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Hi, I'm Kristen.
Today my daughter Callie and I
are going to explore the sounds we hear around us.
We're going to use the PEEP Family Science app
and do things together to get Callie excited
about the science of sounds.
We're going to:
play and explore together,
ask questions and talk about ideas,
and explore more.
At the end of the video,
I'll show you all the ways we did this.
We're going to watch a video where Quack hears
a really annoying sound.
Can you think of any sounds that you don't like?
Violet crying.
Your little sister crying?
I don't like that sound either.
You want to see what happens with Quack?
(bird cawing, Callie laughs, Quack cries out)
Oh no! (Callie laughs)
(toy wheels scraping)
CALLIE: Mmm.... that sounds...
like you're rubbing two things together.
KRISTEN: No.
A car?
KRISTEN: Yes, it is!
How about we switch and I will be the sound detective
and I will listen and see if I can guess
what's making the sound.
CALLIE: Mm! KRISTEN: Does that sound fun?
This is a tricky one...
KRISTEN: Okay.
(tapping)
Okay, it sounds like you're having something together.
CALLIE: Mm-hmm!
(tapping)
Sounds like something that's hard.
CALLIE: Yup. (tapping)
I'm wondering if it's blocks-- like wood blocks?
CALLIE: Yup! KRISTEN: Yes!
So how about we track down sounds like Quack did
in the video
so we can play a game called Mystery Alarm.
So I'll set an alarm on the phone,
and I'm gonna hide it somewhere.
And then we're going to try to listen for the sounds,
and you're going to see if you can find where I hid it.
Okay.
(objects rustling)
Okay, it's set, we gotta listen for it.
(alarm ringing)
(gasps) There it is.
See if you can...
You hear what direction it's coming from?
CALLIE: Mm-hmm.
(alarm ringing loudly) Can you hear getting louder?
CALLIE: Mm-hmm.
(alarm continues ringing)
(alarm ringing even louder)
CALLIE: I found it!
KRISTEN: You found it!
How did you know it was over here?
When I was over there I heard the noise,
and when I came over, it got louder and louder.
Tomorrow how would you like to go outside
and we can listen to what kind of sounds
we can hear out in the world?
Does that sound like fun?
Yeah! (laughing)
(distant siren blaring) CALLIE: I think I hear a siren.
KRISTEN: Oh yeah, I hear the siren.
CALLIE: Do you think it's a police or like a fire truck?
(child speaking indistinctly)
KRISTEN: I don't know, maybe a fire truck?
So why don't we record some of the sounds we hear,
and then we can play them back when we get home.
CALLIE: Okay.
(creaking)
CALLIE: What's that noise?
KRISTEN: I don't know, let's see if we can find it.
CALLIE: Can you record it?
(creaking continues)
KRISTEN: Oh, we found it!
CALLIE: We found the noise!
KRISTEN: You hear the ice-- we can record the ice breaking too.
CALLIE: Okay!
(ice crunching)
KRISTEN: You hear that sound?
(ice crunching sounds from phone)
Could you tell what that one was?
That sounded, um, a lot like something cracking.
KRISTEN: Cracking?
You remember what we were cracking?
Um... ice?
Yeah, when we were walking on the ice.
(both imitating ice cracking)
KRISTEN: Now let's rewind so I can show you the places
where he did things to get Callie excited about science.
Play and explore together.
When I play along, it makes a big difference.
Playing with Callie shows her I'm really interested
in what she's doing, and that keeps her interested.
And she loves the attention.
When I ask Callie to lead the game,
she got very excited about being the one in charge.
Ask questions and talk about your ideas.
The more Callie and I talk about what we're doing,
the more she learns about sounds.
While we watched the video I connected what we're watching
to something Callie already knows about.
Quack has sounds that annoy him, and so does Callie.
When I ask Callie questions,
it made her think even more about sounds.
After we recorded sounds outside,
we listened and talked about them.
When kids talk about what they've done,
it helps them learn and remember.
I made sure we took turns listening and speaking.
What else do you think that kind of sounds like?
CALLIE: Maybe like a construction site?
KRISTEN: Maybe, or maybe have you ever been,
you know, by a waterfall?
You remember the sound? CALLIE: Yeah.
KRISTEN: Kind of sounds like water.
I want Kelly to have lots of chances to share her ideas.
Explore more.
When we explore sounds in different ways,
Callie learns even more.
We listened for sounds indoors
and outdoors.
Exploring in different places helped us discover
even more about sound.
We also played a game with an alarm called Mystery Alarm.
It gave us a different way to explore sounds.
Callie wanted to play Mystery Alarm again the next day,
so we did.
Doing something again is a great way to explore more.
Children learn new things each time.
The way to get Callie
excited about science is for us to play together,
talk about what we're doing,
and explore what we've learned in different ways.
The key is that we do it together.
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