After our Easter break we got back to listening, I received a gift of this wonderful book.

It got me thinking about all the different kinds of sounds and noise makers in the world. Today we made a list of gentle and soft sounds, harsh and loud sounds and sounds that go up and down. A few of my favourites a heart, a clock, a grasshopper, a choir of birds singing, a motor bike, a food mixer, a stormy windy day. Sounds that go up and down seemed tricky to me but not Ms Cross’ class who told me lifts, hills and umbrellas make sounds that go up and down.

A vote was cast, the wining favourite sound today was the birds singing, and I conducted a choir a singing birds who watched carefully for their instructions.

We finished up with one last listening exercise using our listening devices and recording what we heard through sound wave drawings. With ears full of sounds we finished our session today with a room of loud clapping sounds.