- tubes from Discovery Time activity
- hear
- listen
- sound
- tube
- voice
MA Standards:
English Language Arts/Speaking and Listening/SL.PK.MA.2 Recall information for short periods of time and retell, act out, or represent information from a text read aloud, a recording, or a video (e.g., watch a video about birds and their habitats and make drawings or constructions of birds and their nests).
Head Start Outcomes:
Language Development/Receptive Language Attends to language during conversations, songs, stories, or other learning experiences.
Social Emotional Development/Self-Concept and Self-Efficacy Identifies personal characteristics, preferences, thoughts, and feelings.
Social Emotional Development/Self-Regulation Recognizes and labels emotions.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Language 2 Participate actively in discussions, listen to the ideas of others, and ask and answer relevant questions.
English Language Arts/Language 3 Communicate personal experiences or interests.
Watch Together: “Hear Here” (PEEP show)
STEM Key Concepts: Sound is caused by vibration; An action has to happen to make a sound; Sounds sound different when they travel through a hollow object; Sounds vary in three ways: volume (loud or soft), pitch (high or low), and timbre (quality)
ELA Focus Skills: Active Viewing, Active Listening, Vocabulary
Before You Watch
Have children watch the video PEEP and the Big Wide World “Hear, Here.” Set a viewing focus by asking children to listen to the different sounds in Quack's voice.
As You Watch
As children watch, say, Listen for Quack’s voice. How does it sound? When is his voice high? When is it low?
After You Watch
After children have finished watching the video, help them make connections to their tube explorations.
- Ask, Why do you think Quack liked singing in the drain pipe? What did his voice sound like there? Replay the video to help children recall the sounds.
- Give children their tubes. Say, Can you sing like Quack through the tube? What do you sound like? Do you sound like Quack? Why do you think so?
Educator Tip: Watching and discussing the selected PEEP stories and live-action video clips can spark and extend children’s interest and understanding of sound. We suggest that children watch the video clips after they have had an opportunity to do their own initial exploration of sounds. That way your children can compare their experiences and discoveries with those shown on the video clip and think about what additional sound explorations they might like to try.
