I can't believe it has been weeks since I shared how we explored the five senses. Well...I shared four of the senses. I got caught up with sharing other ideas and almost forgot to come back to the sense of hearing! Well here it is, and I hope it was worth the wait.
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1. We made a water xylophone. We have done this before, and in the past we have added color and even glow sticks. This time I purposefully used plain water. I intended to isolate the sense of hearing. I set five vases
in front of JZ (5) and J-Bug (3). JZ filled each one with water. I instructed him to fill them at varying levels.
Then we experimented with tapping on each vase to listen for the different sounds produced.
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The boys took turns to really hear the different sounds.
Finally we lined them up in order by water level and played our water xylophone.
2. I don't have photos of the second activity we did. It was too hard to capture on film. I blindfolded the boys then made various noises around the house and had them guess what I was doing. Examples included:
- opening and closing a drawer
- jingling my car keys
- filling a glass of water
- putting toys in the toy box
- zippering a coat
- separating velcro
- bouncing a ball
3. Using plastic eggs
leftover from Easter we played a sound match game.
I filled two eggs with each material and closed them. Tip: seal with a piece of tape to avoid accidents. The boys shook the eggs and paired them by sound. After matching each pair they guessed the contents of the eggs.
The eggs contained:
- water beads
- dried black beans
- rice
- coins
- marbles
- corn
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Very good ideas. Pinning this one, for sure!
ReplyDeleteGreat ideas! The water levels are a perennial favourite around here. Pinning now. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteOh, I love the second idea! Would have never thought to try that. Pinning!
ReplyDeleteI love those vases. They look really neat. What a fun activity!
ReplyDeleteGreat ideas!
ReplyDeleteI love all your ideas - what a fun way to play and learn =-)
ReplyDeleteI featured this at TGIF this week here: http://livinglifeintentionally.blogspot.com/2012/11/tgif-linky-party-552-weeks-long.html
Thanks for sharing your creativity and linking up at TGIF!! Have a great weekend,
Beth =-)
Thank you so much for sharing the ideas and where you got the supplies. It has been really helpful.
ReplyDeleteThank for taking the time to share this great idea! I have it all set up for my co-op kids tomorrow morning. Cant wait! :)
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