Welcome to Day 2 of our Five Senses Week! After exploring the vibrant world of sight yesterday, today we are tuning into a sense that helps us listen, dance, sing, and stay safe—our sense of hearing.
This lesson is specially designed for preschoolers ages 3 to 4, encouraging them to explore everyday sounds in a fun, interactive, and sensory-rich way. Get ready for giggles, jingles, and meaningful “aha!” moments.
🌟 What We’re Learning Today:
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What are ears for, and how do they help us?
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Identifying and naming everyday sounds
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Recognizing loud vs. quiet
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Exploring music and rhythm
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Developing listening and language skills
🕘 Our Sound-Filled Daily Schedule
| Time | Activity |
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| 9:00–9:15 AM | 👋 Circle Time: What Do We Hear? |
| 9:15–9:45 AM | 🔊 Sound Guessing Game |
| 9:45–10:00 AM | 📖 Story Time: The Listening Walk |
| 10:00–10:30 AM | 🍎 Snack & Free Play |
| 10:30–11:00 AM | 🥁 Music Corner Exploration |
| 11:00–11:30 AM | 🎵 Song & Movement: “Do You Hear What I Hear?” |
| 11:30–12:00 PM | 🌳 Outdoor Listening Walk |
🧺 Materials You’ll Need:
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Mystery sound items (e.g. keys, crinkled paper, small bell, water in bottle)
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Small instruments: tambourines, shakers, rhythm sticks, drums
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Listening chart or sound cards
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Book: The Listening Walk by Paul Showers
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Lyrics or visuals for the song “Do You Hear What I Hear?”
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Clipboards or nature walk checklists (optional)
🟣 Circle Time: What Can We Hear?
We begin the day by gathering in a circle and focusing our ears instead of our eyes. Ask the children to sit quietly for 20–30 seconds.
💬 Prompting Questions:
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What did you hear just now?
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Are those sounds loud or quiet?
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What sound do you like to hear at home?
Introduce the vocabulary of the day: ears, hear, sound, quiet, loud, music, listen
🔔 Extension: Show an ear model or picture and explain how our ears help us hear.
🔊 Sound Guessing Game (So Much Fun!)
Time to challenge those listening skills! Hide small sound-making items in a box or behind a curtain and let each child listen carefully before guessing what made the sound.
🎧 Ideas for sound items:
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Crumpling paper
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Shaking a bell
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Snapping fingers
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Pouring water
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Zipping a zipper
Take turns and celebrate correct guesses—this builds confidence and auditory memory.
✅ Learning Focus: Listening, memory, language, auditory discrimination
📚 Story Time: The Listening Walk by Paul Showers
This beautifully written book invites children into the world of quiet observation. It’s a perfect story to slow down and practice mindful listening.
📖 During reading:
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Pause to ask, “What sound do you think comes next?”
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After reading, ask, “What sounds would YOU hear on your own listening walk?”
This book gently encourages mindfulness, awareness, and appreciation of the world around them.
🥁 Music Corner Exploration
Let the children explore sound and rhythm in a playful way by offering them a small music corner.
🎼 Instruments to include:
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Maracas
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Tambourines
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Rhythm sticks
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Small hand drums
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Triangle bells
Let children explore freely or play follow-the-beat with the teacher.
🎶 Group Game Idea: Play “Stop and Go”—make music when the teacher says “Play!” and freeze when they say “Stop!”
✅ Learning Focus: Coordination, sound exploration, rhythm, self-regulation
🎵 Song & Movement: “Do You Hear What I Hear?”
Here’s a simplified version perfect for preschoolers, paired with fun actions:
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Do you hear what I hear?
A bird in the tree, tweet tweet tweet!
Do you hear what I hear?
My friend is clapping with me—clap clap clap!
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💃 Add motions: cup hands around ears, flap like a bird, clap, stomp, shake shakers.
📌 Tip: Let kids suggest their own sounds and turn them into verses!
✅ Learning Focus: Music and movement, expressive language, sound imitation
🌳 Outdoor Listening Walk
Now it’s time to bring our learning outside!
Encourage children to walk quietly (like little foxes!) and use their ears. What can they hear?
👂 Things to listen for:
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Birds chirping
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Leaves rustling
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Cars or planes
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Dogs barking
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Wind blowing
You can bring a simple checklist or let them draw pictures afterward of what they heard.
📘 Optional: After the walk, let them draw or tell a story about their favorite sound.
✅ Learning Focus: Mindfulness, observation, expressive recall, nature connection
✍️ Reflection: What Did You Hear Today?
As a wrap-up, gather the children and ask:
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What was your favorite sound today?
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Was it loud or soft?
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Can you make that sound with your mouth or body?
📖 Add to “My Five Senses” Book:
Let children glue or draw pictures of things they heard today under a page labeled “My Sense of Hearing.”
💡 Final Thoughts
Today, your preschoolers practiced one of the most important life skills—listening. By slowing down and paying attention to the world of sound, they learned to focus, describe, and appreciate their environment in a new way.
Tomorrow, we’ll sniff our way through the world as we explore the Sense of Smell—get your scent jars ready!
✨ Did your class enjoy the listening walk or sound game? Share your photos or experiences using #FiveSensesFun or tag me in your posts!
Let’s inspire more joyful, mindful learning—one sense at a time!
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