::: sound cups
As a follow up to our listening game we enclosed sand, rice, marbles and tanbark in polystyrene cups we had left over from our talking cups experiment.
We made two of each and as a group game we asked the children to use their ears to match up the pairs.
We made a chart to help them identify the mystery products.
Of course when you rattle them they feel different too, which helps. They did a very good job at finding the pairs.
Then it was their turn to make a ‘sound cup’.
We invited the children to make one each so later on they could shake it for their friends to guess what was inside.
Enclosing the cup used a bit of skill as they had to draw around the rim of the cup onto card,
cut it out …
then stick it thoroughly to the top of the cup …
so the inside bits couldn’t shake out.
At the end of the session those children with cups rattled them, one at a time, while everyone else listened.
They were pretty spot on most of the time with their guesses. It made it a bit tricky for all of us if they included more than ingredient in the cup however!
Tags: marbles, polystyrene cups, rice, sand, tan bark
Love the sound cups! Thanks so much for sharing!! Kerri
::: Thanks Kerri and you’re very welcome!
Looks like some good work to develop those fine motor skills. And those listening skills. Looks irresistible to me!
::: You’re right Scott and those fingers certainly did get a good workout on the masking tape!
Love this- I’ll be passing it on to our OT for a great group idea!
::: Thanks Joni!
We have a catalog bought version of this. I like the kid made kinds lots better!
::: This way Tom they can add any sounds THEY want.
Once again, something so simple (and sensory) works beautifully…
::: You’re right Louise … what’s that saying … ‘the simplest things are often the best’ … or something like that!
I’ve done an activity similar to this, but didn’t think of having the kids make their own. That’s a good idea! I like your other posts as well. I’ve given you the Versatile Blogger Award at my following post: http://play2grow.blogspot.com/2010/08/versatile-blogger-award.html
::: Darcey we find the children get a lot more involved in the learning when they do it for themselves so thank you … and an award … woohoo thanks very much. We’ll pop on over and take a look!
