Music is a form of art and this week the Early Years’ students had the opportunity to explore sounds through natural resources and instruments.
The Foundation class continued their exploration of living things analysing the amazing sounds produced by underwater waves and seashells. The children focussed their attention on seashells especially. A popular folk myth claims that the sound of the ocean may be heard through seashells, particularly conch shells.
The Kindergarten 1 class continued investigating bottle sounds. This week, they especially concentrated on ‘bottle xylophones.’ The xylophones were made of glass and, when the students tapped on them, they vibrated. These disturbances travelled through space and ultimately made the children’s eardrums vibrate, then becoming sounds.
Additionally, the students also learnt that lower or higher-pitched sounds were produced according to the amount of water present in the bottles.
The Kindergarten 2 class investigated the ‘music of nature,’ which is what one hears or feels when being fully immersed in nature, awed by the surrounding environment. It is much more than just sound – you can not only experience singing birds and croaking frogs but also bursting buds, courting salamanders, and flying butterflies.
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