A 5-day lesson plan focusing on the Sense of Hearing, sound identification, and loud and soft sounds. Features triangle hunts and crafts, body percussion, and shaker bottle construction.
What children learn
- Understand that ears help us hear sounds in the environment.
- Listen attentively and identify familiar sounds and their sources.
- Distinguish loud and soft sounds and use related descriptive vocabulary.
- Explore sounds made naturally by the body and combine them rhythmically.
- Revisit and construct triangles through loose-parts, movement, felt, and craft activities.
Key activities
- Eyes-closed sound identification with instruments and everyday objects
- Senses Booklet: Auditory Sense and *The Jackal and the Drum*
- Making Bottle Shakers
- Loud and Soft Sounds instrument game
- Natural human body sounds and a body orchestra
- Outdoor listening Show and Tell with hearing rhymes and triangle crafts
You’ll need
bells and musical instruments, keys, bottles, water, spoons and plates, rice and beans, senses books and cut-outs, crayons and glue, paintbrushes and paint, bubble wrap, triangle flashcards and cut-outs, loose parts and felt triangles
Structure: 5 days; each day includes a Thought of the Day, Tuning-in Time, GMD, Cognition/Literacy, FMD, and Numeracy activities.