Hearing Sounds

by Sally Hewitt

Uses familiar objects to introduce the concepts of sound and hearing, suggests activities to prove or explore a point, and asks questions requiring further study

32 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1998

Reviews

[Chelsea Bucci · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rather than written as a narrative story, this book asks the readers questions and to try out experiments. The book describes everything that has to do with sound including what makes sounds and how we hear sound. The first page of the book shows pictures of objects that one usually hears in the morning. For instance, an alarm clock and running water. The story asks that reader, "can you tell from the pictures what sounds each objects make?" It also encourages the reader to try out making their own noises with their vocal box such as humming and whispering. If you hear a sound, it means that their is movement. The book also discusses vocabulary terms such as pitch, vibrate, loud, and quiet. During a lesson following this book, the teacher could provide examples for the students to hear what actually constitutes a loud sound vs. a quiet sound. It also explains that the inner ear is how humans can hear noise.