Identify Soft and Loud Sounds in this Homemade Game

Walk around your neighborhood and keep your ears open listening for loud and soft sounds such as sirens and leaves blowing in the wind. With your child, think of animals that can make loud sounds, soft sounds, or both. What sound does it make and how does it move?

When you get home, make a list together of the different sounds that you heard.

On the index cards, help your child draw a picture of each thing that she heard.

Spread out the index cards face-up on the floor and together, sort them into two piles: one for things that make soft noises and one for things that make loud noises.

Mix them up and play again!