Animal Sounds lesson

This month many of my kindergarten lessons use animal sounds to teach the words 'listen' and 'hear'. After the usual intro song to start the lesson I will use the Super Simple Songs "What Do You Hear" song from their animals CD. Before singing I refresh the kids memories of the names of animals they will hear. In this song it's dog, cat, duck, rooster, pig and elephant. After that I use the Farm Sounds app by TantrumApps the first week and their Zoo Sounds app the following week. At first I will not let them see the pictures and only play the sounds asking them to "Listen" and then "What do you hear?". For the younger kids, 3 and 4 years old, they can answer with just the animal's name. for the older kids 5 and 6 years old and first and second graders, I have them answer with "I hear a cow." Many of the animals in the apps have been covered before in previous lessons and the kids general enjoy hearing the animal sounds. New animals I will either skip or introduce depending on time and kids' interest. By the end of the lesson most children will quiet down and listen carefully when I say 'listen'.

今月の保育園レッスンは動物の鳴き声を使って’Listen’「良く聞いて」と´Hear' 「聞く」のことばを教えます。いつものレッスン始まる挨拶と歌の後にAnimals CDからSuper Simple Songs "What Do You Hear"を教えて歌います。歌う前に歌に出てくる動物の名前を復習します。この歌の動物は犬、猫、アヒル、オス鶏、豚と属です。歌の後に下の写真のappを使います。一週目は’Farm’の鳴き声と二週目は’Zoo'の鳴き声を使います。最初は泣き声だけを聞かせて子供に”Listen”と”What do you hear？”「何聞いている」を聞きます。3歳と4歳の子は動物の英語の名前だけで答えても大丈夫です。5歳と6歳と小学生は”I hear a cow”の分で答えさせます。Appに出る動物はほとんど前のレッスンで紹介したことがあるので名前をおぼえている子がいます。新しい動物は飛ぶか紹介するか時間とクラスの状態次第ですね。レッスンの終わりまでにほとんどの子は”Listen”と聞いたら静かになってくれます。