Getting Started
In this last week of the unit on sound, children will continue to explore the different qualities of sound. This week voice, pitch, and volume will be a focus as children record their own voices and those of others around the school, and talk about the differences in the pitch and volume of a voice. During this week children will:
- Begin to learn how to identify and change the sound qualities of their voices
- Listen to audio recordings of their own voices and talk about the different qualities of each
- Listen to video recordings of animal sounds and listen to animal sounds outdoors
- Sing songs and listen to stories and poems about sound, including Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson, about the sounds animals make while finding warmth in a snoring, sleeping bear’s cave, and Oscar and the Bat: A Book About Sound by Geoff Waring, about a curious cat and a bat that knows a lot about sounds all around
- Watch and hear the sounds of the story Bear Snores On come to life in the video Between the Lions “Bear Snores On”
- Be introduced to the letter “Oo,” the letter sound /o/, and the word on