, or any other category helps your toddler learn how things are alike or different.
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.
Sorting Plant Objects
Have children sort objects they collected outdoors into different categories, such as color, texture, size, and shape. Encourage children to describe similarities and differences.
Sound Box
Explore and create sounds with your child while using everyday objects.
Sound Hunt
Turn an outdoor walk with your child into a hunt for sounds. Listen for sounds and identify where they come from.
Talk Together: Exploring Sound
Have children discuss making sounds with shakers. Help them make connections between their explorations and the book What Is a Scientist?
Talk Together: Flowers, Stems, and Roots
Talk about plant parts and how each part helps the plant grow.
Talk Together: Point to the Sound
Revisit the idea that every sound has a source. Introduce the idea that every sound travels one way, or in one direction.
Talk Together: Rainbow CDs
Help children create their own rainbows using CDs.
Talk Together: Sounds Around Us
Talk about the different sounds children hear inside and outside the room. Encourage children compare the sounds they hear.
Talk Together: Talk About Sounds
Review sounds by playing back recordings of sounds children made while exploring.
Talk Together: What Is a Scientist?
Talk about scientists and make connections to how children use some of the same skills as scientists.
Taste Test
Make your child a “taste tester” as you prepare meals. Help her describe how foods smell, feel, look, and taste.
Tasting Center
Create a tasting center with different foods on a table. Have children describe the foods and talk about what they like and dislike about each one.
Touch and Feel
Babies love to reach, grab, and touch everything! Help him safely explore his sense of touch.