Five Senses (part 2 : Hearing)

Just as with the sense of sight, having the children listening to any book will reinforce the concept of their sense of hearing. However, these specific books really helped bring the concepts to life.

For outside time we went on a listening walk. We did our best to be quiet and listen. I think the children were surprised at all the things they could hear when they stopped to listen.

I have a few instruments that we have to take turns with that work really great for regulation activities as well as listening to different sounds, tones, and volumes. Below you can see the tap bells, the musical tree, the autoharp, and the xylophone.

Any of our regular musical activities would fit perfectly in a lesson about our sense of hearing. I let them choose what they’d like to do. The game: The Floor Is Lava and a Dance Party won the vote!

Of all the things we did during this particular unit on hearing, the sensory table was probably my favorite. I have a gorgeous two-sided, aluminum lined sensory table. It’s perfect for comparing and contrasting. We put objects on the left that are quiet or don’t make any sound. And we put the noisiest objects we could come up with on the right. The hunt alone for these things was certainly half the fun. And I’m sure you can imagine allowing children to make noise for noise’s sake led to lots of giggles, smiles and laughter!

As always, I’d love to hear what works for you? Did you try some of these ideas? Do you have other ideas? Let me know.

#alwaysplayingalwayslearning #earlychildhoodeducation #earlychildhoodeducator #preschoolactivities #5sensesinpreschool #igetpaidtoplay