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Sound garden
Click/tap on the objects in the garden to hear different sounds.
Experiment with different combinations and build up musical montages. Each time you open the activity a new garden will appear.
Discussion points
- What can you hear?
- Which one is your favourite sound?
- Can you move your body to each of the different sounds?
- What do you like about the different sounds you can hear?
- What is the same/different about the sounds?
- Could you add a body movement to each of the sounds?
Teaching tips:
Let children explore and free play with the different sounds in the garden.
This is a great music introduction activity to develop listening skills. Let children move to and talk about the sounds they can hear.
Children could give each sound a different action, for example, jumping, spinning around or skipping round the space.
Pair with ‘Colliding cogs’ for more exploration of combining different sounds.
This is a great music introduction activity to develop listening skills. Let children move to and talk about the sounds they can hear.
Children could give each sound a different action, for example, jumping, spinning around or skipping round the space.
Pair with ‘Colliding cogs’ for more exploration of combining different sounds.
This activity is great for musical exploration and for children to hear the effect of combining sounds together.
Offer a selection of instruments and allow children free-play time to explore and experiment with the sounds they make. They could create a simple performance to share with the rest of the class.
Play with ‘Colliding cogs’ for more sound combination fun. Science: Children could try grouping untuned instruments which sound/look similar to each other.
Offer a selection of instruments and allow children free-play time to explore and experiment with the sounds they make. They could create a simple performance to share with the rest of the class.
Play with ‘Colliding cogs’ for more sound combination fun. Science: Children could try grouping untuned instruments which sound/look similar to each other.
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