What a noise! Sound out the possibilities for developing listening and speaking skills with these ideas from Alice Sharp.

WHAT YOU NEED

A range of items that can be used to create a sound, such as maracas, shaker, slinky, animal tub, horn, wand; a toy animal, car or other such object that makes a noise in real life

POSSIBLE LEARNING OUTCOMES

- Encourage concentration

- Stimulate listening and responding

- Develop vocabulary

Playing the game

- Attract the children's attention by hiding one of the sound makers in your pocket or up your sleeve and making a noise with it, without alerting them to where the noise came from. Engage with their response to the strange sound.

- Repeat the sound and encourage them to find where the noise is coming from.

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