Highs and Lows

Episode 46                                                                             Planet: sound

Learning concept of the episode: Big things make deep sounds and little things make higher sounds (e.g. large horns produce deep sounds and little horns produce higher sounds).

Story Summary

On the Tiny Planet of Sound, Bing and bong discover three Flockers making music by blowing across three pitch plants of different heights-short plants make high sounds and tall plants make low sounds. Bong joins in the fun by bouncing up to a really tall plant, and makes a deep sound to complete the Flocker song. As Bong tries to blow into the plant again, the plant collapses telescopically as its resulting beautiful tone rises from low. Bing then finds eight new plants of graduating height ready to produce a wide array of tones. Bong and the Flockers blow across the plants, as Bing whips out the bongos to happily jam until the alarm sounds.

Focus Early Learning Goal

Creative Development 2: Recognise and explore how sounds can be changed, sing simple songs from memory, recognise repeated sounds and sound patterns and match movement to music.

Linked ELGs

CLL4, CLL8, C4

Preparation

• Watch the Tiny Planets episode 
• Talk about what Bing and Bong did in the story

Talk about…..

• Why do you think the tall plants made a lower sound?
• Instruments and the sounds they make

Focus Activity

 Bong’s Bottle Blowing

Follow-on Activities

• Putting sounds into order form low to high
• Looking at and playing xylophones and panpipes
• Trip to look at a church organ

Bong’s Bottle Blowing

Aim

For the children to test different sized bottles by blowing across them and investigate the sound they make.

Resources

• Bottles of different sizes
• White sticky labels
• Black felt tip pen

Guidelines

• Mix the bottles up and let the children have a go at blowing across them to produce a sound
• Play music for them to play along to or get them to play to a simple song
• Now help the children order the bottles from lower to higher.
• Label the bottles from 1 upwards.
• Try to play a simple song, let the children blow along the line getting higher.

Key Vocabulary

Size, smaller, taller, higher, lower

Health & Safety

If using glass bottles warn the children of how to handle and ensure supervision. Ensure that the bottles are clean and sterilised. Use sterile wipes to wipe each bottle after the children have blown into it.