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Feel the noise

Heighten children's awareness that they're surrounded by sound, in the nursery and outside, with ideas from Helen Shelbourne This part of our project on sound provides opportunities for children to investigate objects and materials by using all their senses and have fun with banging, splashing and blowing.

This part of our project on sound provides opportunities for children to investigate objects and materials by using all their senses and have fun with banging, splashing and blowing.

Adult-led activities

Take a sound walk

Take the children out to listen to noises in the environment.

Key learning intentions

Demonstrate flexibility and adapt their behaviour to different events, social situations and changes in routine

Build up vocabulary that reflects the breadth of their experiences

Observe, find out about and identify features in the place they live and the natural world

Respond in a variety of ways to what they see and hear

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