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Nursery Loud and Quiet: Sound Picture Cards and Strip

Six sound symbols (loud, quiet, long, short, shaky and rest) for children to play on instruments and arrange into their own music. • Teacher guide with Development Matters links • 6 cut-out sound picture cards • My music score strip with four spaces Linked to Development Matters for three and four-year-olds. Print-ready PDF.

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Loud and Quiet: sound picture cards Six sound-picture cards (loud, quiet, long, short, shaky and rest) and a score strip with four spaces. Children choose cards, place them on the strip and play the ‘music’ on instruments or voices. What’s included • Teacher guide with Development Matters links • 6 cut-out sound picture cards • My music score strip with four spaces Ideas for using it • Play the card: Hold up a card; children play that sound together. • Make a score: Put four cards on the strip and play them left to right. • Guess the card: An adult plays a sound; children point to the matching card. • Body sounds: Use claps, stamps and voices instead of instruments. Linked to Development Matters (three and four-year-olds) • Play instruments with increasing control to express their feelings and ideas. • Listen with increased attention to sounds. • Use drawing to represent ideas like movement or loud noises. • Respond to what they have heard, expressing their thoughts and feelings. Supplied as a ready-to-print PDF (A4 landscape). Print, laminate and reuse all year.Read more

Loud and Quiet: sound picture cards Six sound-picture cards (loud, quiet, long, short, shaky and rest) and a score strip with four spaces. Children choose cards, place them on the strip and play the ‘music’ on instruments or voices. What’s included • Teacher guide with Development Matters links • 6 cut-out sound picture cards • My music score strip with four spaces Ideas for using it • Play the card: Hold up a card; children play that sound together. • Make a score: Put four cards on the strip and play them left to right. • Guess the card: An adult plays a sound; children point to the matching card. • Body sounds: Use claps, stamps and voices instead of instruments. Linked to Development Matters (three and four-year-olds) • Play instruments with increasing control to express their feelings and ideas. • Listen with increased attention to sounds. • Use drawing to represent ideas like movement or loud noises. • Respond to what they have heard, expressing their thoughts and feelings. Supplied as a ready-to-print PDF (A4 landscape). Print, laminate and reuse all year.

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