"We are going on a bear hunt" with instruments

 

*After attending this course I thought that one of the stories I normally tell my infant students every year in autumn would be perfect to add some sounds to it.

The story chosen is "We are going on a bear hunt". Normaly I just make the sound effects myself using my mouth or I find the sounds effects online. I've already done it this year but for the next I think it would be great to prepare some materials, not sure if you could call them musical instruments, for the sound effects. The first time I would make the noises but for the next retelling sessions, kids could make the sounds themselves:

-Grass "swishy swashy": ran a broom or dusting brush along the floor. -River "splash splosh": throw something in a bucket with water -Mud "squelch squerch": shake a bottle with soil and water. -Forest "stumble trip": hit stisks together (like brunshes in the forest) -Snowstorm "hoooo woooo!": blow air into a cup -Cave "tiptoe tiptoe": hit softly with fingers *With my 3s I am doing the song "walking in the forest".

I think we could make some drums using a can, balloon, chinese chopsticks and cork bottle tops and kids could play them when we say "1 step, 2 steps, 3 steps for..." and faster when we run away from the skunk.




Almudena Gómez

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