A tape recorder and pre-recorded tape of some environmental
sounds - birds singing, cars, telephone ringing etc. There should
be plenty of time between sounds so the children can hear the
silence in between.
• Attention and Listening
• Non-Verbal Behaviour
• Receptive Language or Comprehension
• Expressive Language
• Gestures
Start by listening to the sounds of silence. Once you hear a
sound - attract the children’s attention to it - imitate it - point
to a picture of what makes it - name it - encourage the children
to name it and then say - “Shh .... - let’s sit here and listen for the
next one”.
Encouraging Listening, attention & understanding and understanding the natural world