Materials
This list gives you an overview of the materials you will need throughout this three-week unit, except for the materials used in the Learning Centers. (Those are indicated with each Learning Center.) Note that you will also find a list of specific materials needed for each week at the beginning of that week.
- Between the Lions alphabet chart
- Between the Lions “Night Music” poem chart
- cardboard and plastic tubes and hoses
- chart paper
- clipboards
- containers (bread pans, pie pans, uncovered shoe boxes, or similar; yogurt or film containers with tightly fitting lids)
- crayons
- flexible tubing, such as hoses from vacuum cleaners, shop vacs, or sump pumps (look for these in the plumbing section of hardware stores)
- index cards
- letter cards “Nn,” “Ss,” “Qq,” and “Oo”
- markers
- number chart (1–10)
- recording device (tape, video, cell phone)
- recorded music: lullabies, quiet and soothing, slow and sad, dramatic and emotional, high-energy dance music, marching music, circus music, etc.
- rubber bands of similar length but different thicknesses
- small objects including some beginning with the /n/ sound and some beginning with the /s/ sound
- small objects to put inside containers, such as dried beans, beads, paper clips, binder clips, pompoms, buttons, pencil-tip erasers, rubber bands, packing peanuts, cotton balls, tissue paper
- tapping sticks (e.g., craft sticks, unsharpened pencils with erasers)
- tubes, including cardboard tubes from toilet paper, paper towels, wrapping paper, and mailing tubes
- word cards night, quiet, sound, on
Books
Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
A group of animals escapes a winter storm inside a sleeping bear’s lair, but the sounds they make wake the snoring bear from his sleep.
City Lullaby by Marilyn Singer
A counting book about the sounds of a city, the text follows a red stroller as the loud sounds of the city almost wake up the baby.
Max Found Two Sticks by Brian Pinkney
A little boy who dreams of becoming a drummer uses rhythm and sound to express his feelings.
Oscar and the Bat: A Book About Sound by Geoff Waring
Bat knows a lot about sound, and Oscar the cat has a lot of questions about sound—together they listen and learn about sound. Introduces children to core science concepts about sound.
Night in the Country by Cynthia Rylant
A lyrical text tells of the sights and sounds of nighttime in the country.
The Listening Walk by Paul Showers
A father and child go for a walk and listen to the sounds they hear along the way.
What Is a Scientist? by Barbara Lehn
An informational text that shows children practicing different scientific skills.
Videos
“Bear Snores On” (BTL show)
“Listening for Sounds” (PEEP live-action clip)
“Night in the Country” (BTL show)
“Opposite Bunny: loud/quiet” (BTL clip)
“Sounds Like … ” (PEEP show)
“Tracking Down Sounds” (PEEP live-action clip)
“What’s Your Name? (o)” (BTL clip)
“Word Morph: nut-nap-napkin” (BTL clip)
“Word Morph: quarter-quail-quill-quilt” (BTL clip)
“Word Morph: sun–salt–soap–soap” (BTL clip)
“Words Beginning with ‘n’” (BTL clip)
“Words Beginning with ‘q’” (BTL clip)
“Words Beginning with ‘s’” (BTL clip)
Songs
“Alphabet Hokey Pokey”
“Hickety, Pickety, Bumblebee”
“Listen, Listen, Little Ears”
“Shake, Shake, Shake”
“Ten Little Monkeys”
“The Wheels on the Bus”
“Welcome, Welcome”
“Who Are You?”
Poems
“Bear Snores On”
“Night Music”
Interactive Game
“Where’s Quack?” (PEEP game)
Playlist
Unit 3 Media Assets (BTL and PEEP)
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