Hearing Challenge

Exploring the sense of sound

So here we are with the hearing challenge. We gave the children a hearing test using the following three activites.  

1- Egg shaking game

We filled each egg with different materials. The children shook the eggs to identify the contents in them. They gave interesting answers and were curious to know the correct answers. They were quiet and concentrated while they listened. The children from the other group were interested and joined in the activity. We let them open all the eggs at the end. The most surprising one for them was raisins because no one guessed it right.

2- Water Xylophone

We made a water xylophone for the children to explore sound variation. We took 3 vases and added coloured water in them. The level of the water was different in each vase to make various sounds. Kait said, "The pitch is high in this one."  Ellie said, "This one has a hollow sound."  They both referred to the vase which had the least water.  

3- Blindfolded hearing challenge

In this activity we blindfolded the children and made different noises around them. We asked them to guess what we were doing. Ex: opening and closing zipper, ripping paper, sweeping floor etc. It was a good exercise for their hearing sense. Most of them got it right. 

We have explored the senses of touch, taste , smell and hearing. Our goal is to explore and enhance the experience of all 5 senses which means we still have one to go.  The sense of sight is still to come.