Formative week – How do we express ourselves – Sound travels

How do we experience sounds?  

Saddling ourselves on a new adventure we began our next inquiry. Our new unit is based on the sounds that surround us. We will explore ways in which to use sound in order to express our thoughts and feelings. In the formative week, the children share their knowledge about the new unit, "Sound travels".

The children experienced sounds in different ways:

Animals make sounds: 

Sofia "Squeak, squeak" (Mouse)

Maddi " neigh, neigh" (Horse)

Trystan "Chirp, chirp" (Bird)

Bela 'The hopping of a bunny sounds like somebody is stepping on some leaves" 

Alexis "Hoo, hoo" (Owl)

Roy "A squirrel moving around makes a scratching sound" 

Jason "Arf, arf" (Dog)

Objects make sounds: 

Blocks “when they crash down” - Trystan

Paper  “When you crumple it up” - Sofia

Bracelet "My bracelet makes jingly sounds when the beads touch each other"  - Bela

  

People make sounds:

“Our fingers tips walking up and down on a table” Sofia explained how that movement and sound makes her think of a dog walking on the road.

“Our mouth, tongue, and teeth make lots of sound” Trystan

“My belly when it is hungry”  Bela

Instruments make sounds:

Drum “bum, bum, bum, bum” – Sofia

Flute “ta-na-na-na” – Alexis

  

***How sounds are experienced is the line of inquiry that we focused on. 

The book that we read is called “The listening walk” by Paul Showers and the children got inspired to go for a walk and listen to all the different sounds that surround them and see how these different environmental sounds cause certain feelings to arise.

What a wonderful way of starting this new unit and how many excited and wonderful ideas we gathered right from the beginning. The children’s knowledge and interest in exploring different sounds sparked a desire to embark deeper into this inquiry!