Creative Sound Play for Young Learners: A Teacher’s Guide to Enhancing Transition Times, Classroom Communities, SEL, and Executive Function Skills

This book uses sound-making as a collaborative, play-based practice in early childhood classrooms to support children's executive functioning development and social-emotional learning. It offers techniques and ideas for teachers to reach all children, including verbal, nonverbal, and special needs children, and focuses on three basic elements of sound: pitch, volume, and duration.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 170 pages
Publication date: 06 June 2024
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This captivating guide invites you to embrace the power of sound-making as a collaborative, play-based practice in your early childhood classroom, with the ultimate goal of enhancing your children's executive functioning development and social-emotional learning. The book provides a wealth of techniques and ideas for teachers to reach every child, regardless of their verbal, nonverbal, or special needs, ensuring inclusivity and engagement in your teaching.

Easy to integrate into all standard early years curricula, the book focuses on three fundamental elements of sound: pitch, volume, and duration. It offers an overview of the school year calendar and an implementation guide, alongside a diverse range of suggested sound-making activities that begin with simple exercises and gradually evolve to ignite children's creativity in more dynamic ways.

Creative Sound Play for Young Learners is an essential resource for preschool teachers, leaders, and parents alike. By incorporating sound-making into your classroom, you can create a nurturing and stimulating environment that fosters your children's growth and development. So, why not embark on this musical journey and watch as your students' minds and hearts soar?

Weight: 264g
Dimension: 226 x 152 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032597058