Preschool - Week 13 - The Quiet Way Home

We actually spent about 3 weeks doing this book! With Thanksgiving and all the busyness of December, homeschool has not been a priority.  We'll get back into the swing of things in January. :)  This book, The Quiet Way Home, is a story about a girl and her grandpa who decide to take quieter routes home in order to hear things they would otherwise miss.

I decided to use this story to focus on the "sound" sense. We talked about what loud sounds the pair were missing out on and what quiet sounds they did hear.  We took the opportunity throughout the day to stop and listen and identify sounds.  There are also some "look and finds" that we did in the book. E loves a good "look and find!"

I made another sight word card for "home:"

and also a magnet, coloring page:

and we did a "same/different" worksheet:

One really fun activity was a listening game that we played on the computer.  The FindSounds website had a ton of different little sound bytes recorded.  I would pick one to play and E would guess what the sound was.  I was seriously impressed with how well she did!

Finally, E and I went to the Nature Center and spent some time in the bird watching room. They have little switches that you can turn on and off to hear sounds from around the exterior of the building. We saw quite a few birds and heard a waterfall and other bird sounds.