Hearing
Using a paper towel megaphone to teach vocabulary words
Month 2 · Activity 11 · Senses
Instructions
- Share using an empty paper towel roll as a megaphone
- Say the words below to your child and let them mimic through the megaphone
- Use a variety of “voices”...... whisper, yell, sing, etc.
- Words to use: square, circle, blue, yellow, head, shoulders, elbows, hands, feet, wrist, knee, toe, belly button, big, bigger, happy, small
Simplify
Encourage a child to just talk into the megaphone
Extend
Say each of the words in distinct syllables and ask the child how many parts or syllables are in the word... square (1), cir-cle (2), blue (1), yel-low (2), head (1), shoul-ders (2), el-bows (2), hands (1), feet (1), wrist (1), knee (1), toe (1), bel-ly (2) but-ton (2), big (1), big-ger (2), hap-py (2), small (1)
QUESTIONS FOR CHILD
What is the name of the language that you use for talking?
How many different languages would you like to speak and why?
Materials
- empty paper towel roll
Language Skills
