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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.
Small Group: Tap and Scrape
Have children make more tap and scrape sounds then invite them to mimic each other’s sounds.
Small Group: Whose Voice Is It?
Play back recordings of children’s voices and have them identify who is speaking by listening to the sound of the voice.
Talk Together: Changing Our Voices
Discuss how everyone's voice has a different sound. Have children record their names and listen to the voice differences.
Talk Together: Loud and Soft Voices
Talk about changing voice volume with children and have children practice changing the volume of their own voices.
Talk Together: Nighttime Sounds
Darken the room and have children imagine it is nighttime and talk about the nighttime sounds they hear.
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: Sound Scientists
Revisit the book What Is a Scientist? and have children compare their explorations to the descriptions in the book.
Watch Together: “Night in the Country” (BTL show)
Play the video Between the Lions “Night in the Country” and have children focus on the sounds in the video.
Watch Together: “Opposite Bunny: loud / quiet” (BTL clip)
Watch a short video about loud and quiet sounds, then replay the video and have children make loud and quiet sounds along with the video.
Watch Together: “Tracking Down Sounds” (PEEP live-action clip)
Have children watch the live-action video PEEP and the Big Wide World “Tracking Down Sounds” and encourage children to make connections to their own explorations.
Watch Together: “Word Morph: nut–nap–napkin” (BTL clip)
Watch a video clip about the letter “n” and have children repeat the words as they identify the "n" on the screen.
Watch Together: “Words Beginning with ‘n’” (BTL clip)
Show the video clip Between the Lions “Words Beginning with ‘n'” and have children repeat the words on the screen.
Watch Together: “Words Beginning with ‘q’” (BTL clip)
Show the video clip Between the Lions “Words Beginning with ‘q’” and have children repeat the words during a second viewing.
Word Play: Plural Words
Use the book Bear Snores On to introduce children to regular singular and plural words.
Word Play: Rhyme Game: "night"
Help children identify and place objects in a bag that rhyme with the word night.
Word Play: Rhyming Game: “Bear Snores On”
Play a rhyming game with children using the words from the book Bear Snores On.
Word Play: Rhyming Words #2
Read the book City Lullaby with children, focusing on the rhyming words. Pause and ask children to identify the rhyming words.