Instructions
When children demonstrate an interest in clapping, tapping on surfaces, or listening to sounds, invite them to explore sounds and patterns by tapping on pots and pans with a variety of objects. Use a smartphone or similar device to record and play back sounds and patterns. Challenge children to repeat the sounds and patterns that they have recorded.
Questions You May Ask
⚙ How can you make sounds with these pots and pans?
⚙ What can you use to tap the pots and pans?
⚙ How can you make different sounds with your pots and pans?
⚙ What happens when you tap [harder, softer, faster, slower] on your pots and pans?
⚙ What sound patterns can you make (e.g., two fast taps, three slow taps, two fast taps)?
⚙ What [sound, pattern] do you hear and how can you repeat it?
Play-based Context
Most young children enjoy tapping on all kinds of surfaces and making different sounds and patterns.
Related Children's Books
⚙ Meeow and the Pots and Pans by Sebastien Brown
⚙ Pots and Pans by Patricia Hubbell
⚙ Pots and Pans by Anne Rockwell
