Studio Red: daily do & draw 3/31

Dear Studio Red,

Yesterday we thought about the ways we calm our brains.  We remained as still as we could to focus on our breathing.  There was a story to guide us.  Our senses help us process our world.  As we hear, see, taste, touch and smell, information is sent to our brains.  Our brains learn to identify this information and we begin to name the world around us.  

Today we will focus on listening.  Think about sound for a minute, and how important it is in your life: how, if you hear the sound of a horn honking, you might look for a car; how the sound of the garage door opening alerts you to someone coming home; how a cry might let you know someone is hurt or that the baby is awake.  Through listening we learn how to respond to the world around us.  Today we will listen closely together.  

“If I had a listening ear, no telling what I might hear!”

Love, Lauri and Emily

daily do & draw

DO

Teachers in the city of Reggio Emilia have created sound puzzles for their children.  Today we invite you to listen to them too.  Some of the answers are unique to Italy, where Reggio Emilia is located, but you will discover that they connect to your world as well.  The site is found here.  Scroll down to find the list of sounds.

As you listen to the puzzles what do you hear?

Can you imagine the sounds we heard in these pictures?

DRAW

Now head outside with some tools to make marks. Find a quiet place to sit and listen. Draw the sounds that you hear.

Think about how illustrators work.  

How do they show you sound with the marks that they make?

NOTE TO PARENTS:  Your child may draw what they think is making the sound or they might try to represent the sound itself.  Both are okay.    Invite them freely explore sound and the world of mark making!