AGE
IN/OUTDOORS
DEVELOPMENTAL SKILLS
Audio Perception, Creativity, Environmental Awareness, Science Learning, Social Development
MATERIALS
- Imagination only.
HOW TO
- Skilly Spark: Let your child know: We’re going to go outside and hear everything possible that we can.
- Go outside with your child, ask them be quiet-- you can’t listen when you’re talking-- and simply listen to the sounds of their environment.
- Ask your child: “What do you hear?” More questions you might ask could be:
- What are all the sounds they hear?
- Do they hear sounds made by animals?
- What do the leaves in the trees sound like? How do trees without leaves sound?
- How do noises made by cars differ from noises made by trucks?
- How do they feel if there is a lot of noise? Or very little?
- When you’ve answered all the questions or their interest has waned, then that’s the natural conclusion of the activity.
Keep the fun going
- Grab some crayons, markers or paint and draw a picture of the sounds they've heard, or even how it made your child feel to be quiet outside.
- Make up and sing a song with all or some of the sounds you've heard.
- Take a quick a video while listening to the sounds outside. Play the video and encourage your child to move like the sounds make them feel.
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+Inspiration/thanks goes to the birds, like Black Skimmers, American Oystercatchers, Common Terns and Willets who gather at the south end of Wrightsville Beach to find mates and raise their young.