Learning Goals
STEM
Children will:
- Understand that different objects make different sounds
- Learn that sounds can vary in volume (loud and quiet)
- Compare and contrast sounds, and categorize them by volume
- Understand that sounds have a source
- Understand how they use their senses to investigate sound
- Make connections between common scientific skills and their own explorations of sound
ELA
Children will:
- Recognize, match, and form upper and lowercase letters (“Nn” and “Qq”) (Alphabet Knowledge)
- Identify letters (“Nn” and “Qq”) in context of words (night and quiet) (Alphabet Knowledge)
- Continue to learn to turn pages, one at a time; front to back (Concepts of Print)
- Clap and count syllables in names and words (Phonological Awareness)
- Listen to and produce rhyming words (Phonological Awareness)
- Engage in active viewing and listening (Listening and Speaking)
- Listen to, develop understanding of meaning, and use new concept vocabulary about sound: city, country, high, listen, loud, louder, low, quiet, soft, softer, sound, volume (Vocabulary)
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL
Children will:
- Continue to follow directions
- Recognize when it is appropriate to speak quietly to show respect for others
- Begin to understand how sound volume affects them and others
- Continue to understand how to share and discuss their work as they build confidence in their abilities and ideas
- Take pride in their work and recognize the ability of others
- Practice self-regulation during indoor and outdoor explorations