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What Is That Animal Sound

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What Is That Animal Sound Phillippe Put

Help baby to identify animals and their sounds. 

Materials Needed:

  • A cd (or) tape with different animal sounds.
  • A cd (or) tape player.
  • A book with different animals sounds.
  • Animal flashcards/pictures of animals.

What to do:

  • Create a cd / tape (or) buy one that has different animal sounds.
  • Before putting the sound on say “Which animal makes this sound”
  • Play the animal sound.
  • Hold up each animal picture and ask “does ----- make that sound”
  • See if baby can recognize which animal makes the sound they listened to.

Hints and Tips:

  • You could have some small animals you could show to your child as each of the animal sounds play.
  • Encourage your child to try and identify which animal sound it is.

Additional Info

  • Appropriate Age: 1 year+
  • Number of Children: Individual (1), Couple (2), Few (3), Small Group (4), Large Group (5 or more)
  • Developmental Milestones:

    Gestures to acknowledge sound.

    Begins to say simple words.

    Understands more than they can say.

    Begins to identify animals/objects.

    Identifies where sound is coming from.

  • Play Based Learning: Sensory Play, Exploratory Play
  • Interest Areas: Music and Movement, Sensory Play
  • Games Categories: Cognitive Development, Indoor Games, Language Development, Learning Games, Music and Movement, Sensory Games
  • EYLF Outcomes: Learning Outcome 2, Learning Outcome 4, Learning Outcome 5
  • Sub Outcomes:

    2.1 Children develop a sense of belonging to groups and communities and an understanding of the reciprocal rights and responsibilities necessary for active community participation

    4.3 Children transfer and adapt what they have learned from one context to another

    4.4 Children resource their own learning through connecting with people place technologies and natural and processed materials

    5.5 Children use information and communication technologies to access information investigate ideas and represent their thinking

Created On January 4, 2015 Last modified on Saturday, June 27, 2015
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