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Talk Together: High or Low? Loud or Soft?
Review the concepts of pitch and volume with children. Have them identify sounds as high, low, loud, or soft.
Talk Together: Loud and Quiet
Create a chart listing loud and quiet sounds and discuss reasons for using loud or quiet voices.
Talk Together: Loud, Louder, Loudest
Have children make sounds that are loud, louder, and loudest and soft, softer, softest.
Talk Together: Lullabies
Have children close their eyes as you play or sing a soothing lullaby and then talk about how it makes them feel.
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: Sounds We Hear
Ask children to think about sounds they heard on the way home or at home last night.
Talk Together: Stand High, Crouch Low
Have children stand high or crouch low as the identify high and low pitch sounds.
Talk Together: Talk About Sound
Introduce “loud” and “quiet” as children listen for sounds and discuss the source of each sound.
Talk Together: Talk About Sounds
Review sounds by playing back recordings of sounds children made while exploring.
Watch Together: “Listening for Sounds” (PEEP live-action clip)
Show a video about three girls who are tracking the sources of outdoor sounds. Encourage children to make connections after viewing.
Watch Together: “What’s Your Name? (o)” (BTL clip)
Play the Between the Lions video “What’s Your Name? (o)” for children. Ask children to form a letter “Oo” when they see it onscreen.
Watch Together: “Word Morph: sun–salt–sock–soap” (BTL clip)
Watch a Between the Lions video clip about the letter “Ss.”
Watch Together: “Words Beginning with ‘s’” #1 (BTL clip)
Watch a Between the Lions video about the letter “Ss” as children identify the letter when it appears on the screen.
Word Play: Beginning Sound (/s/)
Play a listening game with children to introduce the /s/ sound. Have children listen for words with beginning sound /s/.
Word Play: Find the Rhyme
Play a rhyming game with children. Say two words and have the children clap loudly if the words rhyme, and softly if the words do not rhyme.
Word Play: Letter ("S") Pictures
Use pictures to help children identify the letter “Ss.”
Word Play: Rhyming Words #4
Play a rhyming game with children. Have them listen to pairs of words and identify which rhyme by clapping.
Word Play: Tell Me What You Hear (/o/)
Sing the Tell Me What You Hear chant with children to help them identify beginning sound /o/.
Word Play: Tell Me What You Hear: (/q/ and /n/)
Do the word play “Tell Me What You Hear” to have children listen for words that begin with the /q/ and /n/ sounds.