In this way, this week’s provocation can be a wonderful application for a writing unit, or else perhaps for science concepts such as adaptation, human development, etc. There’s a rich, visceral connection we all make with our senses of touch, taste, sight, sound, and smell. That tickled me because that was the point of this whole exercise to learn about using our ears to hear and identify sounds.There’s a reason that our first lessons on bringing detail into our writing often revolve around the 5 senses.

The next up was our neighbor’s barking dogs! Then birds… we were only a few hundred feet from our door and we already had half the items on our safari.As we kept walking we found more and my son pointed out ones we didn’t have like the lawnmowers the gardeners were using.

When it was we got a sticker and put it in the box. when he said the garage door, I asked him to look on his chart to see if that was on it.

I helped start things off my closing the garage door and asking him what he heard.

I gave the chart to my son and told him we were looking for all those sounds, we talked about hearing things, and although he was quite convinced we hear with our eyes, he still got it.

Tape or glue the paper on the construction paper and head off on your walk.

We did sirens, dogs barking, birds, cars, etc… Check out the full version in my store It includes a review flip book, labeling page, and 5 Senses Bingo Enjoy Subjects: Basic Principles, General Science, Science.

Add things you hear often around your neighborhood or where ever you will be listening.

Make a simple chart, one space for the sound you are searching for and a small box for a sticker or a check mark.

You will need some construction paper, plain paper, markers, a ruler, scissors, stickers and glue or double stick tape. We chose to go for a walk in our neighborhood but you can do this inside or in your backyard as well. He understood the chart and that we were listening to for the things listed and got very excited to earn each star. I had no clue how well this sound safari would work with my 23 month old, I have done it with 3- 5 year olds in the past but never with toddlers.

5 senses bingo free