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Draw and Write Together: Noisy and Quiet
Talk about noisy places and quiet places. Have children draw themselves in one of these places and help them write a sentence for the drawing.
Explore Together (indoors): Music Mural #2
Play a piece of music that contrasts the previous day’s piece. Have children repeat the exercise of painting how they feel.
Explore Together (indoors): Rubber Band Music
Encourage children to continue their exploration of sound by plucking on rubber bands and changing the pitch by stretching the rubber band.
Explore Together (indoors): Rubber Band Sounds
Have children continue exploring making sounds with rubber bands. Ask children to describe what they see when they pluck the rubber band. Introduce the word vibrate.
Explore Together (indoors): Talking Through Tubes
Invite children to explore talking through tubes. Guide children to talk or sing without the tube first, then with the tube to compare the sounds.
Read Together: Abiyoyo #1
Read a folktale about a giant named Abiyoyo. Invite children to act out gestures and sound effects throughout the story.
Read Together: Educator’s Choice, Unit 4, Week 3
Reread one of the books, watch the video “What Instrument Does Alvin Play?,” or select a book from the recommended list focusing on the various sounds.
Read Together: Kitchen Dance #1
Read Kitchen Dance by Maurice Manning and focus on the various sound words as well as the movement words. Have children act out some of the movements.
Read Together: Kitchen Dance #2
Reread Kitchen Dance by Maurice Manning, playing tango music softly in the background to set the mood. Act out the action words and have children join.
Read Together: My Family Plays Music #2
Read My Family Plays Music by Judy Cox and focus on the different kinds of music each member of the family plays. Talk about how each instrument is played.
Review the Week Together: Unit 4, Week 1
Revisit the charts, objects, and pictures from the week. Review sounds, pitch, and volume and how they were made.
Review the Week Together: Unit 4, Week 2
Display the rubber band instruments and tubes and have children demonstrate sounds they have learned. Encourage them to change the volume, pitch, and timbre of their sounds.
Watch Together: “Hear Here” (PEEP show)
Have children watch the PEEP and the Big Wide World video “Hear, Here” and listen to the different sounds in Quack's voice.