🔬 Science & our world · Ages 6–7 · about 3 weeks

Sound and Hearing

Goal: Identify sounds, compare loud and quiet, near and far, and make musical sounds.

For parents: Sounds are made when something vibrates. Let your child feel it: a hand on the throat while humming, a ruler twanging on the table.

Do together

  1. Musical bottles

    You need: Four or five glass bottles, water

    Fill each with a different amount of water. Tap them gently with a spoon. Order them from low sound to high sound. Play a tune!

  2. Near and far

    You need: A bell or shaker, some space outside

    Your child closes their eyes while you ring the bell near, then far away. Can they point to where the sound is and say near or far?

  3. Sound map

    You need: Paper, pencil

    Sit outside for two minutes. Draw yourself in the middle and every sound you hear around you, placing loud ones closer.

Talk about it

  • Which bottle makes the highest sound?
  • Why do sounds get quieter when you walk away?
  • How do we protect our ears from very loud sounds?

Words to use

  • sound
  • hear
  • loud
  • quiet
  • high
  • low
  • vibrate

Play

  • Listen & Remember
    Listening
  • Five Senses
    The five senses
  • Living World
    Living things
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