A lovely sensory activity, to explore and compare sound indoors and outdoors and communicating with others.

Learning Outcomes:

As I listen and talk in different situations, I am learning to take turns and am developing my awareness of when to speak and when to listen. LIT 0-02a/ENG 0-03a

I can identify my senses and use them
to explore the world around me. SCN 0-12a

ASN Milestones:

Listens and responds to different words and phrases
appropriately

Resources needed:

Phone video camera or recorder, paper and pencils, whiteboards and pens, clipboards, symbols/communication methods as suitable

Lesson Activity:

Explore how sound is different indoors and outdoors.

1. Sound Mapping activity indoors – Make a Sound Map – pupils mark an ‘x’ on a whiteboard to show where they are.  Close their eyes for 30 secs – 1 min (change time to suit learners) and mark what they can hear and where on the whiteboard.  You could also have ready-made maps of an area for pupils to mark on.
2. Sounds could also be recorded on a phone or tablet.
3. Repeat the above activity outdoors and encourage pupils to compare the sounds they heard.  Outdoors, pupils could walk to the area to show where they heard the sound.
4. Questioning – What different sounds can you hear?  Why do you think the sounds are different outside?  Did you have to do anything different to listen indoors and out?  Was it more difficult to listen indoors or out?

Differentiation:

Pointing in the direction of each new sound that you hear

Counting out five new sounds that you hear

Describing sounds that you hear

Using symbols or pictures to identify what you hear.

Walking to the area you hear the sound coming from

Extension:

Literacy: Using adjectives to describe the sounds

Maths: Mapping the area to show where sounds were heard

Technology: Using different methods of recording sounds