I am linking up for Workshop Wednesday with ideas by Jivey!
Teaching sound is one of my favorite units! There are so many fun activities and hands on lessons to do. I love to use noise makers, whoopee cushions, palm pipes, and sound strips to name a few items! There are so many cute children’s books written on sound that I put out for my students to go through. Some examples are below:
We create sound stethoscopes. This activity comes with a recording sheet and instructions on how to make it. If you haven’t used these before you definitely need to try it! I have already made stethoscopes, but I also have the students bring in smaller metal objects from home. It’s great to test out their classmate’s objects as well as their own to see the differences in sound that each makes. You have to watch for the looks on their faces the first time they try this…it’s PRICELESS!
I assigned this today and the students were so excited! They were even asking if they could do more than one role…WHAT?!?!?! I do these as in class assignments and then we share their products once they have finished. Not all of my students love getting up in front of the class and speaking. However, I let them go up with a partner or if they really don’t want to share I will share their product for them.