Expressing Emotions with Sounds

Expressing Emotions with Sounds

The Cedar group have noticed that the sounds we hear around us can be soft or loud.
When the sounds were too loud, the children blocked their ears
with their hand and showed discontent on their face. They did not enjoy
the loud noise and it made them feel upset.

To see how we can express ourselves through sounds, the children experimented
with how drum beats make them feel. Sophia felt that a slow beating of a drum made
her feel sad but for Kaitlyn, it sounded angry. To record our findings,
the children each chose a happy, angry, or sad expression to stick on their chart each time
I played the drum. It was interesting as we looked back at the expressions they chose.
Aston posted only sad expressions on his chart and Dorothy posted only angry expressions.

The children loved the way the drum sounded that they all wanted to make
their own drums for next time!

When there is a big fire!!

when there is a big fire..!!!

"Let's make a fire house!" What color is fire? Have you ever seen a fire?

We went to the fireplace and observed the fire directly. What colors can you see?

Miguel: Red

Jamison: yellow

Sophia: Orange

With cardboards, paint and tissue, the group decided to make a fire house.

Miguel: Mix red and yellow to orange.

Sophia: I think it's going to be really hot!

     

In the end, we made a house with roaring fires and had a discussion.

Elly: There’s a big fire in the house. Who is going to go put out the fire?

Nolan: Firefighters. fire trucks

I explained to the children that firefighters help the people in our community when there is a fire or an emergency.

How do fire fighters put out fire? We will find out next time.

Cedar group

Where do things come from around us?

The children from Cedar showed that they love learning from each other.
I asked the children to imagine living alone with nothing and
no one else around them. It was hard for them because we are surrounded
with neighbours, people, stores, and many other things.
This started our inquiry into who and what is in our community.

Jayce:  I came to school in my mommy’s car.

Sophia:  My grandma took me in my car.

Aston said, “I saw the green light when my mom drove
the car in the morning.”

I explained that one way for people to get around in our community
is with different transportations. We played a game, pretending to be
cars and traffic lights.

I asked the children on Monday, “How was your weekend?”
and “Did anyone do anything, go anywhere, or saw anything?”

Ryan said, “I went to the beach. I saw the sea.
My mom bought some fruits; apples, bananas, grapes.”

I asked Ryan where his mom bought the fruits and it generated our group’s conversation of how different jobs in the community are needed for us to buy fruits from a grocery store.

Ryan:  My mom bought fruits in a store.

Sophia:  We can buy fruit in grocery stores.

Elly:  Where do grocery stores get their their fruits?

Sophia:  From farms!

Elly:  Who harvest the fruits on the farms?

Jamieson:  Farmers.

Elly: And how can the farmers send their fruits to the grocery stores?

Aston: They can have a truck.

Elly: And who drives the truck?

Kaitlyn: The truck driver.

After talking about how different things end up in the grocery stores, the children
thoughtfully concluded that truck drivers are very important because almost
all the things need a truck driver to deliver to their destinations.