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Read Together: Oscar and the Bat: A Book About Sound #2
Read aloud Oscar and the Bat: A Book About Sound by Geoff Waring. Focus on why animals and people make sounds to communicate.
Read Together: Oscar and the Bat: A Book About Sound #3
Read aloud Oscar and the Bat: A Book About Sound by Geoff Waring and review what children have learned about sound.
Read Together: The Listening Walk #1
Read a story about a girl who goes on a listening walk and guide children to make connections to their own explorations of sound.
Read Together: The Listening Walk #2
Reread The Listening Walk by Paul Showers and have children close their eyes and imagine the different sounds the girl hears on her walk.
Recite Together: “Bear Snores On”
Read the first pages of “Bear Snores On” by Karma Wilson. Emphasize rhyme words.
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.