A sounds scavenger hunt is a fun way to get outside and play while also developing your child’s listening skills and observation skills!
Materials:
- paper
- pencils or markers
- clipboard (optional)
- Sound Hunt printable (optional)
How to Set Up a Sound Hunt:
- Go outside in your neighbourhood or to a park/outdoor space.
- Give each kid a paper & a marker/pencil.(You may like to give them a clipboard, too.)
- Have everyone find a spot on the grass or somewhere in nature and just listen for what they can hear.
- Younger preschoolers/toddlers can work together with an adult or big sibling. Adult can write while the toddler/preschooler tells them what they hear.
- Write/draw the things you hear on your paper to create your own hunt page.
- Or you can use the attached sound hunt and Play Hunt that sound!
- Cross off each sound that you find!
- Big kids can each make a sound hunt for each other and then swap clipboards!
Related book:
Squeak, rumble, whomp! Whomp! Whomp!
A book about exploring your neighbourhood sounds.
From: Toddler Approved.
Found by: Anne Coppell (Storytime Solidarity member).