Sound Cylinders

Sound cylinders isolate the auditory sense, helping children develop careful listening skills and auditory discrimination essential for language development.

• Framework: Montessori
• Unit: Sensorial
• Learning area: Auditory Discrimination
• Level: Ages 3-5

Objectives

• Discriminate between different sounds
• Match pairs of identical sounds
• Grade sounds from loud to soft
• Develop auditory attention

Materials

• Two boxes of 6 sound cylinders each
• One box with red tops, one with blue tops
• Cylinders contain varied materials creating different sounds

Instructions

1. Present red box and blue box. 2. Shake one red cylinder gently near ear. 3. Shake blue cylinders one at a time, comparing sounds. 4. Find matching sound, place cylinders together. 5. Continue until all pairs matched. 6. Check by opening cylinders if desired.

Educator tip

Model careful, attentive listening. Work in a quiet environment to develop auditory sensitivity.

Assessment

Child correctly matches all sound pairs and can describe sounds using appropriate vocabulary.

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• Mystery Bag (Stereognostic Bag)
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