We spent a couple days reading a Before Five In a Row book titled, "The Quiet Way Home
" by Bonnie Becker.
" by Bonnie Becker.
It is a sweet story describing a grandfather and his granddaughter taking "the road less traveled and delight[ing] in [the] small sounds, too good to miss" (summary from manual).
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As a go-along activity, I put together a Sound Matching Game.
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Preschool Five Senses Hearing Game
Since the book dealt with sounds, we talked a little bit about the ear and I showed Big Brother a picture of what the inside of the ear looks like; then I found a sweet BBC excerpt about how the ear works-- very cool!
Supplies:
- Several Items that make sound
- heart shaped containers
For our Sound Matching Game, I found some heart shaped boxes at the Dollar Store and filled them with different materials-- two hearts had the same item.
We used rice, two pennies, screws, and beads.
Without peaking into the hearts, Big Brother had to shake them and find the match, only by using his sense of hearing!
Big Brother did really well!
He did miss one match though; but it was a tricky one.
The one he missed was when he matched a penny sound to the sound of two little bolts. They did sound a lot alike!
The Quiet Way Home
is a book used in the Before Five in a Row guide.
is a book used in the Before Five in a Row guide.
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