"The senses, being explorers of the world, open the way to knowledge. Our apparatus for educating the senses offers the child a key to guide his explorations of the world..." Says Dr.Maria Montessori.
I feel sense of hearing is one aspect that is often overlooked in our chaotic house.
Many times I have wondered, if my 3 year old boy is listening to me. I mean really listen and pay attention. But today my preschoolers confirmed that they can listen and concentrate if something interests them. I loved the way they tried to focus and concentrate when playing the sound bingo game.
I found a free download of sound bingo game here. It came with a bingo card and musical instrument sound sample audio clips.
The kids have never played a bingo game before. I didn't want to overwhelm them with new audio, visual and also new instructions for the game. So we played an oversimplified version of it.
The rules are simple. Calmly listen to the instrumental sound and point the corresponding instrument.
To play this, I created my own set of musical instruments nomenclature cards. These cards can be later used for matching and sorting into musical families.
Here's a short video of them playing the game. We repeated a few sounds often to see if they are really focusing. Being first time players, I would say they did pretty well. I am planning to play this game whenever I could to sharpen their listening skills and obviously they too enjoy hearing the instruments.
I feel sense of hearing is one aspect that is often overlooked in our chaotic house.
Many times I have wondered, if my 3 year old boy is listening to me. I mean really listen and pay attention. But today my preschoolers confirmed that they can listen and concentrate if something interests them. I loved the way they tried to focus and concentrate when playing the sound bingo game.
I found a free download of sound bingo game here. It came with a bingo card and musical instrument sound sample audio clips.
The kids have never played a bingo game before. I didn't want to overwhelm them with new audio, visual and also new instructions for the game. So we played an oversimplified version of it.
The rules are simple. Calmly listen to the instrumental sound and point the corresponding instrument.
To play this, I created my own set of musical instruments nomenclature cards. These cards can be later used for matching and sorting into musical families.
Here's a short video of them playing the game. We repeated a few sounds often to see if they are really focusing. Being first time players, I would say they did pretty well. I am planning to play this game whenever I could to sharpen their listening skills and obviously they too enjoy hearing the instruments.
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