Transition Song: H-E-A-R-T by the Kiboomers. (This week we are singing it without music, slowing it down, and working on the clap pattern.)
Materials: SoundTouch App 1 & 2
Vocabulary and Basic Concepts: hear, loud/quiet, big/little, sheep, duck, horse, frog, dog, pig, cow, chicken/rooster, bird, cat, elephant, monkey, lion, zebra, dolphin, snake, flamingo, owl, peacock, bat, turtle, hippo, bee, warthog, What/Where questions, “I want” phrases.
Pre-literacy: we skipped drawing the letter H this week to allow more time for the listening activity.
This week, Miss Carrie pulled out her iPad. We played a game where we used our listening ears while she played a sound. We guessed what made the sound. Then Miss Carrie turned the iPad around so we could see the picture. There were all kinds of animals and insects.
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| SoundTouch 1 & 2 are great apps to talk about environmental sounds. Each icon has five pictures with corresponding sounds. Along with animals are vehicles, household, weather, and music sounds. In class we stick with the animal and vehicle sounds. |
Sometimes we guessed right and sometimes we didn't. Sometimes we even tried to predict what it would be before we heard the sound! We talked about what it was and where we could see it; also, if we had one at home. Miss Carrie has a dog at her house. She does not have a cat, or a pig , or a cow? Where can we see elephants? Where do dolphins live? We had fun talking about where we can see the animals. We were surprised at the different sounds frogs make. And the different sounds owls make. We listened to elephants and tried to make that sound.
This is a favorite Large Group every year. The children often ask to do it again.
DO THIS AT HOME: practice making different sounds together. Listen to sounds while you're driving around or at the store. Visit the zoo or a farm and talk about different sounds you hear there.
