thumperrabbit Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 (edited) I would like to make a box of sounds but am having a mind block, I have: Bicycle bell squeaky toy bunch of keys packet of crisps bells pasta in a small tuppaware box The idea is that an adult will shake the item in a box so that it can't be seen and the children will try to guess/describe the sound. I want to steer clear of musical instruments as we do this as a separate activity. What else can I put in it? Ideas greatfully recieved. Edited January 23, 2010 by thumperrabbit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inge Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 sand in a pot makes a different sound to the pasta... and using a box instead of a bottle or pot changes it again.. they will soon be able to distinguish the difference. I set up a sound box for children to use... I had loads of old vitamin pots given to me, labels removed but any set of pots which are all the same work.. they do need to be the same... the vitamin pots were good though as they had childproof lids... which were a good deterrent from opening them all although as we all know there is always one determined child... we glued them on too if they were to be unsupervised.. I set them up as pairs of sounds.. so two had same amount of sand in them, 2 had water, 2 had large peas etc.. had about 10 pairs in the end... and children used to spend ages making them into pairs by finding the same sounds... I have also done this as sets of 3 pots with 2 the same sound and one different.. to find the odd one out.. this time allowed for a variety of pots to be used... Inge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Wow this sounds fab! i wanna do it to x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 An arm or leg piece from a set of Popoids makes a good sound when you stretch it out and push it back again. Helen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Some great ideas which I will pinch for the 'Mrs Browning had a box' activity in Phase 1 of Letters and Sounds. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumperrabbit Posted January 23, 2010 Author Share Posted January 23, 2010 that's exactly what I am using it for Deb - great minds.........! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam2368 Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 This has just spurred me on to email our parents with a request for empty vitamin containers! Thanks for the inspiration - I had seen this on our letters and sounds training last year but hadn't got around to doing anything about it. Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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